Young Adults Cambodia Immersion 2024

The 2024 immersion to Cambodia is an opportunity to take the risk of going to new ‘horizons’ and encounter people on the margins of life, as well as broadening personal worldviews, develop empathy and sensitivity to another culture. The Immersion also offers a unique and memorable experience that can be deeply fulfilling and enjoyable! Step out of your comfort zone, meet create lasting friendships with fellow participants!

View The Itinerary Below!

Cost

The cost of the immersion will be approximately $3800 depending on flights and accommodation costs. All participants are required to depart from Sydney. (Domestic travel to Sydney is not included). 

The cost of immersion includes: 

  1. One night’s accommodation in Meriton Apartments Mascot prior to departure 

  2. Departing flight from Sydney to Phnom Penh  

  3. Return airfare to home capital city from Siem Reap 

  4. Accommodation in Cambodia 

  5. All travel in Cambodia 

  6. All food in Cambodia 

  7. Tours – museums, Angkor Wat, the killing fields, Mekong River Cruise, Cooking class, Pagoda donations 

  8. Donations to Brothers Community in Lavalla and Pailin 


 If you require an alternative travel arrangement at the conclusion of the immersion, please contact Jeni Miller. 

The Lavalla School

Young Marists will have a one-day visit to The Lavalla School. The Lavalla School was founded in 1998 by the Marist Brothers and provides a range of initiatives that seek to provide education and training for children and young people with a disability.  

For, further information, click on the link. 

https://www.australianmaristsolidarity.net.au/project/marist-solidarity-cambodia/ 


Pailin Hostel 

The Hostel in Pailin provides residential accommodation for up to 68 students from poor, rural families who are presently deprived of a secondary education because of the remoteness of their village. Young Marists will work in the secondary school in Pailin as well as the hostel. 

For, further information, click on the link. 

https://www.australianmaristsolidarity.net.au/project/pailin-hostel-ca0013/ 


Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum 

On the first day in Cambodia, we will become familiar with the culture and historical background of Cambodia, by visiting a museum chronicling the Cambodian genocide. Located in Phnom Penh, the site is a former secondary school which was used as Security Prison 21 by the Khmer Rouge regime from 1975 until its fall in 1979. From 1976 to 1979, an estimated 20,000 people were imprisoned at Tuol Sleng. 


The Mekong River

Young Marists will be treated to a cruise down the Mekong River, which is a trans-boundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia. It is the world's twelfth-longest river and the third-longest in Asia. From its headwaters in the Tibetan Plateau, the river runs through Southwest China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and southern Vietnam. The river is a major trade route between Tibet and Southeast Asia. The construction of hydroelectric dams along the Mekong in the 2000s through the 2020s has caused serious problems for the river's ecosystem, including the exacerbation of drought


Angkor Wat

Angkor Wat is a Hindu-Buddhist temple complex in Siem Reap. Located on a site measuring 162.6 hectares within the ancient Khmer capital city of Angkor, it is considered as the largest religious structure in the world by Guinness World Records. 


The Killing Fields

Young Marists will visit several sites in Cambodia which are known as ‘The Killing Fields’. These areas are where collectively, more than 1,000,000 people were killed and buried by the Communist Party of Kampuchea during Khmer Rouge rule of the country from 1975 to 1979, immediately after the end of the Cambodian Civil War (1970–1975). The mass killings were part of the broad, state sponsored Cambodian genocide


To apply for the 2024 MYM Cambodia Immersion click on the link below: 

https://maristyouthministry.snapforms.com.au/form/marist-youth-ministry-cambodia-immersion 

 

Applications close Monday 10 June. 

interviews for suitable applicants will be held after this date