Cambodia
Lodging
Hotel de la Paix
Project #1
Hotel de la Paix Sewing Center was established in 2007 as a joint venture between the Hotel and the monks at Life & Hope Association (LHA) at Wat Damnak. Each year, 20 disadvantaged women are selected to take a 10 month seamstress course, giving them the skills and means to support themselves. The students range in age from 16 to 22. Most of them come from rural communities where opportunities to receive an education, training or employment are lacking. Upon graduation from the program, each student is provided with a sewing machine and start-up kit materials. Then they may return to their village and start their own businesses, with a bright future, able to support themselves and their families.
Needs
Fashion magazines, clothing catalogues (which may also include bags and accessories), sewing patterns, shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap, and feminine sanitary products (no tampons).
Project #2
Green Gecko Project (http://www.greengeckoproject.org) was established in 2005, to feed and educate the street children in Siem Reap, Cambodia. There are 70 children and their families now in the program. The project empowers them with skills, education, values and the self-esteem they need to break the begging cycle and become proactive members of society. It provides shelter, positive role models, family support, nutrition packs, medical treatment and a loving safe environment. The project also supports the children's families and the broader community through long term health, education and training initiatives.
Needs
Thursday Plantation (natural tea tree oil) products: head lice gel, deodorant, tea tree oil, insect repellent, skin wash; Hewitt Packard Colour Laser Jet 1600 colour printer cartridges (colour or black).
Project #3
Sangkheum means 'hope' in Khmer. Since 2001, the Sangkheum Center for Children (http://sangkheum.org) has been providing hope, education, training, scholastic support and care to disadvantaged children and youth in Cambodia. They strive to provide a brighter future for orphaned, abused and neglected children who would otherwise be at risk of turning to a life on the streets. The center was established as a co-operation between the Italian NGO Progetto Continent and the Cambodian NGO - Khmer Angkor Development Organization.
Needs
Slippers ("Croc" style), hygiene products such as shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap, laundry powder, notebooks, pencils, pens, and crayons.
