History Makers

One of the projects Normisjon runs in Cambodia is the History Makers Project. The aim is to give students from the countryside who are coming to take a further education course in the capitol Phnom Penh, a safe place to live. There are two student hostels, one for boys and one for girls. Each one has about twenty places.  The fourty students are cared for by a house mother, Lysom (playing the guitar) and a house father, Situon (below) and their two small boys.

 These pictures were taken on my trip almost Three years ago. Many of the students I got to know on that trip have now finished their studies and moved on although I hope to meet some from last time.

One of the activities these students have started is to bring kindness to the very poor people who live in the slum area of the city. This slum is built on a disused rubbish tip and in the rainy season the rubbish just floats about the make-shift homes. The students have had a number of actions in the slum bringing a bit of humanity, love and kindness to the families who live there.

One of the parents I have contact with through one of our church groups has donated LOADS of clothing for boys and girls aged 0-3 years. I will be taking it with me, after all, I don't really need to take much for just me. The students will then be able to give it to the families in the slum area as a very small act of kindness in what can otherwise be a harsh existence. Picture below.


Most people have not said no to Jesus, they just don't know what he's like. Our small acts of loving kindness in the everyday matters reflect just a little bit of his love and grace. One person cannot change the world but together we can!