Sakena Voeurt

My name is Sakena. I have four sisters. When I was five years old, my three-year-old brother drowned. Losing him caused my parents and me a lot of sadness. When I was six years old, I started first grade. I studied at Snoeng Primary School. At that time, my family was very poor. We had food in the morning, but rarely in the evening.

In grade 11, I went to Thailand to start working as a construction worker. My job was to fix roads, and I ended up working there for three months because I needed to help my family. Unfortunately, my boss did not pay me, so I came back to my country.  After returning, I started twelfth grade and then I discovered TASSEL. One day I met a person who was very kind and friendly, he was Teacher Joji. I asked him if I could be a TASSEL teacher and he said yes.

I have been working with TASSEL since 2014. I believe that TASSEL is the best organization in Cambodia. TASSEL not only teaches English to poor children, but it also provides other forms of help for children and the elderly. TASSEL has been a great opportunity; I love teaching the kids and I understand their situations because my family is also poor. The students do not have money to attend private schools, but they can attend TASSEL which is a school in the countryside. The students can learn English without having to pay and they are taught by so many kind and friendly foreign teachers who teach English to the children over Vsee every year.

Moreover, these teachers visit my country every summer. They give clothes to the kids, medicine to the old people, and they teach English to children. The foreign TASSEL teachers always care, love, and share their knowledge with the Cambodians. I strongly believe that Cambodia will change because we have the kindest people helping us, and we can improve our English education.

I graduated from Dewey International University in 2022. My major was TESOL.  

 TASSEL is my house because I have the kindest foreigners and Khmer teachers.