Your sponsor child is waiting to tell you about how the flooded river made it difficult for him to move the oxen to the field this morning. He wants to tell you that he climbed his first coconut tree to gather coconuts to sell near the market. He's waiting to learn about what it is like to fly in an airplane, the name of your dog, even what you ate for breakfast!

Wouldn't this be much better in your e-mail inbox than some old stale jokes and SPAM mail?

If you think so and would enjoy writing to your sponsor child in Cambodia, then sign up for our E-Pal program!

NCLO's E-Pal program is much more than just a pen pal program. The purpose of NCLO's E-Pal program is to support the development of basic verbal, written, and technology communication skills, enabling the students to learn about and develop friendships with others from different cultures through the sharing of information and letter writing. Children advance through three certification levels of skills, with the goal being to eventually be able to type emails directly into laptop computers to communicate with their E-Pals around the world.

Every month children attend E-Pal class. The first hour and a half of class they learn and practice new skills. The last half hour of class is spent using their new skills to write to their E-Pals.

Being an E-Pal costs $15 quarterly or $60 annually. Once we have received your first donation, we will notify you that you are set up in our system. You may begin writing right away by logging into WORKS.

Please note that children only write to their E-Pals in response to having received a letter. Letters received through WORKS by the 21st of each month will be answered in in the following month's E-Pal class... unless the child is absent.

It's the beginning to a connection you won't soon forget.

Click one of the links on the left to learn more or to sign up to be an E-Pal today!