Through their partner government schools and informal education initiatives, PEPY supports education for more than 1,700 families in 12 villages and 10 schools in rural Siem Reap province. Because PEPY believes education is the key to sustainable change, it is committed to a holistic approach, which empowers children, parents, teachers, and communities to effect the changes they want to see in their lives. PEPY firmly believes that it is not their place to solve problems for others, but instead to encourage and support others with the tools to solve their own problems. To this end, PEPY supports:
Leadership
PEPY works to empower school, community, and youth leaders to take action to create quality learning environments—carried out through youth leadership clubs, school support committee development and training, and government school partnerships.
Literacy
PEPY empowers teachers and students with the tools to increase literacy rates, the use of printed material in the classroom, and a love of reading in government schools—carried out through school and classroom library programs, teacher training, resource creation, Khmer language book printing, and summer literacy camps.
Supplemental Education
PEPY works with government schools to offer additional academic programing during students’ free time and school breaks. PEPY’s junior high school program focuses on creativity and critical thinking through a Creative Learning Class, which uses XO computers, science experiments, and soon, robots, as media for learning problem solving.
