EYC is My Life: Kolboth
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…
EYC Sports Coordinator Featured in Phnom Penh Post!
EYC's Sports Coordinator, Nara, was recently featured in the Phnom Penh Post article, "The young Cambodia escaping poverty using the beautiful game." Nara's love of football and the positive impact the sport has had on his life led him to…
Partnership Spotlight: Bridgewater State University & Pannasastra University
EYC knows that we can’t create life-changing opportunities alone. To open the world to our students, we rely on an incredible network of partnerships including higher education institutions. The partnership we have with Pannasastra University of Cambodia (PUC) and Bridgewater State…
Building Bridges: A BSU Students Shares Her Experience Teaching at EYC
In 2015 Dr. Ben Carson, an English professor at Bridgewater State University (BSU) in Massachusetts, led his first group of students on a study tour to Cambodia where they volunteered and taught English at EYC. Dr. Carson became involved with…
News from Pagna’s Year in the US
In August, Pagna, a 19-year-old EYC scholarship student, arrived in the US to begin his yearlong study abroad program as a political science student at Bridgewater State University (BSU) in Massachusetts. In the five months since his arrival, Pagna has…
I Love EVERYTHING About EYC: “Daniel”
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…
Learning the Lesson of Resilience: Meet Chhenghour
Hello Friends of EYC! I am Chhenghour, a former EYC student and the current Community Outreach Program Manager at EYC. I get to interact daily with our students and the community as I lead all of the social work, medical, dental,…
Update: Social Work Program
In April, EYC launched a Social Work program to formalize and expand work to support the many students struggling with challenges at home that negatively impact their ability to learn, hindering them from reaching their full potential and transcending the cycle…
Thoughts From the Team: Delphine discusses the importance of EYC’s Sports Program
What makes the Sports Program so important for EYC and what life lessons are the kids learning through sports? "I love our sports program and dream of seeing it grow because sports are essential for physical and mental wellbeing. Not…
Overcoming Hardship Through Hard Work and Support: Dyno
Dyno, now 25 years old, first heard about EYC when he was 16. Team Leaders from Lakeside were opening Youth School in his community, and as two of the Team Leaders were hauling in school materials, they noticed Dyno outside…