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Pastimes : Let's Build a School to Start the New Year! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kid Rock who wrote (108)	1/8/2001 8:29:23 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 198

As I stated in a previous post, my goal was to build a school through cambodiaschools.com. My intentions here are to help those who need it the most. I believe I have started the process through this thread and the many people who have already contacted me via PM or email. You said in your previous post you can see my only intention was that to discuss." But in the post which you referred me to, he stated "Better still, organize a scholarship to good schools in the US for Cambodians...if they stay in the US, they pay back the scholarship over time, if they return, no need to pay back. It sounded to me(and still does) that you are looking for a better way to get a school built. If you can do it, I applaud you and will even apologize for what I said to you. But I make no apologies for attempting to keep the spirit of the thread intact when others come in and question either our intent or the viability of the program. In the end, this back and forth type of discussion will not get one brick in place nor one book in the hands of a child who needs it. If you have constructive points or criticisms to make, then please do so. Otherwise, this is time not well spent, as I am sure you would agree. And one more time, please let me say that everyone is welcome in helping us get this school up and running; let there be no doubt about that fact. We need the contributions of many here on SI for this to be successful and come to fruition. Regards, Brian

To: Kid Rock who wrote (108)	1/8/2001 10:33:23 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 198

JAPAN, U.S. DONORS HELPING BUILD CAMBODIAN SCHOOLS PHNOM PENH, Nov. 4 (Kyodo) - Donors from Japan and the United States have helped build three schools in Preah Vihear Province, the first educational facilities in a remote part of Cambodia to be equipped with computers and access to the Internet. Some 200 new schools are to be built in remote parts of the country, with half the total cost to come from the World Bank, the other half to be supplied by Japan Relief for Cambodia and about 20 individual donor-communities in the U.S. Each school is estimated to cost 30,000 dollars to build and equip. Former Japanese Minister of Environment Wakako Hironaka and Bernard Krisher, chairman of American Assistance for Cambodia, inaugurated the first three schools in Preah Vihear, which borders on Thailand, on Thursday. Hironaka said the village children are being taught to use computers to provide them with skills that will allow them to benefit from services and knowledge that would not be possible without access to the Internet. She said one of the three schools is already equipped with two solar-panels that provide enough power to operate a computer for several hours each day. With nearly 43% of the Cambodian population under 15 years of age, and nearly one in three from 7 to 14 years old unable to attend school, the prospect of breaking out of poverty without improved education is grim. Japan Relief for Cambodia, in a statement on the project, said, ''Many donors are average people who believe education for village children will assure a more stable and peaceful environment in the future for Cambodia.''