Student / Resident Electives
Cambodia is a wonderful county to visit. Its people are warm and welcoming. Facilities are available at all levels, from luxury to backpackers dormitory. Within a few hours of Phnom Penh are white sanded beaches, mysterious jungle covered mountains, and the most incredible archeological temples shouldering their ways in from antiquity. Cambodia is easy and cheap to get to and is relatively safe by all standards. It is not the aim of this site however to lay out a travelogue, rather to say that genuinely interested visitors to the ROSE Canada involvement sites are warmly welcomed. Many people have skills which they are prepared to 'donate' for a short period during their holiday. These may be medical, surgical, rehabilitative, nursing, accounting, administration, photography, writing. etc etc etc... almost anything can be of assistance Almost always they are welcome for any period of time.. a day, a week, a month etc. Welcome too however, are those who are simply interested. You will help us by seeing and understanding and just making yourselves part of us, if only for a little while.
Students of all disciplines degrees of experience and ages are welcome at ROSE - Cambodia. Many successful electives have been experienced to date. The philosophy of ROSE is to interchange information, experience and learning and this applies also to students and/or other visitors. While ROSE has no formal rules and regulations regarding student electives the following considerations are important...
ROSE only offers its day to day functioning . No special programs are arranged and the staff of ROSE give no pressure for involvement. A lot however usually is going on and so it is up to the student to participate him/herself in whatever she/he is interested in. There are always potential projects to be carried out if this is desired. The most welcome students are those who will actively take a role in the running of the unit, and be prepared to assist with the numerous everyday tasks. (e.g.. going to the market to buy things, attending meetings with other NGO's, helping patients around etc. etc.)
Regrettably, ROSE cannot undertake funding. Accommodation may or may not be available depending on who else may be visiting / working at the time. . ROSE will try to place students in other accommodation but it may be that it would be necessary for the student to stay in a guest house or house share (in which case costs would be incurred) ROSE Canada can advise on travel details. Food is cheap (1 USD will buy lunch or dinner at a street restaurant), as is transport (by motorcycle taxi) around the city. Any participants however working with ROSE do so at their own risk and should have arranged their own health and accident insurance.