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The Pa Sao School

• The PASAO School offers the part-time/ full-time (free education) such as: Day Care,
  Khmer/English Kindergarten, Art class, Computer Class, Other Training Skill, Hygiene, Environment, Agricultural, Morals.The PASAO School also provides Orphan, whose parents are divorced, Remote children, Day Care for some of poorest families children ,three daily nutritious meals of food, school supplies, clothes, heath care for kids live in. The
  PASAO’s mission is to help these children until they finish high school then they will be able to continue their education at vocational training or at university and hope they will get a bright future in their lives.
  For the sake of the children, we hope that you will help support The PASAO School in its mission to support less fortunate children. We will happily answer any question you firstly have and show our sincerity and compassion.
  Sim Sao
  www.tuktukforpeace.blogspot.com.
  Email simsao3691@gmail.com.
  Tel:(855) 92 307 510/066 307 510
  
  
  Thank you so much for your generous support.
  
  Best Regards,
  
  
• Mission

  
  

  • To improve the quality of life and advance the rights of children.
  • The PASAO School looks to the future and the creation... of a better Cambodia for its children. I believe that in order to change the future for the better I must nurture and empower the youngest generation, the next leaders of Cambodia. My mission is to support them until they finish high school or vocational training skill and wish to help them until they will be able to graduate from the local university. 

Pa Sao advise to the rural children.
 

The Pa Sao School

THE PASAO SCHOOL

I was born in Kampongcham Province, grew up during the reign of Khmer Rouge. Many of my family members died during the Khmer Rouge Genocide. The Khmer Rouge separated my parents and oldest siblings from the rest of the family. They were sent to do forced labor in unknown locations. From early 1987 until 1989 I was a Pagoda boy... at Ponly Pagoda/Anhcheum Commune, Tbongkhom district, Kampongcham Province. As a Pagoda boy, I served the Monks by collecting food from the villages for them to eat. During this time I began to learn Buddhist prayers and chants from the Monks. The Monks took care of me by providing food to eat (Monks would eat first, then temple boys eat second).
1989-1998 I proudly became a Monk in Kampongcham Province. In 2001 I worked as a Hotel Receptionist at a small hotel in Siem Reap until its close in 2004. After, I saved all I could I acquired a tuk-tuk & began working in this trade. During most of the year, I’m a farmer. I help tend to the family farm, working in the rice fields. During the “tourist season,” I operate a tuk-tuk; I proudly provide transportation to people in and around the Siem Reap area and to the Temples of Angkor Wat.
I have fulfilled my dream and have built a free education in some villages, provides Khmer/ English kindergarten, Hygiene, Environment, Agricultural, Culture Bridge, Morals, Value, Computer class, Other Training skills to people three years of age and older. I feel education is the best way to accomplish these dreams. I also have Tuk tuk for Peace which helps support my schools.

About Progress Agriculture Bank.
In rural Cambodia, many families face hunger season for
five-six months of the year.
( Rice planting
season in Cambodia and the beginning of the hunger gap [ Aug-Nov] )

Progress Agriculture Bank .It is created by Sim Sao, live in
Pongro village, Kantreang Commune, Prasat Bakong district, Siem Reap province.

Progress Agriculture
Bank (PA), a bank have activated in village progress families and agricultural
sector for lending rice , seed, pigs,
cows as opposed to money.

First PAB provide
rice with very small interest rates, in order to work with poor families so
that they can survive living sustainably in the future,
what the village members do is divide up the husk rice in
the bank around this time of the year, each families getting around 100kg to
200kg each , depend on members of
family.
Then in November,
when the harvest comes in, they
pay back the husk rice they owed to the husk rice bank together with around 10%
interest e.g in another 10kg addition.
Second PAB provide pigs, cows for breeding during dry season.
Because of (free time) the families don’t have a rice harvest so PAB lend them
with piglet and small cows interest.
Our Vision:
Village, Commune
Development.
Our Mission: Part of the proceeds will go
towards supply for free education school ,
disaster in village.
Families Development, urge families let children attended
school earlier and reduce the work of children.
Our Goal:
Reduce hunger season, poor.



Location:
Our Progress Agriculture(PA) bank in Pongro Village just outside of Siem Reap
is able to help poor farmers have access to rice during the shortage period,
especially during the critical period such as the transplanting season. Members can rely on their bank for rice, food
and for seed. Through the rice bank, they not only have access to food, but
they are also able to concentrate on producing food. In case of natural
disaster, the affected families also receive help from the rice bank.
Previously farmers borrowed rice from private lenders with high
interest rates. Through their participation in the rice bank, they can borrow
rice with low-interest rate. In addition, the interest paid remains in the
hands of the community. Especially, for
poor and vulnerable families, the PA bank helps prevent them from falling into
debt due to the high interest rate charged by private money lenders. The objective of our Rice bank is not only to
help the community of Pongro village during periods of food scarcity, but also
to mobilize financial resources for community projects voted on by the village.


Generally,
the PA bank has a broad impact on the life of its members and on the whole
community. The PA bank not only helps to ensure food security, but it
contributes to the development of social capital, human resources at the local
level and community physical resources.

Families
in rural Cambodia regularly have to face drought and flood, so it becomes
really
important to find ways of making sure families have access to food all year
round. Rice is an essential staple to a Cambodian’s
diet. A 6-member family requires 5.5
pounds of polished rice per day (i.e. almost 2000 pounds per year). For the poor, this is such a great
quantity. Having access to a rice bank
also reduces the work of women who would otherwise have the labor-intensive
task of searching for food during periods of rice shortage. It makes our
Progress Agriculture Bank so important for the long-term sustainability of
rural communities.

Tuk Tuk For Peace!

My team and I would be honored to share our country and our knowledge of the local area with you. I'm available to serve you 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We are working together to make Cambodia a better place for our children. "Tuk Tuk for Peace" is involved with several "Free Education Schools" in the local area. A small portion of your fare will go towards purchasing school supplies for these children. If you would like to visit these schools please let us know and we would be honored to show you!

* We offer free pick up from Siem Reap Airport/Bus station to the hotel/guesthouse.

Contact Information:

Program Director: Mr. Sim Sao

Mobile: In Cambodia: 092-307-510

Mobile: Outside of Cambodia, (+855) 92-307-510

Email: simsao3691@gmail.com