WHILE most students spent their school holidays relaxing on one of Noosa’s beautiful beaches, Noosa District State High School Year 11 student leader Chandler Kamradt was helping others in need.
Chandler headed to Cambodia to help build homes for impoverished families and to teach English in a Cambodian school along with a team of volunteers who take part in projects in rural communities.
“This is such a great experience, unlike anything I have done before,“ Chandler said.
Highlights for Chandler included meeting the families the new homes are to house and the feeling of accomplishment Chandler has experienced upon seeing the homes through to completion.
“We did one house in just two days,” Chandler said.
The Love and Heart School took Chandler and other English speaking volunteers in to run English lessons and to interact with the students to allow for the students and the volunteers to develop and deepen intercultural understandings.
“I will miss all the students at the Love and Heart School so much,” Chandler said.
Chandler returned to Australia on Friday and said he hoped he could volunteer again.
“This is an amazing trip. I hope to do something again like this in the near future,” Chandler said.
