Kid’s and Leakana’s Son’s Medical Condition

Many Cambodian families barely earn enough money to get by every single month, which makes it difficult to save up for any future endeavors or prepare for times of hardship. Especially medical emergencies often put families in financial crisis and debt, and many never recover from these tragedies. Kid has been working hard to provide for his loved ones and build a beautiful future for his wife...

10 Years Later: Puy Returns to School!

Many adolescents in Cambodia do not have the privilege of being able to attend school through graduation. Especially when growing up in rural Cambodia, they often feel pressure to not pursue higher education but rather join the workforce to follow a culture that they are taught by the older Cambodian generation: to prioritize work over education in order to afford necessities like food, water,...

Support For Puy’s Family

Puy had been able to consistently elevate his life throughout the past years. He had been working with his wife Vecheka’s uncle as a roofer for a few years and felt lucky about being able to fully provide for his small family. Circumstances have become increasingly challenging, however, when Puy’s and Vecheka’s second son was born in 2019 with a medical condition that requires regular...

A Handwashing Station For Elementary School Students

Many of us are taught as children to practice proper hygiene through methods such as washing our hands regularly. Numerous hygiene-related topics find their way into our consciousness early on, and that is for a good reason: washing hands helps avoid infections and is therefore the simplest and best defense strategy. Up to eighty percent of common infections are spread by hands, such as colds,...

Repairing Chovey’s Father’s House

After having lost her mother at a very young age, Chovey grew up in an orphanage in Kampot. While being separated from her sister and her father, she was given a second chance at life and access to education. Now, more than a decade later, Chovey is working for an international NGO and just recently obtained her Bachelor’s degree at the University of Management and Economics in Sihanoukville....