VSO brings people together to address marginalisation and poverty. I am volunteering and raising funds for Voluntary Service Overseas. I will be spending 3 months in Cambodia; working with the local community to help youth securing a sustainable livelihood. 

While the poverty rate in Cambodia has more than halved between 2004 and 2011, the vast majority of families who escaped poverty did so by a small margin. One in five Cambodians still live on less than $1.25 and millions more are vulnerable to even the slightest change in circumstances. 

Cambodia has suffered from a turbulent past, which saw the brutal Khmer Rouge regime, in power in the late 1970’s, claim the lives of up to 2 million people. As a consequence of the years of unrest and civil war, Cambodia’s population of 14 million people is young - around 43% are under 15 years old, and 60% are under 30. 

Many Cambodian youth face considerable challenges in becoming active and independent members of their societies. Obtaining decent and safe employment or starting a business that can be sustained is very difficult for many young people

Please join me as I take a stand against poverty and support VSO's uniquely effective approach that reached over 1.5 million people last year alone. Donation is easy and quick through JustGiving; all the money fundraised goes straight to VSO. 

Please do contact me if have any questions or if you can help me fundraise money!

Thank you

P.S. To read more about their vital work, please visit their website: www.vsointernational.org/fighting-poverty