Why do we support children?​

Nearly 34% of Cambodians survive on less than a dollar a day. Children from poor households often enter the workforce. Child labor serves as a hindrance towards a better society. 

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Why do we support in Phnom Penh?

The aftermath of the Khmer Rouge lead to child labor, decrease in the population and its literacy ratio. Though people gained a strong sense of nationalism, the education system is not fully developed. 

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The Khmer Rouge is a chapter in Cambodia's recent history that many Cambodians would like to close, yet the effects of the brutal regime are still prevalent today. In 1975, the Khmer Rouge, under the leadership of Pol Pot, undertook a barbarous restructure of Cambodian society.  With the goal of transforming the country into a communist agrarian cooperative, the Khmer Rouge cut off communication with the rest of the world, abolished currency, closed schools, hospitals and factories, and marched city-dwellers into the countryside for slavery.  Intellectuals, professionals, and monks were tortured and executed, eliminating nearly an entire generation of educated people. Approximately two million people died through torture and execution, by malnutrition and disease.

 

What do we need?

In order to sustain CYDO, we encourage your sincere participation through              donations, volunteer to teach English, or become  new members in CYDO. 

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