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Education about Cambodia
- Slide-Talks
- We have many speakers available. Please contact us with
your particular needs. The founder of Friendship with Cambodia, Bhavia
Wagner, is one of our speakers and is the author of Soul Survivors -
Stories of Women and Children. She can address a wide range of topics
relating to Cambodia including history, culture and society. Other
speakers can be arranged; please contact us with your particular needs
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- Curriculum and Teacher Training Workshops
- Nine lesson plans accompany Soul Survivors. The subjects
are: Cambodian history, genocide, human rights, sweatshops, war and
peace, artists and culture, powerful women, landmines and refugees.
They are available at Northern Illinois University's Center for
Southeast Asian Studies website: teacher resources .
We also give teacher-training workshops.
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- Photo Exhibit about Landmines in Cambodia
- Valentina DuBasky’s collection of forty powerful photos
with captions is available for display.
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- Cambodian Culture Kits
- A collection of beautiful items from Cambodia that
represent many aspects of the culture and are appealing to children.
Included are a doll in traditional dress, small leather shadow puppet,
mask of a giant - a small replica of those used by traditional dancers,
temple rubbing from Angkor Wat, kroma traditional checkered scarf, a
rice spoon carved from a coconut tree, a fancy basket woven from palm
leaves, angkunh seeds for the traditional New Year's game, a Cambodian
environmental book A Walk in the Forest in English and Khmer
identifying Cambodian wildlife, a silver container like those used for
betel nut, miniature woven fishing baskets and picture postcards of
Cambodian children and life. Descriptive text is included. Kits are for
rent ($20 plus shipping) or sale ($75 plus shipping).
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