Cambodian Children's Trust's Vision
Our Vision is to create sustainable futures for vulnerable children and families in Cambodia.
We believe that all children have the right to health care, an education, good nutrition and security.
Our aim is to help stop the cycle of poverty and provide practical, long-term support to those we assist.
We work with children to help them overcome their backgrounds of abuse, poverty and neglect by providing them with the best possible care and opportunites.
We work with families and the community to support those in need to improve their life circumstances and to keep family units together.
Our programs reach out to people in need, regardless of their circumstances. We work with street children, orphans, abandoned children, people with HIV/AIDS, sex workers, victims of landmines, victims of sexual abuse and domestic violence, the physically and mentally disabled, families living in abject poverty, and anyone else who is in serious need.
We hire local Cambodian staff to work on CCT’s projects and in doing so support the local community and economy.
We are accountable for our actions and honest and transparent in everything that we do.
Our Goals
We have plans to expand our activities to create better futures for as many more vulnerable children as possible.
In order to do this we plan:
To Establish A Permanent Base
We plan to purchase land to build on, so that CCT has a permanent base that provides the children with security. We aim to provide accommodation for many more children. Rather than one large institution, the model we favour is one in which small groups (up to eight children) are cared for in individual cottages by a house-mother and father which would create more of a ‘family’ atmosphere. This model will enable us to expand our capacity to care for more children by building additional cottages. This plan is well aligned with our Australian partner GKG's Eco Village vision.
Develop our Community Development Program
There are many more children in Cambodia in great need than we can accommodate - many more than we could ever accommodate. Many children’s centres in Cambodia take in children who have parents, who are simply too poor to support them. These children have had to work to help support the family. There is no question that, where it is safe, children are better off staying with their families. CCT has developed a fledgling outreach program for such cases, to provide children with the support they need, in order to be able to stay with their families.
Eventually we would like to establish a network of community centres to provide help with basic needs, vocational training and primary healthcare.
Our vision is for CCT to become an integral part of the wider community, not separate from it, and to be actively involved in community development.
To Become Financially Self-Sustainable
We aim to create small business enterprises, to help support all our projects. The more income these enterprises provide, the more underprivileged children and families we can provide with nutrition, shelter, healthcare and additional educational opportunities which will enable them to break the cycle of poverty.
Partnerships
We are actively seeking partnerships with international charities to assist us with fund-raising so we can continue to implement our plans. CCT has developed a strong partnership with an Australian NGO, Green Kids Global.