Category: University

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...

Kimhouy is a recent high school graduate who grew up in rural Kampot. The 18-year-old is the first of three children. Her father is a fisher who earns about 12$-15$ a day and struggles to repay a bank loan, that he took out to afford a small house for his family of five. Kimhouy is an aspiring businesswoman, but her family lacks the financial resources to support her dreams of pursuing higher...

While many young Cambodian adults dream of pursuing higher education at one of Phnom Penh’s many universities, most are not able to afford tuition fees and the cost of living in the ever-growing capital. This was the case for Chamroeun, who comes from a big family in rural Cambodia. Chamroeun’s parents are farmers, who have struggled to provide for their six children for many years. The now...