EC builds school for kids in Cambodia

This February, Maltese-owned EC English Language Centres sent a team of eight enthusiastic EC staff volunteers hailing from all over the world, including South Korea, the UK, the US, Canada and Malta, to Ban Huoy, Cambodia, for a 10-day trip set up as part of the organisation’s most recent CSR initiative. In early 2016, EC approached the respected education charity, United World Schools (UWS), to improve the prospects of marginalised children in Cambodia. Shortly after partnering with UWS, EC was able to build a school – a move which would allow the children of Ban Huoy to learn music, art, sport, numeracy and fluency in Khmer, the national language. Asked about the project, EC’s chairman Andrew Mangion said: “EC is an organisation that prides itself in putting people first. This incredible CSR initiative, led by our global CSR manager Daniel Woodard is something close to our hearts. Children – no matter where in the world they are – have a right to education, to dream big and work to improve their prospects in life. We’re simply here to make sure the children of Ban Huoy get the tools they need to do just that.” Ban Huoy is a small village in the country’s Stung Treng province,...