OUR STORY

Muoy You, Founder of Seametrey Children’s Village
Born, raised and educated in Cambodia, she left for postgraduate studies in France with a scholarship from the French Government in 1972. When the Khmer Rouge came to power on 17th April 1975 and sealed the country, newly married, her and her husband started their lives in exile, leaving France to go and work in Sudan, the Ivory Coast and Qatar, raising four children and waiting for an opportunity to go back home. 

In 1997, she went back to Cambodia to open a bilingual primary school. The political events in July of that year made the project fall through. For the sake of her children and her, they had to leave Cambodia again. Muoy decided to quit teaching teenagers and university students to acquire valuable experience in primary and nursery schools. Working with very young children convinced her that early education is crucial in shaping and changing society.

Working in a Montessori school in London made her fall in love with the approach which is so similar to her own ideas and aspiration. She realised she followed the model without knowing it. Also, that the traditional way of raising babies respecting their natural patterns and needs was essentially Montessorian. She decided to take up the course and trained at Montessori International London. She was the Director of the Seametrey Children's Village until she sadly passed away in October 2022.