scope of work

PKH has been working to transform the lives of poor Cambodian children and youths, giving them a chance to break out of the poverty cycle.  Its scope of work, all in Kampong Speu province, includes

-          Vocational training in hospitality and industrial skills

PKH trains some 120 youths (17 – 23 years old) a year in hospitality services and industrial skills.  Equipped with these marketable skills, these young people are employed in various high-end hotels and commercial buildings in the Cambodian cities of Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and Sihanoukville.

-          Childcare for orphans, street children and poor village children

PKH partners another NGO (Full Gospel Assembly Cambodia) in caring for 100-120 disadvantaged children (6 – 18 years old) .  PKH supports a third of them annually. These orphans, street kids and poor village children are provided with a safe home at the Childcare Centre and education in public schools.

-          Healthcare for the very poor in remote villages of Aoral district

PKH’s healthcare work is carried out in Aoral, a remote district in the Kampong Speu Province where most people have no regular means of livelihood. The PKH doctor and healthcare team provide free mobile clinic services at three health-posts : Char-En, Tropeng Chou and Rolak Kong Choeun.

-          Community help in various villages

PKH provides welfare aid in the form of rations of rice, oil, blankets, soap, mosquito nets, clothing and medicines to poor villagers suffering the effects of drought and floods.

Why Cambodia?

Between 1975 and 1979, more than 1.5 million Cambodians, or one third of Cambodia’s total population were massacred by Pol Pot and his communist Khmer Rouge. The enforced hardships and starvation drew the country’s economic, manufacturing, education and healthcare systems to a standstill. 

The effects of that era are still felt in present-day Cambodia. It remains one of the poorest nations in Asia, with 34% of its people surviving on less than US $1 a day. One in 8 children dies before their fifth birthday, while 50% of all Cambodian children are malnourished. To increase family income, there is an estimated 600,000 children aged 5-17 years and 2,000 street children working in Phnom Penh. Another 15,000 spend more than 6 hours a day scavenging and begging.

The lack of education is a grave concern of Cambodia where more than half of its 13 million people are under the age of 18. 65% of Cambodian children are enrolled in primary schools, only 24% are enrolled in secondary schools.