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SEAYLP brings together 60 high school students from countries in Southeast Asia. Participants focus on leadership, youth development, networking and cooperation between different nations. The students will be staying with US families near the university. They will enjoy field trips to see community service projects in action and discuss ways in which they can cooperate to replicate similar projects back in Cambodia.

Our students were selected from a huge amount of applicants and given their places based on leadership potential, academic achievement and a strong interest in working to serve their communities.

Srey Touch said, “SEAYLP offers a great opportunity to work with students from all across Southeast Asia as well as students from the US. I’m grateful that I have this opportunity to go abroad and learn more about other countries.

“When I knew that I made the shortlist, I was really happy and excited. I practiced lots of interview questions every weekend. The day before the final interview, I read over my application several times and practiced by asking myself questions about the application while recording my voice. Listening to the recordings helped me to improve my responses.

“When my final interview came around, the interviewer asked me, ‘What would I take away from the program?’ I felt I was well prepared for this question. I talked about how I’d like to empower women and girls in my community and my country. I think my interview must have gone well as a few weeks later Rachna, Seiha and I received our acceptance letters.”