They are Kane and Renee Bowden, with their children Ethan, Jedd and Yasmin, the first family to be sent as volunteers with the Cagliero Project. The family will spend a year collaborating in the activities of the Don Bosco Technical Institute in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Joining them will be Madelaine Smith, another volunteer of the Cagliero Project, a social worker already active in her parish.
David Fong, a teacher with ten years’ experience, and Elizabeth Waters, a university student, will also be working in Cambodia, but in Sihanoukville.
Another volunteer, Katie Sabel, is working in Alafua, Samoa.
All volunteers of the programme have been properly trained in the months before departure. The Cagliero Project pays great attention to the cultural preparation of volunteers, aware that the success of their service depends largely on their ability to integrate into the environment, so to be present among young people and able to walk in a spirit of genuine sympathy and solidarity with them.
