We would like to say a big thank you to those who donated phones and laptops from Deakin University.
People who I should specifically thank are: Arnie Philips and Jenn Day who organised the items to be donated and collected. Matthew Berends who gathered them all and brought them to Nicole's mother, Marion Christou who delivered them all to Cambodia.
We are still giving them out, but here are some of examples of where the phones are going to:
To an organisation that rescues girls aged 10-17 from the sex trade. Phone will be used by the Cambodian women who live with them in various safe houses.
I mentioned earlier that our friend Sitha is trying to start a business doing real estate. Sitha starts work every morning at 6-7am then works at one job until 1 pm. She goes to the next job at 2pm and works until about 10 pm. For all this work she gets about $250 per month salary. If she can develop her real estate work, she has a chance of getting a much better salary. We gave her an iPhone 3 so she can take photos and send these to prospective customers. She was extremely happy with this. We spent an afternoon showing her how to use this.
Some phones went to volunteer teachers who travel a fair way out of town (by boat at this time of year). They can now call if anything happens or they need help.
People who I should specifically thank are: Arnie Philips and Jenn Day who organised the items to be donated and collected. Matthew Berends who gathered them all and brought them to Nicole's mother, Marion Christou who delivered them all to Cambodia.
Organizing and charging all the phones and laptops
We are still giving them out, but here are some of examples of where the phones are going to:
To an organisation that rescues girls aged 10-17 from the sex trade. Phone will be used by the Cambodian women who live with them in various safe houses.
I mentioned earlier that our friend Sitha is trying to start a business doing real estate. Sitha starts work every morning at 6-7am then works at one job until 1 pm. She goes to the next job at 2pm and works until about 10 pm. For all this work she gets about $250 per month salary. If she can develop her real estate work, she has a chance of getting a much better salary. We gave her an iPhone 3 so she can take photos and send these to prospective customers. She was extremely happy with this. We spent an afternoon showing her how to use this.
Some phones went to volunteer teachers who travel a fair way out of town (by boat at this time of year). They can now call if anything happens or they need help.
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