Cambodia Service Program

Tabor Academy

June 10th-21st 2016



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News: please do the following

  1. turn your passport page copy into Mr. Downes or Mr. Dasilva by Feb 10th
  2. tell us whether you are departing and returning by plane from Boston, New York, or Siem Reap by February 15th
  3. pay your remaining trip expense with a check to "Stephen Downes" by March 1st; see below for details
  4. note the program orientation dates below and be sure to come to these sessions in March, April and May

Program:

Our trip to Asia in June 2016 will be the seventh trip to Asia taken by Tabor students and faculty since 1999. It will also be the fourth Tabor global service trip organized since 2014. The popularity of volunteer service is matched at Tabor by interest in global understanding and exchange, and our program will have both goals in mind. During one week of bridge and well construction and English teaching at Kontreang Commune, near Siem Reap, Cambodia, thirty-eight Tabor students and faculty will work, live, and make friends with villagers in the Angkor Wat region of Cambodia.


Goals:

It is our hope that this program and experience will give you some life-long memories. We believe that global citizenship is best learned and practiced through these qualities:

  • collaboration: working together and building teams and partnerships within and across cultures, with respect for each other

  • innovation: taking skills and applying them to unfamiliar settings, with encouragement for initiative and leadership

  • service: helping to make the larger world a better place through action

  • friendship: discovering and enjoying our similarities and differences across the planet


Trip Preparation:

  • January 10th $500 deposit due. Please make check payable to “Stephen Downes”.

  • February 10th copies of passport pages good through January 2017 due; please send scans or paper copies

  • March 1st remaining payment $2500 payment due

  • April 1st immunizations paperwork and trip waivers due

Orientation Meetings:

  • Culture: Wednesday, March 30th: 6:30 PM, Lyndon North
  • Learning language, making friends: Wednesday April 20th: 6:30 PM, Lyndon North
  • Trip Logistics and packing: Wednesday, May 11th 6:30 PM, History classrooms (1) medical (2) visuals (3) packing (4) paperwork (5) personal statement

Plane tickets:

We will arrange transportation between Tabor or Logan Airport in Boston and JFK Airport in New York on both June 9th and June 21st for those that need it. We are currently choosing between a chartered mini-coach and a commercial flight. The total trip cost is $3000 for departure from either Boston or New York. If you wish to book your own plane tickets to meet the group at Siem Reap, the trip cost is $1750 per person. You must schedule your arrival and departure to and from Siem Reap to approximate the group arrival time, so that faculty chaperones are not stretched too thin for coverage. We are not able to split the group rate ticket, so you cannot meet us in Shanghai coming or going. The only group rate ticket is Boston/New York to and from Siem Reap.

CHINA EASTERN CONFIRMATION #: PC7B9Y
DELTA CONFIRMATION #G8LUHR (Carchidi, Carlson, Chase Daniel); #GVHJ5V (Farrell, Frantz, Gibbs-West, Jeffries, Kemezis, Krikorian-unz, Larock, Martignetti, Matsumura, O'Leary, Packard, Souza, Sweeney, Vandermel, Womeldorf)

DATE
 DEP CITY
 ARR CITY
 FLT NO
 DEP TIME
 ARR TIME
  • PASSENGERS**
JUN 9 THUR
 BOSTON (BOS)
 NEW YORK (JFK)
 DL 416
 7:19 PM
 8:50 PM
 17 students, 2 faculty
JUN 10 FRI
 NEW YORK (JFK)
 SHANGHAI (PVG)
 MU298
 1:00 AM
 5:20 AM+1
 21 students, 2 faculty
JUN 11 SAT
 SHANGHAI (PVG)
 SIEM REAP (REP)
 MU513
 6:40 PM
 10:00 PM
 27 students, 6 faculty
JUN 20 MON
 SIEM REAP (REP)
 SHANGHAI (PVG)
 MU514
 10:50 PM
 4:00 AM +1
 27 students, 2 faculty
JUN 21 TUES
 SHANGHAI (PVG)
 NEW YORK (JFK)
 MU587
 11:30 AM
 2:15 PM
 21 students, 2 faculty
JUN 21 TUES
 NEW YORK (JFK)
 BOSTON (BOS)
 DL 436
 7:25 PM
 9:01 PM
 17 students, 2 faculty

Please note that the Boston-JFK flights have no baggage allowance as domestic flights. If you check a bag, it will cost you $25 each way. Please pack light in a bag that you can take as carry-on, Maximum size for carry-on is 9" x 14" x 22". Thank you!


FLIGHT GROUPS


Group #1: Traveling from Boston (use group plane ticket)
  1. Carchidi, Megan
  2. Carlson, Lily
  3. Cook, Connor (purchased own Boston-JFK ticket; return with group to JFK, then to Colorado, not Boston)
  4. Chase, Anastasia
  5. Daniel, India
  6. Farrell, Sydney
  7. Frantz, Leland
  8. Gibbs-West, Liz
  9. Jeffries, Julia
  10. Krikorian-Kunz, Kevin
  11. LaRock, Dennis
  12. Martignetti, David
  13. Matsumura, Taka (will not take Siem Reap-Boston, instead Siem Reap-Bangkok 7:40 PM June 20th PG 908)
  14. O'Leary, Kiley
  15. Packard, Caroline
  16. Souza, Annalisa
  17. Sweeney, Jack
  18. Vander Mel, Christian
  19. Womeldorph, Cassie
  20. Kemezis, Paige

Group #2: Traveling from New York (use group plane ticket)
  1. Chodak, Tenzin
  2. Ferguson, Kyle
  3. Romagnoli, Christina

Group #3: Traveling from Shanghai with group, purchasing own ticket to Siem Reap 6:40 PM June 11)
  1. Cai, Derek - Vancouver to Shanghai MU 582 arrive 4:35 PM Saturday June 11th
  2. Shi, Jack
  3. Wang, Emma
  4. Wang, Kitty
  5. Wang, Sherry
  6. Xue, Chris

Group #4: Meeting us at Siem Reap Airport 10:00 PM June 11th, purchasing own air tickets)
  1. Buamahakul, Jui - arrive at Siem Reap Saturday June 11th 7:55 PM PG 909 from Bangkok
  2. Hwang, Tony - arrive at Siem Reap Saturday June 11th 10:15 PM KE 687 from Seoul
  3. Lee, Brian - arrive at Siem Reap Saturday June 11th 10:15 PM KE 687 from Seoul
  4. Matsuo, Mao - arrive at Siem Reap Saturday June 11th 7:55 PM PG 909 from Bangkok
  5. Sombutboon, Poom - arrive at Siem Reap Saturday June 11th 7:55 PM PG 909 from Bangkok

Separate departures (not with group)

  1. Tony and Brian depart Monday June 20th 21:35 (9:35 PM) Vietnam Airlines SiemReap-HCMC-Seoul
  2. Derek Cai flies with group June 20th MU 514 to Shanghai, then by himself 1:30 PM MU 581 Shanghai to Vancouver
  3. Poom, Jui and Mao depart Monday June 20th 8:30 PM PG 910 Siem Reap to Bangkok
  4. Taka depart Monday June 20th 7:40 PM PG 908 Siem Reap to Bangkok, then by himself PG 4155 to Tokyo
  5. Derek, Jack Shi, Emma, Kitty, Sherry and Chris depart from Siem Reap to Shanghai June 20th with group, but on their own tickets


Participants:

students:


  1. Buamahakul, Jui
  2. Cai, Derek
  3. Carchidi, Megan
  4. Carlson, Lily
  5. Chase, Anastasia
  6. Chodak, Tenzin
  7. Cook, Connor
  8. Daniel, India
  9. Farrell, Sydney
  10. Ferguson, Kyle
  11. Frantz, Leland
  12. Hwang, Tony
  13. Jeffries, Julia
  14. Krikorian-Kunz, Kevin
  15. LaRock, Dennis
  16. Lee, Brian
  17. Martignetti, David
  18. Matsuo, Mao
  19. Matsumura, Taka
  20. O'Leary, Kiley
  21. Packard, Caroline
  22. Romagnoli, Christina
  23. Shi, Jack
  24. Sombutboon, Poom
  25. Souza, Annalisa
  26. Sweeney, Jack
  27. Vander Mel, Christian
  28. Wang, Emma
  29. Wang, Kitty
  30. Wang, Sherry
  31. Womeldorf, Cassie
  32. Xue, Chris

faculty:

  1. Mr. Rick DaSilva logistics, communication
  2. Mr. Stephen Downes planning, logistics
  3. Ms. Paige Kemezis orientation sessions manager, chaperone for return group
  4. Dr. Karl Kistler on-site project logistics
  5. Mr. Gary Sousa historian, assistant chaperone for departure group
  6. Mrs. Liz West medical officer, chaperone for departure group

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