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Milestones
families resettled
children have access to education
%
make livelihood through agriculture
Over 1000 Cambodians found a place they can call home
and make a living to support their well-being.
With our singular focus to alleviate poverty and improve the livelihoods of the underprivileged in Southeast Asia,
we believe in more than just “giving a man a fish to feed for the day”.
2004-2006
Phum Trea
- One-off medical assistance trip becomes annual medical mission.
2007-2009
Phum Trea
- 4-year English Language programme is launched for 150 children.
2010
Phum Trea
- Classroom with 75 desks is set up at Hope Centre for English Language programmes.
- 130 students graduate to Year 2 of 4-year programme.
- Cottage industry is started with provision of sewing machines and needlework class for the women.
2011-2012
Phum Trea
- Teacher’s training programme in Phnom Penh and an immersion trip to pre-schools in Singapore provides teaching skills to 7 teachers and teaching aids.
Kampong Speu
- 76 families move into the site.
- Food, cooking pots and mosquito nets are distributed.
- Farm animals and seeds for crops are distributed.
- Materials for wells are distributed.
- 3 drinking water filtering systems are installed.
- Hope Centre School is set up.
2013
Phum Trea
- 3 English graduates from the first cohort now teach English at the school.
- New school building with 6 teachers opens.
- English program is extended to Level 4 and the introduction of Computer and Business skill to youth.
Kampong Speu
- Workshop is conducted for trainee-teachers development.
- English Language for pre-school is set up for 70 students.
- Primary school classes are started.
- Funds are raised for concrete houses; houses are built for 10 families.
- Drinking water filtering systems are installed in the school.
- Villagers are trained to grow and harvest crops for sustainable livelihood.
- Farmers are trained to use environmentally-friendly techniques. First crop harvest; Success story – one family earns USD500 from first corn harvest. A significant increase for some families with their household income of USD80.
- Cattle and chicken free range farming is introduced.
- The search for 40 new families to be invited to the new land.
2014
Phum Trea
- 5 Teachers and some students participated together with 500 youths at the Inaugural Actions for Earth – Global Youths Summit in Singapore.
- The students have the chance to interact with foreign volunteers from England and Singapore.
Kampong Speu
- Land is cleared for 40 more families.
- Villagers are trained in entrepreneurial skills.
- First round of sustainable farming activities begins with the introduction of Moringa, a cash crop.
- The children have the chance to interact and learn with foreign volunteers from America, England and Singapore.
2015
Phum Trea
- 50 top students visit Hope Village Zero Carbon Resettlement Project site in Chey Senchey village in Kampong Speu.
- Support for the English Language programme continues.
Kampong Speu
- 37 brick homes are completed.
- 40 new families are resettled.
- Mosque building is completed.
- Volunteers from Singapore support the community with first aid, teaching English, interaction and assist the family in farming and house building.
2016
Phum Trea
- The number of students continue to increase to 270 cramping them in the 2 classrooms. Decision is inevitable to move to a bigger space.
Kampong Speu
- 116 wells for all the families with 2 wells for the mosque and school are completed to provide water source for each family, and communal areas like Education Centre, and areas for religious worship.
- 47 brick homes are completed.
- The first Biodigester (waste to energy system) is introduce to one family providing free cooking gas and compost for the farm.
- More student volunteers from Singapore support the community, interacting with the children and assist the families in farming and house building.
2017
Phum Trea
- 276 students enrolled to learn English.
- 16 learn commerce and entrepreneurial skills.
- 7 take on vocational skills.
- 62 children enrolled in our kindergarten.
- 86 toddlers are under our nursery care.
- In February Hope Village Centre move to their new School for 245 students. After 10 years of free education for the community, students pay a nominal fee for their workbooks.
Kampong Speu
- 53 brick homes are completed.
- 1 school library built.
- 1 religious school built for dedicated religious studies.
- 108 students enrolled in our Education Centre to learn English.
- 4 notebook computers allow to learn skills from Year 2 onwards.
- The first Biodigester (waste to energy system) is introduce to one family providing free cooking gas and compost for the farm.
- More student volunteers from Singapore support the community, interacting with the children and assist the families in farming and house building.