These resources here have been designed with teachers and students in mind, recognising the varied expertise, gifts, talents, interests and ideas each person brings. Please use, edit, extend, expand and contract as best suits your class and context.

These resources seek to engage the student in an immersive understanding of the story and help them, through the Cardijn method of ‘See, Judge, Act’, discern how they can play their part in God’s Mission.

 We invite each person to learn, reflect, engage and respond in ways and styles that are most appropriate for you. This is especially the case with regards to your KLA and the unit of work being studied at the time you’re using the resources.

 

You could…

  •  Create slide shows or interactive board files.
  •  Create videos or presentations using the material provided.
  •  Use the texts to create assessment tasks.
  •  Use the resource to enhance a current unit of work.
  •  Use the resource to plan a mini-unit on mission.
  •  Use the resource to integrate your celebration of World Mission Day into your literacy block.
  •  Use the resource to plan a stand-alone lesson for World Mission Day.

Some of the challenges facing the Cambodian people

Cambodia’s recent history is a tragic one, perhaps most known for the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge under Pol Pot’s rule in the 1970s. Since the 1980s, thousands of deaths and disabilities have been caused by the millions of mines that were laid by the Khmer Rouge and government forces. A large proportion of Cambodian people also suffer mental health problems having lost family members and witnessed untold trauma. Since January 1979 to December 2019, there have been a total of 64,855 landmine casualties with 19,780 people killed, 36,026 injured and 9,049 amputated.

In Cambodia, people with disabilities are generally among the poorest of society and this is magnified by the obstacles they face in gaining access to education, basic resources, training and employment. Public awareness of disability is also slim and education to promote the full inclusion of people with disability is rare. While the rights of people with disability are recognised in the Cambodian constitution, discrimination and marginalisation, remain a problem.