New Year's Eve at the Royal Embassy of Cambodia

Last evening I really had a wonderful New Year's Eve Party at the Royal Embassy of Cambodia in Japan together with the Embassy's officers, Cambodian students as well as eminent guests invited by H.E. Pou Sothirak, including Professor Yukio Imagawa (former Japanese Ambassador to Cambodia, is now a professor at Kanto Gakuen University); Ms. Sumiko Imagawa (Vice-president of Japan Team of Young Human Power); Dr. Vong Sam Ang (Director, Investment Division of Asean-Japan Center); Dr. Sorpong Peou (Professor of Sophia University), etc.

It is my first time to become aware of the wonderful activities of Japan Team of Young Human Power (JHP) after talking with Ms. Sumiko. So far, JHP has been building and renovating 199 schools in Cambodia and offers educational support and other voluteer-based activities. (http://www.jhp.or.jp/refer/construction03.htm)

As you may know, a long period of civil war had left Cambodia with lack of schools, and more seriously, the children rarely go to school as they have to work to support their family espcially 67% of them are engaging in farming. So I believe all of these donations will strongly contribute to the bright future of Cambodian children.