Thank you to Mark and Jean Miller who for the third year in a row have committed to match our December donations, dollar of dollar up to $10,000. We are well on our way to meeting their challenge. Per Mark and Jean’s request a portion of those funds have been used to provide tuition assistance for one of our graduates who is pursuing a nursing degree at the local university. It’s not too late for you to double your donation!

NOTE: Spitler School Foundation can receive donations of appreciated stocks, bonds, and IRA required minimum distributions, which may provide significant tax advantages for some donors. Please contact us for additional information.

Thanks & Wishes

As we bring 2025 to a close, we send our heartfelt thanks to our donor family for their loyal and continuing funding of the SSF-supported students and staff. Hundreds of deserving children are receiving a basic education because of your generosity.

From the Spitler School Foundation students, staff, and family, we send our very best wishes for a Happy New Year!

We continue to monitor the increasing military tensions between Thailand and Cambodia. Thus far military action has been confined to the border areas, and not an immediate threat to our students and staff. However, Siem Reap is only 90 miles from the border and is the closest major city. Unfortunately, that means thousands of refugees from the border areas are fleeing into Siem Reap and putting a strain on the city’s residents and resources.

Spitler School is welcoming at least 13 of these refugee children into the school. We hope that they will be able to return safely to their own school, but in the meantime, we will try and provide as much education as we can to these vulnerable young students.

We also have three refugee students attending Kurata School and three students attending the middle school and high school.

We sincerely hope these disputes can be resolved soon so that these students can return to their homes and schools.

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We would sincerely appreciate your donation to help the children of rural Cambodia
realize their amazing potential.

While the U.S. celebrates Thanksgiving and the Holidays, the Cambodian schools are celebrating the new school year. This year, the Spitler School Foundation has over 600 children (equal numbers of girls and boys) attending Spitler School this year, including 76 new learners in our kindergarten classes. There are also 155 students attending Kurata School, a small, government-built primary school where the Spitler School Foundation provides funding for an English program, computer skills, and a library.

As Malala Yousafzai reminds us: “One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.” We are excited to see the changes these students will bring!

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We would sincerely appreciate your donation to help the children of rural Cambodia
realize their amazing potential.