Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.
I have been very fortunate and blessed throughout my 30 years of life, but many people in the developing world may never experience the opportunities I have had to enjoy. However, with your assistance, the Cambodia Trust can help them build a better life for themselves.
The Cambodia Trust is personally meaningful to me as it is a global charity with a primary focus on Southeast Asia, with centres in Cambodia, Indonesia, Timor-Leste, and Sri Lanka. It was founded by distinguished historian Peter Carey, a man I have been inspired by and very honoured to work closely with.
Please consider donating in any way you feel appropriate to the Cambodia Trust.
The Charity
The Cambodia Trust was founded in 1989 in Oxford by Dr Carey and his colleagues in response to a call for assistance from Prime Minister Hun Sen to address the plight of the country's thousands of landmine survivors. Over the years, they have secured the support of numerous Oxford academics, including Prof. Sir David Weatherall, who continue to be active in their work.
For more on The Cambodia Trust, please visit http://www.CambodiaTrust.org.uk
Today, 133 students have graduated from the Cambodian School of Prosthetics & Orthotics, including many women and people with disabilities. This means that 40,000 limbs and braces are prescribed and fitted by CSPO-trained prosthetists every year. In addition, the NGO's operations have expanded to include partner projects and rehabilitation projects in Sri Lanka, Laos, Burma, the Philippines, Indonesia and East Timor, providing training and physical rehabilitation services for the many people disabled by war and disease who would otherwise have no access to such assistance.
For some videos of the work of The Cambodia Trust, including excerpts from an award-winning documentary premiered at the BAFTAs, and screened at the Amnesty International One World film festival, click here.
Please consider donating to help The Cambodia Trust to continue to provide mobility, independence and equality for the 'forgotten victims' of conflict and poverty in South-east Asia.
Your Donation
- £25 will provide tools or stock to enable an adult with disabilities to establish a small business.
- £30 will buy a bicycle to enable a child with disabilities to get to school.
Education is a way out of poverty. Our community-based rehabilitation teams work to support disabled children into school, so they have a better chance of employment as adults.
- £75 will provide a wheelchair.
Our wheelchairs are made locally and are specially designed to withstand the rough terrain. Like artificial limbs and braces, having a wheelchair brings mobility and the chance to participate in the community.
- £100 will provide an artificial limb for a landmine survivor
Prosthetic limbs wear out and need replacing every year or so for adults; every 6 months for growing children.
- £180 will support the school costs of a disabled child for one year.
This will provide items such as books, school uniforms, a bicycle and school fees.
