Dr. Phala Chea This is Me

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1. 1. Lowell Sun Online - Cambodian teens could be 'pioneers'

   www.lowellsun.com/front/ci_497 - [Cached]

   Published on: 1/8/2007   Last Visited: 1/9/2007

   Phala Chea, the CMAA board president and the coordinator of the Lowell School Department's parent information center, said the goal is to raise $25,000 per student to fund just the first year of their education.
   
   The money is needed to pay for their airfare, educational supplies, food, clothing, health insurance and any other expenses.
   
   "It's a nice thing, and this is a great opportunity for our community to get together and help these two children," Chea said.
   
   School Committee members already have approved school officials' plans to apply for student visas for Dy and Mom.Chea said that barring any trouble getting the student visas, the plan is to bring them to Lowell in August, before the start of school.
   
   Van said project organizers hope the effort can form the basis for future student exchanges between Cambodia and Lowell.
   
   "They could be pioneers for a program we want to do regularly," he said.
   
   Dy lives with his family in Phnom Penh, Cambodia's capital.
   
   Mom lives in a remote area of the Cambodian countryside, in Kandal province, a region Van said has "very limited resources."
   
   "It's all rice fields, and I believe her parents are farmers," Chea said.
   
   Dy didn't have it easy, either.
   
   "They don't have the best education system," Chea said.

2. 2. CMAALowell.org | Staff & Board

   www.cmaalowell.org/staff_and_b - [Cached]

   Published on: 12/24/2007   Last Visited: 12/24/2007

   Dr. Phala Chea, Vice President

3. 3. Lowell Sun Online - Local

   www.lowellsun.com/local/ci_355 - [Cached]

   Published on: 3/1/2006   Last Visited: 3/2/2006

   Dr. Phala Chea, vice president of the CMAA board of directors expressed hope that the sale of the building would free the association to focus on services for the community, stating that "it costs in excess of $100,000 per year to maintain the building."
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   Chea expressed a hope that a new location in the outskirts of the downtown area might be more accessible to the Cambodian community.
   
   "The heart of the Cambodian community is in the Acre and the Lower Highlands," Chea said.
   
   The CMAA is also seeking a better idea of the types of services needed by the community.