Farrer students head to Cambodia to build houses in poverty-striken community

Jacob McArthur
Updated December 3 2017 - 5:58pm, first published 5:00pm
GIVING BACK: Hamish McLaren, Peter Urquhart and Mitch Roworth have decided to donate their holidays to build a house in Cambodia. Photo: Gareth Gardner 281117GGB01
GIVING BACK: Hamish McLaren, Peter Urquhart and Mitch Roworth have decided to donate their holidays to build a house in Cambodia. Photo: Gareth Gardner 281117GGB01

THEIR mates may be living it up at schoolies, but these Farrer boys will be singing from a different hymn-sheet when to they bid adieu to their schooling years.

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Jacob McArthur

Jacob McArthur is opinions editor for The Canberra Times and Australian Community Media. As part of the Canberra Times' production team, he helps the people of Canberra and beyond get the stories they need, when they need them across a range of platforms, while helping maintain a high editorial standard. Before moving to Canberra in 2020, he started with Australian Community Media in 2015 as a journalist for The Northern Daily Leader in Tamworth where he kept a close eye on Tamworth Regional Council. Jacob was also the co-host of ACM's Water Pressure podcast where he and Jamieson Murphy took a deep dive on issues and key decisions arising during one of the region's worst droughts on record.

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