Apologies for the very slow update. We have been quite busy and it is often hard to get a good Internet connection which will allow us to upload images.
We arrived at CDO to find two thirds of the children absent as they were visiting the village they come from to catch up with their extended families for a few days. The children left behind were very happy to see us.
We noticed a few changes immediately. They are in the process of moving to the block next door and have made a start on their building plan. Their old place is really starting to fall apart and the one room could no longer accommodate everyone now they have five more children.
They have started on the first dorm and while it is mostly finished it has some large gaps in the building. This means that when it rains, if there is any wind, they get completely wet. Not a comfortable way to spend a night.
We have decided that the best use of the AU$750 that many of you gave us in cash is to add it to the money St. John of God Pathology has raised for the CDO building fund. We look forward to sharing some photos of what is being accomplished with this pool of money before we leave. They have promised to continue sending us updates after we leave as well.
We had been thinking about using the AU$750 for medicine or an optometrist visit, but the children are very healthy and they have free access to the children's hospital in Siem Reap where they are well looked after by Western doctors. (It would be great to see some of our Deakin medical students do a regular placement here.)
We'll try update this again soon with some more information for you all!
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