Cambodia
A brief follow up on Headgyms work in Cambodia
What we did
In August this year, Headgym began a teacher training workshop in Cambodia where we helped educate teachers on mental health.
This involved teaching many concepts such as:
- Growth Mindset
- Confidence Building
- Developing aspirations
- Building mental resilience
- Solution focused thinking
- Goal Setting
- Positive mindset
- NLP (Neurolinguistic Programming)
- Personal Development
And much more.
Our hope is that by helping teachers understand these concepts they can pass it on to the children and therefore change lives through education and understanding.
Why We did it
Our work was done in Battambang, Cambodia in some of the most impoverished rural areas. These are places where the odds are unfortunately stacked against children in most ways you can imagine. They face issues such as poverty, disease, a lack of education and much more.
Our goal is to have a positive impact in changing this through education. One of the largest problems they face is not only the extremely limited options they have but also that they are often not aware they have options to begin with.
We are showing them how to understand and use their minds to change their lives for the better. How to remain persistent in the face of adversity and overcome it whether the problem is mental or in the real world.
By teaching the teachers these concepts we hope to reach a wider range of children. So far we have taught 50 teachers within 2 schools who have a reach of hundreds of children to give them the education they need.
Reception and Feedback
The feedback from teachers at our workshops has been overwhelmingly positive.
Teachers were able to understand and apply their learning while teaching children almost immediately. Not only this but they also showed a visible difference in their own well-being and mental health.
Many teachers were happy to share examples of how they benefited and implemented their learnings already.
We plan to continue with these workshops and there is a future workshop and review planned for November 2023.
How you can help
If anyone would like to help in supporting our work in Cambodia, you can do so by clicking the button below. We greatly appreciate any support and will do our best to achieve our goal.