Where to volunteer for an afternoon?

My partner and I are going to be in Siem Reap for 4 days and I suspect we%26#39;ll have some free time in the afternoons. Instead of spending all of that time poolside, I am wondering if anyone can recommend a good place to volunteer time (and donate some $). He%26#39;s a musician and I am a writer...

Where to volunteer for an afternoon?

The Jayavarman VII Children%26#39;s Hospital can use both blood and money. It%26#39;s right on the road heading to the place where you purchase your Ankgor Wat passes.

Where to volunteer for an afternoon?

Thanks. Great suggestion!

check out www.stayanotherday.org

When I was in Siem Reap for holiday last year, I went to Children hospital to donate blood and during the night I went to concert hall to listen to music and I donated some money for hospital. It was great for me and I was so happy to do that.

The concert/lecture is excellent, I agree! I donated $ at the concert last time, and this time donated blood...

A great way to help out is this small organization that I found in Siem Reap. Schools for Children of Cambodia offers free tours that last between 1 and 1.5 hours every Friday from the Singing Tree Cafe. Granted, there%26#39;s no direct or intense volunteering but the staff seemed to really appreciate the small donation I made. It was also an incredible way to learn about the dire situation of the educational system in Cambodia. They answered all my questions and when I asked about some other places to volunteer they also led me to some amazing resources. It was altogether a great experience and I took a lot away from the school visit.

I have been looking at staying at The Villa for my trip in May. If you look at their website they have various volunterring activities, helping orphanes paint, learn English etc. Im sure if you contact them they could arrange for you?http://www.thevillasiemreap.com/tours.htm

On my last trip I spent a lot of time visiting small NGOs but didnt do any volunteer work. I stayed at The Villa Siem Reap and arranged through them a half day doing some painting with a great group of kids at an orphanage by Srah Srang. It was a lot of fun, some of the better paintings go on sale to raise money for the orphanage, and most importantly the kids are really super. It%26#39;s called %26#39;Art for Life.%26#39;

You can see my photos from the experience at …google.com/AngkorWatTukTuk/ArtForLifeProgam… and read the weblog I now maintain about Angkor Wat since my last trip at http://www.angkortuktuk.org/apps/blog/.

Its super that you are looking to do something while there. Have a great time!

We stayed in Siem Reap for 6 nights %26amp; I spent 2 afternoons teaching English at rural schools.

LITTLE ANGELS SCHOOL near the Roulos Group has an open-air pavilion, where the kids sit on mats on the floor %26amp; their %26#39;desk%26#39;s are slices of logs. They go to school in the AM %26amp; study English too. In the afternoon they learn traditional Khmer leather carving (like the kind used to make shadow puppets)... and their leather carvings are for sale for $5-$20 %26amp; the $ goes directly to the child who did the leather %26#39;painting%26#39;... there is NO bargaining.

You could bring a 10 kilo sack of rice (buy at supermarket in REP) or enough food (sandwiches?) to feed 40 kids, bring school supplies like colored pencils, children%26#39;s educational books in English (think Sesame street) that teach numbers, colors, ABCs, children%26#39;s CDs that have simple songs in English, bottles of children%26#39;s vitamins (to give to teacher to give out), 40 packets of ramen noodles, children%26#39;s toothbrushes, pencils, pens, 4 dozen eggs.

I taught English for an hour, I gave each child a toothbrush %26amp; tube of paste (none of them had ever owned a toothbrush) which I brought from the US %26amp; taught then how to use them.

It was wonderful. Afterwards, the teacher put on a shadow puppet show. The kids really appreciate HEARING English from a native speaker. They also asked a lot of questions, mostly personal ones.

Have your guide or drive take you there around 1 PM or a bit later, so as not to interrupt their classes.