We are a non-profit dedicated to ensuring the education, health and safety of at-risk women and children in the developing world.
We are a group of dedicated volunteers joined together to form a non-profit organization devoted to ensuring the education, health, and safety of some of the most marginalized and exploited women and children in Cambodia, primarily through programs in Banteay Meanchey province in Cambodia. The choice of this province was driven in part by the fact that it is one of the poorest areas in the country. This region has been wracked with all types of human trafficking, forced labour, drug addiction, and has a high number of Khmer children working in slavery like conditions.
As an affiliate of Lotus Outreach International (1995), we work with a Cambodian partner, the Cambodian Women’s Crisis Centre to identify worthy recipients of our funding. Ninety five percent (95%) of funds raised go directly to support these young women and children in the program they are in, thus bringing about positive changes to their lives.
Currently, we support 82 high school scholarship recipients, as well as 54 technical college students, and 33 Gateways students studying at university level (from 1st to 4th year) majoring in many fields such as: economics, accounting, banking, law, community development, and English literature.
Girls in GATEWAYS are encouraged to 'give back' by volunteering in their communities during study breaks.
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