Phnom Penh Post - Around NGOs
Launched from the kind hearts of Hiratsuka Niki and Miguel Jeronimo, the What’s Your Gold? exhibition supports women and girls rescued from sex trafficking, through art therapy.
After living through the brutal rule of the Khmer Rouge – where schools were abolished and many of the Kingdom’s teachers and intellectuals killed – Ly Ponheary understands the importance of education.
Mental disabilities are not diseases that can be completely cured by medication or an operation.
Educational games are unfamiliar in most Cambodian schools. Panha Sabay is an educational supply store that is looking to change that. Founded by Ineke Leferink in 2017, it develops and produces educational toys for children who may attend school for only a few hours a day.
The new “Let’s Read” or “Tos Yeung Noam Khnea Arn” library in Kandal province – which opened in April – has been attracting a steady stream of students from Koh Khel village where it is located who have enjoyed being able to read the books in its collection and are now saying they’d like to see it
The Build Your Future Today Centre (BFT) has become an important resource for disadvantaged, homeless and orphaned children, providing, with the support of both local and international donors, training in crucial life skills, among other programmes.
The Khmer Traditional Textile Organisation (IKTT) produces various silk fabric items from Cambodia-sourced textiles using traditional Khmer techniques including skirts, handkerchiefs, sarongs, scarves or krama, tarpaulins or blankets and women’s accessories such as hair ties or bows.
The social enterprise Kumae – located in Trapaing Thom commune’s Phnom Dey village of Siem Reap province’s Prasat Bakong district – was founded by Japanese expat Takuya Yamase in order to provide employment to local women processing banana fibre into paper, greeting cards, bags and coasters.
Dr HIDETO Yoshioka, a Japanese surgeon and founder of the international paediatric cancer NGO Japan Heart, is ready to perform life-saving operations on children with cancer during his two-week surgical mission to the Kingdom which starts at the end of June.
Phy Amkha was just a high school student and the son of poor farmers from Preah Vihear province who did not know how to set life goals.
Wordsby2 – an iOS mobile game app by the education and technology company Apptessence – gives you a chance to enjoy yourself while helping others by supporting NGOs doing important work while vying for cash prizes.
