Project Khmer H.O.P.E.
A St Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore project with the aim of alleviating poverty and creating sustainable livelihoods for Cambodians with social, economic and health disabilities

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New Project – EDUCATION FOR Children AT Chom Bok PRIMARY School

On 1^st October 2011, PKH expanded its scope of works in Aoral District by embarking on a new project to bring literacy to Chom Bok Village and Trang Village. 

The people living in these villages are very poor;  they live mostly at a subsistence level by chopping wood to sell as charcoal.    These minority communities – originating from the Krung and Suoy peoples - face the challenges of a physically demanding environment lacking clean water, sanitation, electricity and surfaced roads.  During the rainy season, these villages are either accessible only by a 4-wheel drive vehicle or on foot.

This is a place with one of the lowest literacy rates in Cambodia.  Many children do not go to school; their parents cannot afford the cost of education.  Trained teachers are hard to come by and they are underpaid.   Recently, extensive areas of land in Aoral have been acquired for farming crops.   Companies offer villagers work on the farms for unreasonably small sums.   Poverty drives the people, including many children, as young as 8 years old, to work on these farms. 

In the past 4 years, PKH served these communities by providing them with free healthcare.  The next stage of assistance involves bringing literacy to these villages;  repairing the dilapidated Chom Bok School premises and renewing the school curriculum.  PKH provides additional schooling facilities (uniforms, books, stationery, staff quarters, and library), trained teachers for the school, lessons per government school curriculum, tuition in English and Bible knowledge, and a full meal for each child every school day.  

PKH works with the Aoral district governor and education director as well as the village chiefs to enable 170 poor children of ages 6 to 15 years, to receive education, free of charge.   The new project is aimed at transforming these communities for the better by bringing to them an economic hope and the hope of a new life in Christ.

Appeal for Support

The implementation of this project requires additional resources :  a one-time start-up cost of US$20,000 and a monthly operational cost of US$3,000 .  PKH would be grateful for your support; your financial donations will go a long way to make this work possible.

STUDENT PLACEMENT FOR INTERNSHIPS – HOSPITALITY AND INDUSTRIAL SKILLS

PKH is grateful to the numerous hotels and companies who have offered internship positions for its hospitality and industrial skills students in the past years. If you are a Cambodian-based hotel or company who is keen to offer internship positions for between three to six months, please do not hesitate to contact PKH Centre Head at pkhhospitality@gmail.com  for further discussions. Typically, hospitality internships commence in Aug and industrial skills internships in Dec.

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