WHO IS POOR

One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live.
They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family.
On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, "How was the trip?"
"It was great, Dad."
"Did you see how poor people live?" the father asked.
"Oh yeah," said the son.
"So, tell me, what you learned from the trip?" asked the father.
The son answered:
"I saw that we have one dog and they had four.
We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no end.
We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at night.
Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon.
We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our sight.
We have servants who serve us, but they serve others.
We buy our food, but they grow theirs.
We have walls around our property to protect us, they have friends to protect them."
The boy's father was speechless.
Then his son added, “Thanks Dad for showing me how poor we are."

Isn't perception a wonderful thing?
If we all saw everything the same way, there is hardly anything to learn Next time someone disagrees with you remember that it is an opportunity to learn a new perception.

TOT on Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction

The TOT on Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction (CBDRR) was organized from 25-31 May 2009 at Kampong Chhnang province. This 7-day training was conducted by ActionAid Cambodia with strong collaboration of National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) and Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MOEYS) of Kingdom of Cambodia and funded by ECHO. There were 25 practionners from I/NGOs and GOs including ActionAid itself, LWF, Plan International, World Vision, PCDM of and Department of EYS of Banteay Meanchey, Kratie and Svay Rieng, NCDM and Pedagogy Research Department of MOEYS.
The TOT aims to enable participants to be more efficient and effective in promoting the concepts of DRR, and application of its various tools through a participatory approach:
The specific objectives identified are
- To deepen the concept of DRR and its relevance in the overall development of the country;
- To develop facilitation and animation skills on DRR using participatory tools and techniques.
- To provide specific skills to integrate DRR as part of long term national and sub national development plans of the country.
The training was led by Mr. PV Krishnan, an experienced trainer and practitioner in DRR and exposed to various country programmes and a support team. He is well versed with in DRR concepts DIPECHO projects and worked as DIPECHO Manager in NEPAL in the past. He has been exposed to humanitarian programmes and played a leadership role in promoting SPHERE standards in South Asia.
Overall, the course was well received by the participants. Being a dynamically structured workshop ensuring participatory and strategic inputs, the workshop followed daily feedback and review sessions, ensuring that not only did participants received opportunity to comment on the days content and methods but also exposing them to different types of evaluations and reviews.
The facilitation was totally based on participatory methods, giving ample space and time for the participants to share their experiences and ideas while expressing their opinions also. The pre-designed loose structure also ensured that modifications could be included in the subject matters so that participants could relate better with the process. In addition to participatory sharing and learning, there was also scope for power point presentations, brain storming sessions and focused group discussions.
The overall training event was a huge success and naturally, matter of great satisfaction for the facilitators. There are areas to improve and the constant effort to seek improvement will surely ensure that facilitators, organizers and participants will raise the standard of training in future.

See the full report, see full list of participants

L'OURS ET LE LAPIN

Un ours poursuit un lapin...
L'ours : Je vais t'attraper, petit merdeux de lapin.
Le lapin : Va te faire voir, ours de merde qui pue la pisse.
Les deux traversent un champ et là se trouve une grenouille magique...
La grenouille : Stoppez là vous deux ! Je suis une grenouille magique et je peux exaucer 3 vœux pour chacun... Qui commence?
L'ours : Moi, moi, je suis le plus gros !
La grenouille : Vas-y l'ours.... ton premier vœu.
L'ours : Moi, je veux que tous les ours de la forêt soient des femelles.
La grenouille : Pas de problème, ton vœu est exaucé. A toi le lapin.
Le lapin : Moi, je veux un casque de moto.
L'ours en regardant le lapin : T'es vraiment con toi !
La grenouille : Pas de problème, ton vœu est exaucé. Voilà ton casque. A toi l'ours pour ton 2eme vœu.
L'ours : Moi, je veux que tous les ours des forêts voisines soient des femelles.
La grenouille : OK pas de problème.. C'est comme si c'était fait. A toi le lapin.
Le lapin : Moi, je veux une moto à ma taille et ultra puissante.
La grenouille : Pas de problème. La voilà.
L'ours en regardant le lapin : T'es vraiment qu'un abruti toi !
La grenouille : Bon, et pour votre dernier vœu ?
L'ours : Moi, je veux que tous les ours de cette planète soient des femelles, sauf moi.
La grenouille : OK, c'est fait et toi le lapin, ton dernier vœu ?
Le lapin met son casque, monte sur sa moto, démarre à fond et crie en montrant l'ours :
- Je veux qu'il soit pédé !

Kids Are Quick

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TEACHER: Maria, go to the map and find North America .
MARIA: Here it is.
TEACHER: Correct. Now class, who discovered America ?
CLASS: Maria.
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TEACHER: John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor?
JOHN: You told me to do it without using tables.
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TEACHER: Glenn, how do you spell 'crocodile?'
GLENN: K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L'
TEACHER: No, that's wrong
GLENN: Maybe it is wrong, but you asked me how I spell it.
(I Love this kid)
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TEACHER: Donald, what is the chemical formula for water?
DONALD: H I J K L M N O.
TEACHER: What are you talking about?
DONALD: Yesterday you said it's H to O.
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TEACHER: Winnie, name one important thing we have today that we didn't have ten years ago.
WINNIE: Me!
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TEACHER: Glen, why do you always get so dirty?
GLEN: Well, I'm a lot closer to the ground than you are.
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TEACHER: Millie, give me a sentence starting with 'I.'
MILLIE: I is..
TEACHER: No, Millie..... Always say, 'I am.'
MILLIE: All right... 'I am the ninth letter of the alphabet.'
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TEACHER: George Washington not only chopped down his father's cherry tree, but also admitted it. Now, Louie, do you know why his father didn't punish him?
LOUIS: Because George still had the axe in his hand.
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TEACHER: Now, Simon, tell me frankly, do you say prayers before eating?
SIMON: No sir, I don't have to, my Mom is a good cook.
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TEACHER: Clyde , your composition on 'My Dog' is exactly the same as your brother's. Did you copy his?
CLYDE: No, sir. It's the same dog.
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TEACHER: Harold, what do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer interested?
HAROLD: A teacher

NOMS INDIENS

Un petit indien demande à son père, le grand Sachem-Toutem :
" Dis Papa, pourquoi portons-nous des noms très longs, alors que les cow-boys, eux, ont des noms plus courts comme Bill, Tex, Sam ?"

Le père répond
«Hé bien ! Parce que nous sommes des gens proches de la nature et que, de ce fait, nous avons gardé une certaine poésie. Pas comme ces blancs qui vivent en ville et ont tout perdu !
Regarde ! Ta sœur s'appelle :
Petite-lune-argentée-se-reflétant-dans-le-lac-scintillant.
Parce qu'elle est née par une nuit claire, un soir de printemps, alors que la lune se reflétait dans un grand lac, sombre et profond, bordé de grands arbres.
Le paysage était magnifique.
Nous étions heureux ta mère et moi.
Et nous avons voulu pour toujours nous souvenir de cet instant.
D'où le nom de ta sœur.»

«Pour ton frère, c'est pareil. Lui s'appelle :
Aigle-majestueux-survolant-la-montagne parce qu'il est né par un bel été, dans une grande prairie, entourée de hautes montagnes enneigées qu’un aigle survolait à ce moment-là, toutes ailes déployées, à la recherche, sans doute, de sa future proie.
C'était grandiose et majestueux.
Nous avons voulu conserver ce souvenir.
D'où le nom de ton frère. Voilà, c'est tout simple.»

«As-tu d'autres questions, Petit-Préservatif-plein-de-trous ?»

Pourquoi le crocodile n'a pas de langue!!!

Il était une fois, un Roi très méchant qui aimait tuer les gens. Toutes ces personnes étaient mangées par les crocodiles.
Un jour, il voulu rendre visite à ses crocodiles. Il les trouva en train de dévorer les chairs des pauvres gens. Le roi les regarda et leur dit :
- vous êtes très sauvage !!!
- Non, ce n’est pas nous, dit un crocodile, c’est vous !!!
Le roi était furieux et lui dit :
- Pourquoi dis-tu cela ?
- je les tue pour vivre, mais vous, vous les tuez pour le plaisir, répond le crocodile.
Le roi devint rouge de colère contre le crocodile et ordonna à ses gardes de couper la langue du crocodile.
Depuis ce jour là, tous les crocodiles n’ont pas de langue.

Ecrit par M. Loek Sothea

PREAH VIHEAR TEMPLE

Situated on the edge of a plateau that dominates the plain of Cambodia, the Temple of Preah Vihear is dedicated to Shiva. The Temple is composed of a series of sanctuaries linked by a system of pavements and staircases over an 800 metre long axis and dates back to the first half of the 11th century AD. Nevertheless, its complex history can be traced to the 9th century, when the hermitage was founded. This site is particularly well preserved, mainly due to its remote location. The site is exceptional for the quality of its architecture, which is adapted to the natural environment and the religious function of the temple, as well as for the exceptional quality of its carved stone ornamentation.
Outstanding Universal Value
The Temple of Preah Vihear, a unique architectural complex of a series of sanctuaries linked by a system of pavements and staircases on an 800 metre long axis, is an outstanding masterpiece of Khmer architecture, in terms of plan, decoration and relationship to the spectacular landscape environment.
Criterion (i): Preah Vihear is an outstanding masterpiece of Khmer architecture. It is very ‘pure’ both in plan and in the detail of its decoration.
Authenticity, in terms of the way the buildings and their materials express well the values of the property, has been established. The attributes of the property comprise the temple complex; the integrity of the property has to a degree been compromised by the absence of part of the promontory from the perimeter of the property. The protective measures for the Temple, in terms of legal protection are adequate; the progress made in defining the parameters of the Management Plan needs to be consolidated into an approved, full Management Plan.

Pour Ma Chérie Naly

Quelle fleur de beauté comme un lili,
Qui le matin déclose au soleil,
Quelle fille de beauté comme ma chéire,
Qui fleurit dans mon coeur tout pareil.

A word for you!

I feel I can touch the sky,
As your love is all around.
I swear not to make you down,
Oh, lovely you are my eyes.

Un homme qui voulait chercher la femme!!!

Il était une fois, un homme qui voulait avoir une femme. Il quitait sa maison et traversait un village à l'autre pour la chercher. Un jour, il rencontrait une fille très belle qui marchait tout seul. Il faisait semblant d'être gentil et lui disait:
- Homme: ah, tu es vraiment belle ma chérie
- Fille: merci beaucoup
- Homme: uh... tu habites où ?
- Fille: j'habite près d'ici
- Homme: voilà, tu marches tout seul comme ca, n'as pas tu peur de fantôme?
- Fille: si, si, j'avais vraiment peur quand j'étais vivant.
- Homme: au secour! au secour!!!!

Young Bull and Old Bull!!!

Young bull and old bull are standing on the hill, looking around. They see a lot of cows. Young bull says "Let run fast down the hill and then fuck couple of cows". Old bull says "Oh, no! We just walk slowly down the hill and then fuck them all".