It’s back – the fun filled Trivia Night is happening again on 1 October this year. Mark your diaries now to make sure you don’t miss out of one of the most entertaining nights of the year on the Island – after a two year absence we promise you will have even more fun as you help support the education of students in Cambodia.
Saturday 1 October 2022
6.30pm Arrive
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The Natstat family from Berkshire, England is heading to Cambodia and they have kindly requested donations of clothes and exercise books to take on their trip. This adventure has made their school newsletter this week!! THANK YOU TO THE NATSTAT and The Abbey School families & we wish you well on your adventure…
“One of our Abbey families is going on holiday to Cambodia next week. They are keen to support a worthwhile charity out there called Growing Cambodia…

Saturday 25th March, a lucky group of Islanders enjoyed the rewards from their successful
bidding for a Paddock to Plate BBQ and three course meal at Bimbadeen,
Phillip Island.
The successful bid was made at last year’s Growing Cambodia
Trivia Night and the prize will one of a number of items available to be bid
on again this year.
A further $ 150 was raised on the night from other guests
and the donation of some jars of Bimbadeen Honey by Mr Bee Man Jeff
Lindenmayer…

In November we had three incredible volunteers head to Cambodia to deliver Health & Sanitation program to our schools. In partnership with ASHA and EcoSoap, Dr Stacey Davie, Dr Andrew Lewandowski & Rosie Bourke presented on a range of topics to students and teachers, including; Hygiene (hand washing & dental health), Sexual health (Birth control, STI’s, Puberty & Periods)…

We have three wonderful volunteers who recently arrived in Cambodia to undertake maternal and children’s health checks, in association with Growing Cambodia & ASHA Charity.  We wish them a wonderful time, thank them for their time, and our generous supporters for enabling this much needed program. We also look forward to hearing all about it on their return…

 
A BIG THANK YOU TO the Member for Bass Brian Paynter, for his very generous contribution towards our Trivia night held in May. Mr Paynter recently discuss his attendance at our event and Growing Cambodia in a member statement to Parliament on Thursday 26th May. Please see link below for statement.
Following this, eight people from Phillip Island are heading to Melbourne for a meal in the Parliamentary Dining Room courtesy of Brian. We greatly appreciate this mention and his ongoing support…

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Growing Cambodia’s English school was officially opened on 6 June 2016. Original plans were for one teacher and 80 students but these have changed with 280 students wanting to learn. Thanks Sopheak for all your hard work and thank you to all our supporters whom have made this possible.
Sopheaksteve Newserenity said – “It is so amazing to see many students at Beng school. They are very keen to come and study English. Thank you to our fantastic GC committee who have accepted our proposal…

Thank you everyone for your overwhelming support at the Trivia Night on Saturday evening where the final figure raised was $15952.50.
The funds will be used by Growing Cambodia throughout the next year on our programs in Cambodia. These include:
1. Supporting English and Health lessons at schools at Beng, Oroluos and Kok Beng rural villages for over 750 children
2. Supporting the educational needs of over 500 students at the government school at Koy Meng
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