{"id":1396,"date":"2019-11-21T05:09:14","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T05:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalteer.org\/sports\/?p=1396"},"modified":"2025-11-04T00:16:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T00:16:04","slug":"sports-in-rural-areas-of-cambodia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalteer.org\/sports\/sports-in-rural-areas-of-cambodia\/","title":{"rendered":"Empowering Children through Sports in Rural Cambodia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-1396\"  class=\"panel-layout\"><div id=\"pg-1396-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\"><div id=\"pgc-1396-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"><div id=\"panel-1396-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\"><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h2>Sports in Rural Cambodia<\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">With sports come the qualities like sportsmanship, focus! Values like\u00a0team work, discipline! Skills like strategizing, coordination and that's exactly what\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalteer.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Globalteers<\/a> new sports program in Cambodia is all about. Now a noob like me would think <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalteer.org\/sports-in-cambodia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sports in Cambodia<\/a> is probably just like in every other country. 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