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The world is my school today my classroom is, BaKong School, Siem Reap, Cambodia. We are donating books and backpacks, giving cards, building trashcans, painting the trash cans and painting a study hut.

Sleepily eating my breakfast on my way to BaKong School at 5:30 AM, when we arrive I liven up and get right to work feeding Cambodian children breakfast. I see so many faces and they all look so happy. I find it the most adorable when the 2-3 years olds come up and giggle at me while I pour their congee. One little kid was so adorable and sat on a hammock playing with it. Then she got down and gave us all a high-five! After that we got a bowl of paint and started painting a study hut red. In the middle of doing this, a group of kids had their break so we went over and started playing games with them. We taught them high-five, red light-green light, duck duck goose, leapfrog, rock paper scissors, and which hand is the stone in. While we were playing these one little girl came up to me and wanted to hold my hand the whole time. When we were playing red light-green light and someone tagged me she would always want to stay with me and hold my hand. She was sooooooo cute!! When we went to lunch all I could think about was her. It made me feel so special! Afterwards we went to get some books for the high school but when we got back we gave out backpacks and cards. There were a few backpacks that I knew who owned them before. These are: Jack, from my 4 and 5th grade class. Nick, from 5th Grade. Marina, Rosie Meets World's friend in 3rd grade, and my own. After that we gave out the cards made by class 3a, Rosie's class. That was one of the sweetest things I've ever seen. I think they appreciated that soooo much. Then the group of kids came back out and asked if they could have a backpack. I said not right now, but maybe sometime. Only one boy understood me and he was so good at English! It was amazing, and much better than me with Khmer. The principal was going to use the rest of the backpacks for prizes if a child did really well. The children that we first gave them to were the student council and kept their campus clean.

I played a little more with the children then they had to leave. Once they left we built and painted some trashcans and fixed tire swings. While this was going on another group of about 30 kids came by and started watching us. Then we went over to the High School. Everyone was lined up and a small group of people came into the library with us. They were with us a when we opened up 4 boxes of Khmer High School level reading books. They were all so happy, especially the librarian. We took some pictures with them then left. It was time for us to go back.

Nothing is better then helping children for 10 hours. Except for when they become some great friends of yours and you don't want to leave them

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