Emma Wright
Emma is serving as an English teacher for Extreme Love Ministries (ELM) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. ELM works to end human trafficking in a variety of ways, including preventing it before it can start. Emma teaches students in the Education Empowerment Program, which sponsors children in poor communities to attend school so they can get an education. English classes are one way to prepare these students to get a good job in the future, so they won’t be at risk!
After graduating from university, Emma moved to Cambodia, where she has lived and worked for six years (previously teaching at a university and then at a children’s home). She loves being able to teach English, as well as about Jesus Christ, through English classes. Her hope is for these students to not only have a brighter future but also know the One who created them and loves them!
Things she loves about Cambodia include the people, the tropical climate, milk tea, biking or motorcycle riding through the crazy traffic, and spending time with her dog, Amnar (the Khmer word for “joy”).