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Category: Education

Tackling Food Insecurity

Julian December 03, 2023 0 Comments
Did you know, that, according to the United Nations, Cambodia is still one of the ten most underdeveloped countries in the world? While urban areas like the capital Phnom Penh and the tourist hotspot Siem Reap show economic growth and rapid development in terms of infrastructure, educational institutions, and international work opportunities, the 75% of Cambodia’s population that live in the...

From High School to Law School

Julian November 19, 2023 0 Comments
Through previous blog posts, you have already grown familiar with Yean’s story. Yean grew up with his older sister Srey Nek and his single mother, who lost her job in 2021 and was therefore unable to continue to pay for her children’s high school tuition. The then 16-year-old would have had to drop out of 10th grade and take up work to support his mother. Fortunately, thanks to your...

School Supplies for 400 Children

Julian November 12, 2023 0 Comments
In the past two years, we were already able to successfully implement projects that benefited primary school students in rural Kampot. Whether it was funding the construction of a hand-washing station and water filter, repairing the roofs of students’ bathrooms and covering the costs for other necessary maintenance, or building a sports field, it has always been important to us to support rural...

Srey May’s & Chovey’s Graduation

Julian October 29, 2023 0 Comments
Earlier this year, the University of Management and Economics in Sihanoukville held a big graduation ceremony to reward graduates from the past two years with their official degrees. This included two of our students, Chovey and Srey May, who completed Bachelor’s programs in Accounting and Management respectively. Throughout the years, we were able to use your donations to cover both girls’...

Phanit’s Bachelor’s Degree

Julian September 24, 2023 0 Comments
We are all aware that education is key to success. However, this key doesn’t come for free. In a developing country like Cambodia, hundreds of thousands of ambitious adolescents are unable to enroll in university, because they can’t afford tuition fees. This forces them to stay in the poverty cycle, being only able to work for low-income jobs for the rest of their lives, and struggling to get...