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HEALTHY FUTURES

Cambodian Health Committee (CHC)
Kampot Province, Cambodia

GO's partner Cambodian Health Committee (CHC) improves the lives of children who are affected by or are in jeopardy of contracting tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS by providing them with critical medical services and support. CHC's Executive Director, Dr. Sok Thim, is a survivor of Khmer Rouge labor and refugee camps who got his medical degree and returned to his homeland as a leading expert in the field of communicable disease. Named a Hero of Global Health by Time Magazine, Sok and his team at CHC have a remarkable success and cure rate and with GO's assistance, the program can thrive throughout Kompot's districts of Kampong Trach, Angkor Chey, and Chuok.

The one year grant will provide:

  • Food support for 36 families affected by HIV/AIDS
  • Educational materials and school uniforms for 700 students
  • Shelter for 6 families with young children
  • Referrals for HIV testing for at-risk youth

Providing these essential lifesaving services will ensure these children and their families will have a healthy future.

2 Ways to Give!


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Fundraising goal: $17,600

Your donations can provide the following:

$9 School uniform for a child
$108 Food for a family for a year
$300 Rent for a family for a year
$600 Service Provider stipend for 6 months
$1,400 Full year of educational materials for 700 students


FEATURED BIOS


Six-year-old Keo Chansok and her mother Loung are living with AIDS and thanks to medical care and support from CHC, Chansok is in school and Loung works in the fields and both are healthy. Loung knows the value of education first hand -- she is illiterate and feels it is the reason why she can't get a better job and provide for her three children. CHC helps pay for the children's school fees and rice and provides counseling for Loung so the family can stay together and continue to thrive.





Mao Srey Ra and her two siblings live with their 73-year-old grandmother, Roeung, who is too frail to properly care for them so CHC gives the family rice, renovated their house, pays the children's school fees and transportation costs so Roeung can take Ma Srey Ra to CHC to receive her HIV-ART treatment. Mao Srey Ra tells CHC she is grateful and wants to make them proud by doing well in school and is aspiring to become a doctor.





WHY CAMBODIA


Home to the magnificent temples of ancient Angkor, this South East Asian country is still coping with the aftermath of the 1970s genocide. Today, Cambodia continues to rely heavily on foreign aid to help care for its people and stabilize the economy. The problems facing Cambodia's children are extensive, but not insurmountable. Half of Cambodia's children continue to suffer from severe malnutrition and UNICEF estimates that 12,000 children are living with AIDS, and the estimated total number of Cambodians living with AIDS is between 60,000 and 90,000.