I wonder why, in my month or so of research into nonprofits working to help the poor, bring clean water, educate young people and support the disabled, Cambodia is so often on my radar screen. I see a lot of eAdvice in Africa, of course, but of all the target countries for the upcoming Johnny Appleseed Tour, Cambodia is the most-often mentioned.
Here are the names and web site of some of the organizations I've found that work in Cambodia:
http://www.myfriend.org/krousar-thmey/e/
First Cambodian Foundation assisting deprived children, Krousar Thmey provides deprived Cambodian children with material, educational and social support in harmony with their environment and respectful of their traditions and beliefs. Our purpose is to help children develop and blossom into responsible adults. Krousar Thmey takes great care that its aid neither creates disharmony between a child and his relatives and friends, nor creates privileged or dependent children.
http://www.saocambodia.org/
SAO Cambodia is a UK based, evangelical, inter-denominational mission and development agency, founded in 1973 by Major Taing Chhirc of the Cambodian Evangelical Church. Our objective is to promote the Christian faith and relieve poverty and distress amongst the people of Cambodia.
http://www.phic.org/who/index.htm
Plant Hope in Cambodia, Inc. (PHIC), found in 1997, works with the poor and subsistence farmers in Cambodia to empower them to live a healthier and more productive live through working together. PHIC specializes in small-scale projects. We carry out our projects by working in partnership with a network of Cambodian volunteers and non-governmental organizations (NGO's).
http://www.bigpond.com.kh/users/wthanchashop/
The mission of CHA project is to make life better for the handicapped. CHA, established in January 2000, is the working place for Landmine and Polio disabled Cambodians to improve their skills and learn more skills as well as train them in small business. Also, CHA helps the producers/trainees make a sustainable small business plan when they go back to their villages.
http://www.forum.org.kh/en/index.shtml
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Open Forum of Cambodia also cooperates with governments and other institutions of major concerns of people. The important focusing is information exchange and communication, which are the two special factors of democratic society and also the conditions to develop democracy.
The three main activities of the organization are:
* Information dissemination
* Email communication
* Providing forums for discussion
* General information: [email protected]
o Any technical problem or to get some more information about Open Forum Information Exchange [email protected]
o Kanychok Sangkum or the Mirror [email protected]
o Cambodia CIC web portal [email protected]
o Khmer Open Source Initiative [email protected]
o Khmer Rouge Trial web portal [email protected]
o Youth program [email protected]
In addition, Beth Kanter at Beth's Blog is active in helping Cambodian children.
http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/
Hi there,
Happy Holidays! Catching up on my reading and landed here. Some nice links to different organizations.
Open Forum does fabulous work! Have you checked out their khmer open source software project?
Also, are you still looking for volunteer opportunities in Cambodia?
Beth
Posted by: Beth | December 27, 2005 at 05:48 PM