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Sangkheum Center for Children

 

Who we are

Solidarity will change the world...

The Sangkheum Center for Children is a joint project between the Italian NGO Progetto Continenti and the Khmer Angkor Development Organisation (KADO). In the Khmer language, Sangkheum means hope. Since 2001, we have provided hope for over 260 orphaned, abused or neglected children. Currently 48 orphans stay in our Center, while we support another 58 children who still live in their communities and over 160 children in education and training.

What we do

Our education program includes both general education and vocational training such as agriculture, English, Khmer culture, traditional dance and music, handicraft design, dressmaking, artistic iron welding, and recreational activities such as painting and sport.

We also provide scholastic support and supervision to children between the ages of 4 and 17 years of age. We work with local partner organizations and village leaders to identify children most in need and the selected children live in individual houses with a stable caregiver to provide the feeling of a ‘family group'.

When the children reach 16 or 17, the staff discusses with them what they would like to do once they leave the Center. From these discussions, we organise programs to help them develop specific skill sets which will provide them with a sustainable future. In order to do this, we have recently started a new silk laboratory and an iron workshop.
 


What you can experience

Take a tour to learn about the Center, about the issues surrounding Cambodian children, and our activities in the villages. You can also see students making a variety of handicraft products in handicraft and practicing their dancing and instruments.

Visit our Silk Lab, where young disadvantaged women trained in sewing and dressmaking produce silk products for export and for sale. Buy some of their products to contribute to their sustainability. Open daily from 7:30am - 5:00pm.

Purchase our T-shirts or handicrafts from the Center to help us to improve our activities

Check out our Iron Workshop in nearby Puok District, where disadvantaged young adults create custom-made products for sale. Open Monday-Friday 7:30am - 5:00pm.

If you are in a group tour, ask in advance at your hotel to organise a traditional Khmer performance in the evening at the Sangkheum Center. The special atmosphere will be supplemented by a small buffet (bookings at least 1 week in advance).

For individual tourists, we currently perform traditional Khmer dance at several Siem reap hotels and guesthouses. Call us for locations, days and times.

Contact us
Telephone: 012 675 637 or 012 1949 986 or 012 632 911
Email: sangkheum_center@yahoo.com
www.sangkheum.org

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