Arai Jungle School Programs
Arai Jungle School Arai school is located in Tanut village, Presphos commune, Koas Krala district in the north-west of Cambodia. It is about 70 kilometers from Battambang town. It takes about 2 hours and half to be at school. There are 116 families, 498 populations (222 female). Most people in the village are farmers. They do cassava farm, corn farm, rice farm, feed cows and work for other people for daily income. The normal daily pay is $6.25 and $7.5 depend on kind of work. Most families have sent their family members to work in Thailand and other province in Cambodia as well. Poverty is widespread in the district. Landlessness and lack of physical and economic assets are common, making families dependent on wage labor to generate income. Migration for work, both within Cambodia and to nearby Thailand, is a common coping strategy and can also negatively affect children’s schooling when families withdraw children from school for a period of time or move to area where relevant ed