The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly brought many challenges, but it has also created opportunities. One example is our English Practice Partners Program (EPP), which provides our students and staff the chance to continue to practice their English virtually with native English speakers when our…
Meet Ming Pheap Like many who find themselves living in the urban slum communities of Phnom Penh, Ming Pheap left her home in the countryside in the hope of finding better opportunities in the city. At sixteen, someone she knew…
Pheary dreamt of becoming an English teacher when she grew up but her high school in the countryside didn’t offer English classes, and there were no opportunities to study English privately. Recognizing that English and computer skills would be critical…
Imagine at the age of seven, spending your evenings selling balloons to passersby on the busy streets of Phnom Penh. That is the life Seyha, now 21, led for almost a decade. Working often late into the night to earn…
"Find Your Talent. Create Your Future," EYC's motto, could not ring more true than for the life of a young man named Rithy. In fact, when he first heard it, he wondered if it had been written about him and…
When Ericka was about nine-years-old, her father, a goldsmith, was sent to jail. This meant that she and her 11 month-old brother left Phnom Penh to go live with their aunt in the countryside. To help with her aunt's expenses,…
If EYC is a family, then Sothearoth is one of its matriarchs! Her journey with EYC began in 2007 when she started taking English classes at Aziza. The school was located in The White Building (slum community) where she was…
My name is Sry, and I am a 23-year-old former student at Youth School. Over a year ago, I became the Social Worker for Lakeside School, and recently, I started as a part-time English teacher at Youth School. After graduating from…
20-year-old Kolboth has a long history with EYC. In fact, it was his family's house near the White Building, that EYC rented to open Aziza. When Kolboth was six-years-old, he and his brother moved in with his aunt at the…
We would like to introduce you to "Daniel", a young EYC student. Daniel, who is 11 years old, lives with his father, a welder, his mother, a grocery vendor, his seven-year-old brother, and his grandmother. Their house is close enough to…