我和我追逐的柬埔寨

我和我追逐的柬埔寨 (洪潁玲撰文；林建勳審稿)

為了讓學生志工們了解在世界上不同地區的志工服務內容，這場講座特別邀請，在柬埔寨、尼泊爾及馬紹爾等地有過16年國際志工服務經驗的陳佳莉講師。於4 / 21日晚間6：30分，至文藻外語大學至善樓（Z1307），來與現場的學子們分享，自己當初是如何決心到這些地區開始服務，以及過程中的不易與堅持。

起初陳老師分享了2005年第一次到柬埔寨的經歷，那時的柬埔寨物資極度的缺乏。但即使如此仍無法影響當地學童們對知識的渴求之心。陳講師為了到當地幫助那些困難的學童們，開始舉辦募款音樂會與愛心公益義賣。

陳講師也分享當時在因緣際會下，聽到當地的學童們在哼唱那時柬埔寨的流行歌曲，同意並依戀。歌曲內容描述在貧困的柬埔寨相愛的男女，卻被迫選擇與經濟能力較好的另一個人共結連理，只因對方的家中有一頭牛。這樣的情形放在現在的台灣，也許是一件難以想像的事，但世界上確實存在著這些需要被關懷與幫助的人們。

最後陳佳莉老師也向大家呼籲，其實幫助別人並不是一件困難的事，只要從一個小小的心願開始付諸行動，就能幫助到別人，並且也能在這條道路上遇見與自己志同道合的人們。

A Calling from Taoyuan – Me and My Cambodian Dream (Written by: Tisa；Translated by Peter Chou)

In order to share with the audience, the experience of volunteering in different parts of the world, Ms. Chia-Li Chen, who has many years of experience in volunteering in Cambodia and Nepal, was invited to speak on April 21 at Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages. She shared with the audience how she decided to start serving in these areas and how difficult and persistent she was during the process.

At the beginning, Ms. Chen shared her experience of her first visit to Cambodia in 2005 where there was an extreme lack of supplies. But even so, the thirst for knowledge of the local school children could not be dampened. In order to help those children in need, Ms. Chen started to hold fundraising concerts and charity sales.

Ms. Chen described how, by chance, she heard local school children humming a popular Cambodian song at the time, and she immediately fell in love with it. The song described a man and woman who were in love but are from poor regions of Cambodia. They were forced to choose to be with another person with better means because their family had a cow. Such a situation might be unimaginable in Taiwan today, but there are indeed people in the world who need care and help.

Lastly, Ms. Chia-Li Chen urged the audience that it is not difficult to help others, as long as you start with a small wish and take action, you can help others and meet like-minded people along the wa