Every day we spent some time playing and interacting with the children and guiding them to draw and paint, so as to emphasize the importance of participatory design and increase kid’s sense of belonging to the school. This is one of the objective of IDEA Project. Without any knowledge in Khmer, we communicate with the children with body language. Friendship and love came into being when we hold hands, hugged and kissed. Isn’t it the simplest way sending your regards to people around?
After 9 days working in the construction site, mixing cements, putting together the bricks, we have beautiful school buildings with every one participatory in the construction process. Standing in front of the yellow blocks, I reckoned the second meaning of building the school – people living at ease in this small village, they are grateful to what they have. I feel satisfied and happy when I was slowing the pace of living with a taste of simplicity.
