The Catholic Church in Cambodia is hoping it will be able to continue offering scholarships and lodging to rural students who otherwise would not be able to live and study in the capital.
"I really thank the Church for providing me the scholarship to continue my studies at the university. If not for the scholarship I would have stayed at home," Neak Thorn told UCA News. Thorn, 21, is from a village in Kompot province, about 150 kilometers west of Phnom Penh, and is a freshman at the Civil Engineering College in the capital.
Father Enrico Fidanza, director of the Catholic Church Student Center ...more