About

Our mission

“To help thousands of innocent victims of decades of horror in the very best sustainable and accountable ways we can – starting with schools.”

This is also part of the homepage of our Facebook Page:

OUR MISSION
(First written in June 2011 and updated on January 28 2022)
“ – to help thousands of innocent victims of decades of horror in the very best sustainable and accountable ways we can – starting with schools.” One person at a time we will help Cambodia. Your dollar genuinely makes a difference in Educating Cambodia. The Rotary Club of Beaudesert can prove that your individual dollar joins others so that TOGETHER we give Cambodian Children CHOICES that their mothers and big sisters (and bothers) never had.”

“Currently in January 2022 we have 520 boys in schools and 480 girls in schools and many thousands have graduated from us over the years – most onto High School and beyond; many of their stories are recorded here”.
“The future for girls without an education in rural Cambodia is, as you will read, one of the worst futures in the world. This site concentrates on our girls for that reason. Our boys receive absolutely equal attention and finance from us; all boys and girls are treated equally but ‘how we are doing’ is best monitored by progress in to the future of the girls of our villages. Before educatingcambodia came to the region it was considered that schooling BOYS was the priority ‘since the future of girls is child rearing’…..we disagreed very very firmly and in fact we easily won that argument. Girls get the same education and treatment as boys, with extra protection for the girls.”

We explain through words and photos, the very desperate plight of our teenagers in Cambodia – and raising funds to provide sustainable solutions. So far, our part of Cambodia is Kamchay Mear District in Prey Veng province. Our heavily populated villages are very poor and have never had a school before.

Photos and stories appear on this Facebook PAGE and on this website.
There are now in January 2022 over 9000 photos on thiswebsite and about 5000 on the Facebook Page.
We need money to pay our 14 Cambodian teachers and to maintain and develop our Schools. Secure ways to donate are explained within the ‘Donate’ section (to the left of your screen) of this website. regards, John (John Mann)

 

 

Why Help?

The Khmer Rouge left Cambodian children

with no HELP, no HOPE and HARMED. 

What are we doing about it?

Together, we are the

Finance

Answers

Compassion

Energy

Sustainability

that our Cambodian children need for hope and recovery

We have over 1300 primary age pupils – 5 10 15 years plus a preschool. Our aim is to provide basic primary education – maths, reading and writing in their own Khmer language, as well as English, science and general studies including history, geography, health, nutrition and hygiene. Join us please; our only staff are our Cambodian teachers. We have no office, management, or computer staff. We rely on your financial help to pay the teachers, maintain the buildings and buy the books. If you like what you see, please find the ‘Donate’ page to the left of your screen and try to help us. (There is also a Donors page which lists all our donors of $500 or above). There’s lots of advice on the site about what money can buy for our children.

One person at a time we will help Cambodia. Your dollar genuinely makes a difference in Educating Cambodia. The Rotary Club of Beaudesert can prove that your individual dollar joins others so that TOGETHER we give Cambodian Children CHOICES that their mothers and big sisters never had.

Our gender mix is approximately 50/50 but the future for girls without an education in rural Cambodia is one of the worst futures in the world.

All boys and girls are treated equally but ‘how we are doing’ is best monitored by progress into the future of the girls of our villages.

If you would like to talk with us, the ‘Contacts’ Page is near the top of the Contents list to your left – along with how to ‘Donate’ and lots more.) If you are new to our projects or haven’t visited this site for a while –here’s how it works:

How can I help?

Feel part of our villages Learn what is needed

Donate with precision Be what is next.

The “DONATE” Page is now as SECURE and as SIMPLE as it could possibly be:

TWO DONATE OPTIONS:

1. This is the Rotary Australia World Community Service (RAWCS) link –     – links directly to our financial page at RAWCS  and gets to us within a few days. Australians tend to choose the Rotary (RAWCS)  link and that is mainly because  within Australia donations are tax deductible – for anyone.  

2. This is our PAYPAL Donate button –  linked directly through to us.




If you use this PAYPAL button, as with RAWCS link earlier we have your DONATION available to us in Cambodia within two or three days.

What now follows is a one page summary of that ten year overview as published by Rotary District 9640 in Australia.

The fuller “Ten Year Summary 2007 -2017” is linked from the alphabetical index to the left of your screen.

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Privacy Authenticity Respect

There are many photos and stories about children and village families around our website. We have thought hard and long about PRIVACY; we considered changing names of children and families but for reasons of absolute authenticity, names and places and stories are accurate; having said that, we are asking that you respect our children and their villages.

Schools, colleges and you, can feel free to use our information in projects but request that you inform us and perhaps help us in some way.