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Where We Work : Cambodia

Cambodia is beautiful tropical country in South East Asia. It is also infamous for the ‘killing fields’. The country continues to recover from 25 years of civil war and the brutal Khmer Rouge communist regime, which ruled from 1975 to 1979.

Thanks to relatively newfound peace and freedom, life is far better now for the people of Cambodia than in recent decades. Development is progressing, yet daily life is still difficult for many people.

East Asia is facing the fastest growing AIDS epidemic in the world, according to UNAIDS. Cambodia was hit early on by the disease and still has one of the highest HIV/AIDS infection rates in all of Asia, with 2.6 percent of the population infected. There are an estimated 10,000 – 20,000 children living and working on the streets of Phnom Penh (UNICEF) many whom have been orphaned by AIDS.

Projects

Little Conquerors & Cambodian Hope 2010

Project dates: Jan – Dec 2010

Partner – TASK, Cambodian Hope Organisation. Tearfund Ireland supporters visited these projects in January 2010 to get a first-hand experience of their work.

*Project *- To support vulnerable children affected by orphanhood, abandonment or disability and address underlying causes.

Key achievements

• Placed 23 orphaned or abandoned children with local foster families, providing supplemental support for education and monthly social work monitoring visits
• Increased the quality of life, and access to therapy (physio, speech and cognitive) for 155 children with disabilities
• Provided quality education to approximately 25 children with severe disabilities who were unable to access public schools, and also enabled other children with milder disabilities to attend either other special schools or public schools.
• Supported 10 low income families, whose children that are severely disabled, with vocational skills training to help them become self-sufficient
• Conducted advocacy for rights of people with disabilities among the general population, with teachers and with local government, particularly addressing the popular belief that bad karma causes disability.
• Constructed a TB ward at the local hospital to prevent transmission of TB to immune-compromised patients (usually HIV+) in the general hospital.

Projects

Little Conquerors 2009

Project completed: December 2009

The Little Conquerors assists children with disabilities to develop their God-given potential in all areas of their lives. These children receive stimulation therapy, physiotherapy, education in public schools or in the especially established Sunrise School; a small school and accelerated learning environment for children whose severity of disability has so far prevented them from accessing other schools. The children are also helped to integrate more fully into their community as loved and valued members.

Activities

1. To increase the quality of life, and access to therapy (physio, speech and cognitive) for more than 155 children with disabilities – (includes provision of basic medicines, mosquito net & food supplement)
2. To improve community level support for more than 155 children with disabilities and their families through monthly home visits – (includes assessments, counselling & physiotherapy)
3. *To provide quality education for 25 children with severe disabilities who are unable to access public schools (Sunrise special needs school), and to enable 130 children with disabilities (and their siblings) to attend either other special schools or public school*s – (includes provision of school books, bags & uniforms, & teacher training)
4. To train for 10 families of children with severe disability in vocational skills (eg hairdressing, tailoring) so that they can financially support themselves – (includes microloans & provision of equipment)
5. To advocate for rights of people with disabilities with local government and churches and to ensure access for people with disability to services – (includes training & awareness raising)