Student Health Matters at PEPY Empowering Youth by Brendan O’Shea and Corinna Hopkins
In the second week of February, Corinna and I were nearing the end of a 3 week holiday that started in Hanoi, included Saigon, Phnom Penh,…
In the second week of February, Corinna and I were nearing the end of a 3 week holiday that started in Hanoi, included Saigon, Phnom Penh,…
Since my retirement from primary education in 2013, I have been eager to become involved in a project or programme that would link the world of…
Studying at DCU I have recently arrived to Siem Reap and with my partner Stephen, we are volunteering with SeeBeyondBorders for the month of January. Having…
New Leaf eatery is a social enterprise based in Siem Reap. It gives back to the local community through donating a percentage of its profits to…
On Friday the 19th of July, a Premiere Khmer language screening of ‘A Plastic Ocean’ took place in Siem Reap. Plastic Ocean is a movie originally…
Ireland’s New International Development Policy – Public Consultation Paper Submission from the CambodiaIreland Changemaker Network. Contributors: Rith Sarakk, Duth Kimsru, Kaia Rose Smith (PEPY Empowering Youth),…
During a recent family holiday to Cambodia we had the opportunity to visit the PEPY school in Siem Reap. A short Tuk Tuk ride to the…
Six Cambodians have just returned from Ireland after the most successful exchange trip to date. Four PEPY Representatives were joined by two members of SeeBeyondBorders’ Cambodian…
This time last year seems just like yesterday. In September this year, I returned to Cambodia with my Masters Degree in International Development, Environment and Conflict…
Watch! our recent trip to Ireland where we worked in Irish schools and learned lots of things to bring back to Cambodia. A hugely memorable experience…
Who inspires you?
Manin has designed CambodiaIreland stickers. I am driving around the streets of Siem Reap with one on my moto. Looking forward to them gracing Learn Together…
We have put together a short video with a selection of the quotes we have received from DPETNS and PEPY. There is also a short message…
Manin and I recently completed the angkor half marathon. They competed in CambodiaIreland PEPY ETNS t shirts. The course was incredibly nice with beautiful scenery around…
PEPY and ETNS have been collaborating for over a year now. One of the many shared activities is the promotion of positive mental health. The students…
Bon Om Touk (Cambodian Water Festival) starts in Cambodia today. A reminder to teachers that there is a presentation on Bon Om Touk in the teachers…
Sopheaktra believes everybody makes mistakes and you just have to learn from them.
This week Cormac’s class wrote to me and asked me some questions. Here I answer them while Manin reads out the questions from the children in…
Last week DPETNS accepted the Changemaker Award. Great to see the school get the award and well done to everyone who represented us on the day…
Here in PEPY this week we have been researching and learning about Balbriggan Educate Together School. Cecelia was of course out here in PEPY over the…
In April 2015 we hope to welcome PEPY Representatives to Ireland for two weeks! We have produced this special video to help us get funding from…
Here in PEPY we are going to start posting some of our favo(u)rite quotes. Please have a think about doing the same and posting your favo(u)rite…
Great piece looking back at that day last Spring when community in Donabate came together to do a fun run and celebrate our partnership.
The PEPY Scholarship Students share what they have learned about DPETNS and Ireland Sitham and Liheang talk about what we are learning about in class.
This time we manage to capture it on the correct camera!
Here in PEPY we recorded a short video to say hello to our friends in DPETNS. The students talk about what they know about Ireland and…