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Aug 18
6 min

A Little Girl

The following story was written by Srey Da, a former ABCs and Rice student, about her life before and after attending ABCs. We're all inc...

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Holly Bygrave

May 4
2 min

Strange times!

It's been a while since we last put a blog up, but we thought now would be a good time to update you on what's going on here in Siem Reap...

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Holly Bygrave

Jun 8, 2018
2 min

May 2018 at ABCs and Rice

May 2018 at ABCs and Rice It has been another amazing month at ABCs and Rice. With visits from lots of fantastic people and some exciting...

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Holly Bygrave

May 2, 2018
3 min

March and April 2018 at ABCs and Rice

We're back! After the Khmer New Year holiday, ABCs is back in school and raring to go! We're so excited to tell you everything that happe...

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Justin Fager

Mar 14, 2018
2 min

Access granted!

ABCs and Rice has been open and accessible to hundreds of children since 2009. As of one week ago, thanks to your generous support, our s...

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Holly Bygrave

Feb 28, 2018
4 min

ABCs and Rice February 2018 Newsletter

And so, we reach the end of February (how is time moving so fast???) as expected, it's been another crazy month full of exciting things a...

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Holly Bygrave

Nov 16, 2017
2 min

How Important is Washing Your Hands?

This past week we learned how to properly wash hands! Hand washing is one of the most important tools we can use to stop the spread of ge...

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Holly Bygrave

Nov 7, 2017
1 min

Rain, rain go away...

Anyone who has been in Cambodia during the wet season knows what the storms can be like here. The rain comes hard, heavy and fast, someti...

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Holly Bygrave

Oct 18, 2017
2 min

From Rice to Riches

Our volunteers are wonderful people and their latest mission is to begin the process of monitoring BMI levels in our fabulous kids. As ma...

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I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!

Holly Bygrave

Oct 11, 2017
1 min

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!

Today was our first day for a very long time without rain and that means the heat was worse than usual! However, one of our wonderful fri...

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Holly Bygrave

Sep 14, 2017
2 min

One year later....

It’s the update you’ve all been waiting for… how is ABCs just over a year after the big move? Well, what a year it has been! We’ve said h...

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Volunteering at ABCs and Rice - Bryce's experience.

Bryce Altorn

Sep 11, 2017
1 min

Volunteering at ABCs and Rice - Bryce's experience.

If I could use an image to explain what is to be volunteer, I would say that it's to give one thousand and receive one billion. Whatever ...

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Holly Bygrave

May 15, 2016
1 min

We're Moving!

If you haven't heard - WE'RE MOVING! (Insert wide variety of intense emotions here). We have known for a while we would be moving this ye...

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Holly Bygrave

May 15, 2016
1 min

Innovation in Rice Transportation

As you may or may not know, ABCs and Rice provides both education (ABCs) and food (Rice) to children, as part of an incentive to keep the...

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Holly Bygrave

May 15, 2016
1 min

Merry Christmas from ABCs!

For a couple of weeks now at ABCs and Rice, we've been getting into the joy of the season. The play ground has been abuzz with singing an...

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Hitting the Links with Angkor Golf Resort's Golf Academy Initiative

Holly Bygrave

May 15, 2016
1 min

Hitting the Links with Angkor Golf Resort's Golf Academy Initiative

ABCs and Rice students had another amazing opportunity this weekend when, as part of Angkor Golf Resort's new Golf Academy initiative, 17...

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Holly Bygrave

Sep 15, 2015
4 min

Tammy Represents ABC's in Singapore

As I sat at Siem Reap airport; a mixture of emotions washed over me. There is a twinge of despair because for the first time I have to le...

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Holly Bygrave

Mar 20, 2015
1 min

ABC's and Rice Bike Ride

On the 22nd of February some very brave souls made an epic 600 kilometre bicycle ride from Siem Reap to the Thailand border and back to r...

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