Angkor Hospital For Children Visit
by Cam TurnbullLast summer my mom and I went on a trip to visit my cousins in Thailand. We also went on a trip to Siem Reap in Cambodia with my cousins and Aunt Karen. 
It was hot there! It was busy there with tuk-tuks and people riding bikes to school in the morning. We met lots of really friendly people but I noticed a lot of poor people living there. There were a lot of poor kids.
When we drove to the satellite clinic through the country we saw lots of farms and houses that were built on stilts. If there were a flood their houses would be safe from all the water.
When we got to the clinic Helen met us. Outside the clinic was a fresh water place to clean the kids in. It had stonewalls and was a bit muddy with a little tap. It was very different from my big shower at home. When we got past the admitting room there was a big room with lots of beds in it. The beds were close together so I hope disease doesn’t spread from bed to bed. There were lots of sick kids there. It was very sad to see the all the sick kids and I hoped none of them were going to die. We blew bubbles to some of the kids to try and make them happy because they looked so sad and bored. There were little rooms with sick babies in incubators and in another small room there were two beds where they did surgery. My cousin had to get stitches in his foot cleaned so we were in the room getting that done. When we were there, there was a kid getting a huge needle in his back. He was really brave.
I think it’s important to keep donating to the AHC so the children don’t have to go to government hospitals where they won’t get good help. We learned the government hospitals are not very good. They don’t even have the medicine the kids need. I’ m glad I visited the hospital so now I know how some other people in Asia live.
Birthday Party July
After I went to Cambodia and Thailand I had my 10th birthday party. We had a beach party. It was so fun! We played capture the flag, swam, used paddleboards and went tubing. It was so fun except I fractured my hand so I had a cast on. I had to go to the hospital the next day to replace it because it got wet. For my birthday I asked people to bring a little money to donate to the Angkor Hospital for Children. We raised enough money to put at least one child through surgery. It felt good helping. I want to help some more so my Mom and I want to organize a bake sale at my school. We are waiting to hear if we can do it this year.
From: Cam Turnbull (age 8). Visited Cambodia June 2013