It is also one of the poorest provinces in Cambodia, home to more than 900,000 villagers in 900 villages.
I have been volunteering at The Build Your Future Today Center which was set up by Professor Long Sedtha. Sedtha was just 19 when the brutal dictator Pol Pot was ousted, it was while searching for survivors of his own family that he came across the many thousands of young children left orphaned by Pol Pot's army.
Sedtha took as many orphans as he could to a refugee camp in Thailand where he spent 12 years as a teacher and UN volunteer. He set up the BFT centre to support orphans and build sustainability in disadvantaged Cambodian communities.
Ongoing projects :
-Community Education and Development :- helping to eliminate illiteracy by improving the quality of teaching and learning.
-Child Support Centre :- providing public school education, food, shelter, clothes, health service and activities to orphans and poor children so they can grow up in a safe and secure environment.
-Community Health and Nutrition Development :- improving nutrition, hygiene, sanitation and community health.
-Community Peace Building :- Monks working to reduce family violence, providing moral education, counselling and promoting family integration.
-Community Capacity Building and Livelihood Improvement :- Reducing extreme poverty and hunger by providing life and business skills in the supported villages and communities.
I have been truly inspired by the amazing work and dedication of all the staff and volunteers at BFT which they have been able to achieve with limited funds and resources and have seen first hand what a difference it makes out in the villages and communities.
For more information about BFT or if you'd like to make a donation please visit their website
www.center-bft.org
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