The 11th ACCF, sponsored by Santi Volunteer Association (SVA), was successfully held in Cambodia from 21st-28th of October 2006 in Sihanouk Ville and Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Last year, it was held for 1 week in Siem Reap, Angkor. It is a program which gathers poor, disadvantaged children and gives them a chance to get to know friends from other countries as well as exchange their culture. This year, 100 children from 6 countries- Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, and Japan- joined this program. ACCF is divided into two major activities, international camp and cultural performance. During 3 days camping in Sihanouk Ville, children enjoyed games, day fair, making craft, and drawing. And, after the camping, they came back to Phnom Penh where they had their dances rehearsal and cultural performance. The culture night was presided by H.E Dr. Kol Pheng, Senior Minister and Minister of Education Youth and Sports. It was such a great event ever!
This year, 4 SSEAYP ex-PYs volunteered as camp and team leaders. It was such hard work for us, ex-PYs, but we had so much fun and we are proud of ourselves to have had this chance of helping the poor from various countries especially Cambodian children. One problem that we encountered during the program was that he had to use body language with those participating children all the time since they could not understand English. However, to us, it was great experience and we hope that we can participate in such or similar programs that benefit our society again in the near future. CPYs rock!
Photo session at Ocheuteal beach on campi
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All ACCF children at Chenla theatre on their cultural performance day
11th ACCF camp and team leaders
