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GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS IN CAMBODIA

Debra Carney
Writing Counselor and Lecturer in English
Jacobson Center for Writing, Teaching and Learning
Seelye Hall 307, Smith College
Telephone: (413) 585-3035
dcarney@email.smith.edu

Students interested in applying for grants and fellowships in Cambodia should contact Debra Carney for resource information and contact names. She provides teacher training and staff development at both the Royal University of Phnom Penh and Social Services of Cambodia, also in Phnom Penh. It is important that any interested student has significant knowledge of what life in Cambodia entails before inquiring. The following is a paragraph from Debra Carney's report on the possibility of links between Smith and institutions in Cambodia.

"Faculty and students planning projects in Cambodia need to be aware of the country's volatile history and present circumstances. Cambodia remains a politically unstable -- often lawless -- country. Illegal drugs are widely available, and violence -- including political violence -- is common. Medical facilities are well below American standards, tropical diseases are prevalent, and serious traffic accidents in Phnom Penh are endemic. Thus, as Royal Univeristy of Phnom Penh officials stressed to me repeatedly, American students in Cambodia need to be particularly mature and responsible and supervised closely by adult staff from their home colleges."