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| The roof of the Boy's Dorm. The boy was sleeping outside because it is cooler and left the door unlocked. |
We knew break-ins are common in Cambodia but you never really felt how dangerous it is until it happens to you. Last month, a few thieves broke into the boys' dorm – it was partially our students’ fault as some of the boys were sleeping on the roof terrance and left the door into the house unlocked. But remember, no stranger suppose to be walking around the top floor in the middle of the night. The thieves entered the house and stole a few cell phone and some cash from our students. Around the same time, a "woman" tried to open the girl's house front gate during day-time and pretending to know someone in our house too.
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The covered area of the roof at the Boy's Dorm
covered by tin-roof and tin-wall.
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About two weeks ago, the girls who stayed on the 2nd floor were awakened in the middle
of the night due to the noise of a thief shaking the balcony
door violently on the 2nd floor. The
door was locked hence after a few attempts and when the lights were on, the
thief escaped.
Few days ago, the girls stayed on the top floor were awakened
again because they heard footsteps on the tin-roof and then they heard someone
was shaking the entry-door on the top floor.
So they screamed for help and when the dorm leader and other girls came up
and turned on the lights, the thieves ran away.
Additional barb-wire has been installed yesterday but the
girls are definitely shaken and worried. We probably need to buy some new, better,
bigger pad-locks to replace the old ones. We are considering if we need to install
security camera, or even build a drywall ceiling on the top floor because
anyone can peel open the tin roof and break-into the house. But our budget would definitely not able to
cover this kind of major additions.
To make the matter worse, our students told us that there were also armed gangs in the area trying to rob car drivers by pretending to have a car accident at night. Please keep the safety of our students, and our family in
prayers. Especially pray for Amy when
she drives to the dorm by herself on week night.
Top floor entry door on Girls' Dorm. Someone climbed up from the back, crossed the roof, came down and tried to open this door. It was locked but if the girls hadn't scared the thieves away, they could have broke the window on the door and unlocked the door.
View of the same door from the inside.
Tin roof -- we are now worried that a thief could have peel off the tin and climb into the house.
Girls' Dorm - 2nd floor balcony door
A thief tried to open this door about 2 weeks ago in the middle of the night
but was scared off by the girls.
Back of kitchen -- when we first rented the house 3 years ago.
We installed some barb-wire before the students moved in 3 years ago.
We have now installed additional barb wire (not in pic) to cover all the rails between our house and the neighbors from the ground floor all the way to the roof.
We hope it will discourage any thief to climb up thru our neighbor's fences
and get into our balcony or roof.
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