Saturday was International Women’s Day, a time to honour the achievements of women while also advocating for gender equality. We are grateful to all women – mothers and daughters, colleagues and friends, leaders and helpers – for everything they contribute to our lives. The world shines brighter thanks to all the kind-hearted, courageous women out there.
Here at Little Hearts, all the women received a bouquet of flowers as a sign of our appreciation. Everything seemed normal enough during lunch on Saturday until Tony summoned some of the boys to help him unload the flowers from his car. He had a bouquet for every woman on the staff: bright yellow flowers that resembled the sun for our manager and teacher Roxanne, who has been at Little Hearts for six years; roses with streaks of blue (her favourite colour) for teacher Zahl; and velvety red petals for Celine Van Glabeke, who was celebrating her last day in Phnom Penh with our kids. (Celine has been part of the Little Hearts family since 2013, when she completed a six-month internship here. She has visited Cambodia six times since then.)
And the most heart-warming moment was when Tony gifted red roses to each one of Little Hearts’ youngest girls!