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Organized by Rotaract Club PolyU

Evaluation Report

Chan Ho Sing Ernest

08265400D

LSGI Year 1

34014 Bsc(Hons) Geomatics

Once was the most powerful nation in South-east Asia, now Cambodia has become a

tag of poverty and poor.

In this trip, Love is more than just a title, it is the theme and the essence, and it is all

Cambodia needs.

First Day - Nature of Mankind

When we first arrived, we visited the killing field where thousands of innocent

people were killed just 30 years ago during the civil war. What took us by surprise

was every single step we took, we were stepping the dead.

Looking on the ground, we could still see bones, mark of blood,

and torn pieces of clothes. There was a tree, a giant one, with

the darkest mark of blood in the field – a killing tool for babies.

The second stop to security office made us felt grieve even deeper.

Numerous kinds of tortures and series of victims’ photos kept us

imagining how the people confessed under the hardships. The

dark side of mankind is so unpleasant and can be so terrible. To

satisfy one man’s desire, so many lives have lost. First day visit

reveals us the very dark side of man and how much sin we bear.

Second Day –To serve and to lead

We went to the home for street kids, teaching them simple English and songs. Our

work sounds to be stupid and childish, but we ended up happy and joyful. Where a

place with illiteracy rate is more than half of the population, it is not hard to find how

fortunate the children staying in that home are. We know how little we have done

and how tiny we are in serving the children there. We feel proud and happy,

because we realize that we are doing the right thing, though very little. Every smile

on the children’s faces, holding hands, singing songs with you and many simple acts

can be so touching and so cheerful. During the game time, we led them sing, dance

and doing paper works. Servant leader, we have become.

Third Day – Tighten Belts

We went to the squatters where 1000

poor families lived. We did family visit.

People grew up with nothing there- no

money, no stable place to live, no clear

way out. The sad fact is that they

cannot change. Children are not

encouraged to school; reason behind is

the family needs the kids to queue for

the breadline.

Fourth Day – Live in Rubbish

Rubbish Mountain, another name for the landfill just next to the capital is where

thousands of people earn their living. The smell was as awful as there were rotten

cheese. The situation beggared all kind of description.

Fifth Day – Back to square one

We visited the international school and flew back to Hong Kong. On the way back, I

met a Canadian family, who travelled Beijing and Vietnam before Cambodia. They

shared their wonderful experience with me. What interested me was that we

shared the same feeling, when we back to our ordinary live, we would miss

Cambodia and keep pursuing the meaning of life.