Boys' Brigade Learning Centre, Cambodia

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The Boys' Brigade Learning Centre (BBLC) was established by the Boys' Brigade in Singapore as part of their community service program, to facilitate youth development in Cambodia in partnership with Cambodian schools, and to build up sufficient leadership for the Cambodian people to run their own Boys' Brigade companies. [1] The BBLC is located at Proyouth Village, Puok Commune, near Siem Reap. Work began in 2003, [2] and the BBLC was dedicated on 10 June 2006 by the Reverend Canon Dr. Louis Tay, the Brigade Chaplain at the time.

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References

  1. ↑ Anonymous. "Communities Abroad". The Boys' Brigade Singapore. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
  2. ↑ Chant, David (2010). Planet BB: The Boys' Brigade Around the World. Great Britain: History Into Print. p. 58. ISBN   978-1-85858-333-4.


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