Children's Action For Development

Classroom of Hope - Child Friendly Schools

In 2012, CAD began a partnership with an Australian NGO, Classroom of Hope, and Navitas Australia to implement Child Friendly Schools (CFS) in Ek Phnom District. Between 2013 and 2019 the Schools for Excellence model was rolled out across twelve primary schools (Grades 1 to 6). Our donors then turned their attention to building new government schools, supporting scholarship students and providing bicycles.

In 2024 Classroom of Hope/Navitas made the decision to work with NGOs in other countries and ended their partnership with CAD. CAD thanks them sincerely for their contribution to the education of Cambodian children and hopes we will work together again in the future. Below is a celebration of our achievements.

Ek Phnom school	4 new classroom school opened 2016
Andoung Trach school	4 new classrooms opened 2019
Tual Lvieng school	4 new classrooms opened 2020
Preak Drop school	2 new classrooms opened 2021
Bou Khna school	4 new classrooms opened 2022
O’Sroloa school	3 new classrooms opened 2023
We built a 2 room toilet, with disability access, at all six schools.	And provided bicycles to 60 children who live a long way from school

We provided 690 scholarships
Here’s how a scholarship can change a life. This is Sa Hun in 2014 (centre). She was 12 years old and from a very poor family. Her parents really valued education however and her scholarship helped a lot.	This is Sa Hun in 2024. She teaches maths during the week and is now a fourth-year student at the Battambang Institute of Technology, majoring in electrical engineering. Her dream is to continue her master degree in Phnom Penh.
We could not have done it without Classroom of Hope …………………thankyou to Duncan and Nicola who showed trust in the CAD team	And thankyou to Navitas who supplied the generous funding and moral support that we needed to cut the ribbon on six brand new primary schools