With everyone at home, because of school being out, there are plenty of hands that want to make some extra cash working, and there is plenty of work to do. The little black boy, who is a leftover from the art classes a few years back and who once sat unnoticed at the edge of […]
Sunday is Funday!
Sundays are a free day; a day in which there are no scheduled classes or activities. If you were to visit, you would see the high schoolers and young teens lounging around in their rooms or watching TV, more than likely in a trance staring at their phones. While the zombie apocolipse is happening in […]
Visitors who we do not allow to stay
Over the years a few very large snakes have found their way onto our property. This is not such a surprise since our property is quite large and we have natural areas and ponds where they can live quite comfortably feasting on rats and other rodents. They only become a problem when they decide […]
WE ARE STILL HERE
Hello everyone,Like most people around the World, we have been laying low because of the Corona Virus. Fortunately for us, however, we have several acres of land to move around on and so we really don’t have anything to complain about. In fact, with the exception of those children returning to us from home visits […]
Memories
May the memories you are making today be as memorable as the memories you made in the past. This is one of the first videos ever made on Wat Opot and it not only contains many, many memories for us but is also a very good source for those interested in our history.
Life goes on
As the world continues on in turmoil. The day to day life a Wat Opot child leads is somewhat simplistic. Besides being ‘home schooled’ and having about 20 of their fellow Watopotians still staying with their relatives, times are not much different than usual. One such example is our Sunday ‘free day’. ‘Free’ meaning no […]
Uncertain times.
It’s a bit lonely at Wat Opot these days. Usually the kids go to visit their families the first of April to celebrate the weeks long Khmer New Year Holiday, but with schools closed because of the Corona Virus outbreak, we started arranging for them to leave early. After loading up and lots of good-bye […]
PITFALLS OF FOSTER CARE
Lots of children pass through our program … some more vulnerable than others. Many of them stay for months or years, while others leave when they become adults. A few stay only for a short time and then return home, not necessarily because the conditions that brought them to us have changed, but because a […]
GETTING DOWN AND DIRTY
The challenge this weekend was to clean out one of our irrigation ditches. We are in the dry season and the pond was so overgrown that even the ducks couldn’t find a place to cool off. A big job… but plenty of volunteers to do the work even though the temperature was in the high […]
Step up!
Justice and Soul Foundation, along with Kate Korpi Salon, came to Wat Opot for a day of games, beauty and fun. The visit was the brainstorm of StepUp, an initiative started by graduates and students who wanted give back to communities in need. This is a beautiful example of paying it forward! After 2.5 years […]