SECOND DAY AT CAMBODIA ,

FLOATING VILLAGE .

It was the first day to interact with the less privileged children. We went to the floating village called Prek Toal ,we brought the donated clothes that we packed ,along with stationery , and candies we bought on the first day of the trip .The duration of the boat ride was about 3hrs in total including travelling there and back to the main land. We brought enough necessities for the children there. There were around two hundred children there .They welcomed us warm heartedly. They started singing to us,some of the songs they sang were 'father abraham' 'if you are happy and you know it,clap your hands' 'community song'. Then we sang to them some of the same songs like 'if your happy and you know it clap your hands' and 'community song'. Soon after that we were divided into groups to interact with them. Some of the activities were colouring, origami, balloons. We then served them rice soup after the activities. The rice soup was interestingly delicious. We visited a water hyacinth factory along the river and a fish farm on our way back to the main land .

We were fascinated by their way of life because they were very contented with the little things they had. Some of them were fast learners in origami , they could pick up the skills easily.one of our students received two cranes from the children there.When we were giving out the gifts, some of them hide their gifts and wanted to ask us for more. We think that ,the reason why they did that is because since they were born ,they learnt to compete for things through this behaviour for survival. When we visited the water hyacinth factory , it left a deep impression on some of us , because we saw a lady breast-feeding her baby girl in public . We were amazed at how she could do it under the circumstances of the number of people there. But when we asked our teachers about this matter, they find that its normal for them to do so as it was their way of life.