Hope Hall

Hall's "Meeting In the Middle" website brings together two countries on opposite sides of the world, Cambodia and the United States. She plans to develop a website geared to middle school teachers and students that discusses life in Cambodia. Hall's visit to Cambodia in 2005 allowed her to interact with girls who were enrolled in school for the first time. She wanted to share the experiences of the face-to-face meetings she had with Cambodian families and the newly-enrolled girls. She visited Cambodia again this past summer with her 12-year-old daughter, who will offer input on the website. The goal is to create an interactive and thought-provoking site that gives an authentic Cambodian perspective to teachers and students for free. Some of the site's features may include a time difference clock, maps, video clips of Cambodian children, a list of books about Cambodia, teacher resources and a blog where students in each country can ask questions. The site will be in development during Fall 2007. Hall resides in Cumberland.