Providing 24 hour care and shelter for 70

 children who are orphans or from poor families

 and orphaned children. The children in the

 orphanage all come from backgrounds of

 extreme poverty and deprivation. They range in

 age from six years to 15 years. Many have never been to school and are desperate for a safe and loving home. We provide three meals a day and ensure all the children attend government school. In addition we run our own classes in Khmer reading and writing as well as English language. 

 We also believe in preserving the Khmer culture

 so we teach the children traditional Khmer dance

 and to play Khmer musical instruments.

 A team of foreign volunteers provide the English

 language teaching and help with child care i.e.

 purchasing clothes, arranging hospital and

 optician appointments.

 Support families so that as many children as

 possible can stay in their communities are an

 important part of our work. As funds permit we

 aim to assist poor families by providing food and 

 educational support.  

 We currently rent the land on which the Sras

 Srang Orphanage and Trang village Orphanage is

 sited so to ensure the long term sustainability

 of our work we must buy our own land and build

 a new centre which has modern essentials such 

 as running water and electricity (neither of which we have at Sras Srang and Trang). We have raised some money towards this but urgently need more funds to proceed with purchase of the land and to build the centre. The new site will be approximately 1 hectare in size with houses each designed to accommodate up to 10 children and a house mother. There will be play facilities, school classrooms, music rooms a dance hall, staff accommodation and offices.