Please Help to Support Sok Yi's Education

Sok Yi, SRENG was born on 28 July 2000 in Kampong Cham province, Cambodia. She is the only daughter among the other three sons in the family who graduated from high school since 2018. Her parents are rice farmers. Her father studied only in grade 5 and her mother was in grade 7. Her older brother (21) studied until grade 8, he stopped studying and is currently working as a construction worker in his hometown. Her younger brother (17) stopped studying when he was in grade 7 and currently works in Phnom Penh City. Her youngest brother (14) is currently in grade 7 and, from time to time, he wants to stop studying to earn money to support his family.

 

Sok Yi comes to visit Royal University of Phnom Penh

Her family does not have money to send her to continue higher education in Phnom Penh. Her mother wants her to continue while her father always disagrees. Her father thinks he does not have money to support her until she finishes her bachelor's degree as she will need to spend a lot of money. Additionally, he is very concerned about her safety as she has never lived far away from home and he himself has never lived in Phnom Penh City. Her mother works very hard in the rice field and she could not earn much money to give her children good food and education. She wishes to see her daughter having a good future and live a better life than her.

Sok Yi dreams to earn a bachelor's degree, have a good job to support her family and support her youngest brother to continue studying. She graduated her high school since 2018 with grade E but she did not have the opportunity to continue to university. She did not have anyone to guide her on how to study and live in Phnom Penh. She works as a garment worker near her hometown since she graduated from high school. She hopes to save money from her work to pay for school tuition. As her family is always in need of money, from time to time, she could not save enough for her school.

She had planned to save money for a year school tuition and work for a part-time job in Phnom Penh to support her living cost and save for the second year tuition. 

Sok Yi's parent house

As her expectation cost for studying and living in Phnom Penh are:

Items	Per Month	Per Year	Remark
1.    School tuition per year	approximately USD 50	approximately USD 600	4 Years approximately USD 2,400
2.    Computer	approximately USD 34	approximately USD 400
3.    Rental room (shared with friends)	approximately USD 40
4.    Food	approximately USD 75
5.    Other expenses	approximately USD 30 per month
Total	USD 229	USD 2,748	USD 10,992

If she works to support her living cost and tuition, she has to earn at least USD 229 per month. The job markets for students are very competitive and only she works for full-time staff, she could earn this amount of money. Generally, working at the grocery, supper market or coffee shops, students can earn around USD 120 to USD 200 per month. However, the job is required to work for 8 or 10 hours per day and working until Saturday. 

Anything you can help such a tuition loan or sponsor and donate such as used laptop or study materials, please contact directly to Ms. Marady Kith at kithmarady@gmail.com or (+855) 12 725 175.

Your support will bring her a bright future!!!

Donation updates:
Sok Yi has received
1- A laptop from ASEAN Youth Leaders Association-Cambodia 
2. Tuition fee from a French donor USD 475
3. Tuition fee from a Cambodian donor USD 30
4. Two Student's uniforms from a Cambodian donor