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Three staff members of our Spitler School Foundation (SSF) schools were exuberant beneficiaries of SSF’s ongoing partnership with Kids Play International (KPI). Vebol Srey, Kurata School Campus Manager; Vanh Sokkein, Spitler School Accountant; and Say Sovanna, Spitler School Librarian; are all part-time coaches for KPI. Due to their commitment and hard work, these teachers were selected to travel to Park City, Utah, where they participated in a week-long training and team building.

This cross-cultural exchange was funded through the Sports Diplomacy Division of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. This International Sports Programming Initiative uses sports to help underserved youth around the world develop important leadership skills, achieve academic success, promote tolerance and respect for diversity, and contribute to their home and host communities.

KPI conducted this coaching workshop using interactive games and sporting activities, which provided these coaches with opportunities to learn and apply new techniques to become better coaches. Additionally, KPI shared their Fair Play foundational skills of respect and moral courage to help the coaches promote gender equity and build better relationships with the youth that they coach. KPI provides skills to the coaches that are highly transferrable in the classroom, at work, home and in the community.  

SSF is thrilled to partner with KPI, and we are proud to see members of our hardworking staff be rewarded with a once-in-a-lifetime experience of traveling to the United States, which included experiencing snow for the first time!

Spitler School is fortunate to have some amazing women who improve the lives of children through their hard work, exemplary teaching, and administrative skills. In a society still learning the importance of gender equality, these women serve as examples and mentors to our young female students. We certainly welcome the opportunity to honor these women on International Women’s Day.   

The Spitler School Foundation is excited to begin a closer collaboration with Global ADE. Global ADE is a US-based non-profit with a mission to strengthen and support education in Cambodia by funding programs driven by local community leaders. Global ADE financially supported the establishment of the Stephen Mazujian Middle School — the middle school where SSF graduates continue their education. Thus, it is only natural that SSF and Global ADE work closely together to align programs, to learn from one another, and use resources as efficiently as possible.

In late 2018, the founder of Global ADE, Kenny King, and SSF founder, Danny Spitler, began collaboration discussions, and Kenny King also shared his need to step down from his role with Global ADE. SSF was pleased to offer assistance with this leadership transition along with strengthening the relationship between the two organizations. In February 2019, the Global ADE Board of Directors elected Lindsey Oakes as President and elected Danny Spitler to its Board of Directors.   

We look forward to exploring ways that our two organizations can continue to work together to enhance the educational opportunities of over 1500 deserving Cambodian children. We encourage you to learn more about Global ADE and the great success it has had over the years: https://www.globalade.org