Maryknoll Partners in Cambodia


Students from Notre Dame University (2004)

Chris DeStephano Peter Quaranto


Chris and Peter spent eight weeks in June, July, and August in Phnom Penh. Their main responsibility was teaching a summer English course at the Royal University of Phnom Penh, but they were both self-starters and managed to take on several other involvements also.

Here are photos of some of their involvements.

Photo Gallery

Peter and Chris with university students

The main responsibility for Peter (on floor, head on hand) and Peter (standing, second from right) was teaching English at the Royal University of Phnom Penh where they quickly made many friends.

   A goodbye dinner for Peter and Chris

Peter and Chris quickly became part of the Maryknoll community also. Here some of the Maryknoll group gathered for a farewell dinner for the two students where they gathered after the Saturday evening mass.

Chris with children with AIDS

Chris with children with AIDS at the Maryknoll Little Sprouts program

  
Peter leading a workshop for Buddhist monks

Peter leading a workshop for a group of Buddhist monks

Chris with an AIDS-infected baby at Little Sprouts

Chris with a baby with AIDS in one of the Little Sprouts group homes

  
Peter in the classroom at the university

Peter in the classroom at the University of Phnom Penh

Chris at the Patches of Hope program

At the Patches of Hope program, women and men with AIDS sew quilts to earn money

  
Peter teaching students

Peter working with two students in the Little Folks program for children affected by AIDS

Chris on a precarious trip

Part of the Cambodian experience is traveling as the locals do. A "white-knuckle" boat ride?

  
Peter with a baby with AIDS

Peter with one of the infants with AIDS because of mother-to-child transmission of the disease

Chris after observing brain surgery

Chris, a pre-med student, had a chance to observe brain surgery in a Phnom Penh hospital

  

Peter feeding a baby with AIDS

Peter feeding an AIDS-infected baby who has hope because of ARV drugs to keep her alive

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