Freedom’s Promise needs your help!
We are very excited to be supporting our partner Kone Kmeng who is launching a new program called Restoration of the Children in Cambodia Project. Our primary focus is to prevent trafficking and through programs like this we can begin to make a difference in this area. We are still trying to fund our budget for 2010 but donations have been slow to come in – so we need your help to keep this very worthy program up and operating. Please take a look at the information below and if you can help provide for these children please send funds to Freedom’s Promise, 5109 Green Leaf Dr. M5, Nashville, TN 37211 or donate through Paypal.
Kone Kmeng
The vision of Kone Kmeng is to equip churches in Cambodia to respond to children at risk in their communities. They believe God places a high value on children and families and that the church is the most important agency in transforming communities, including the lives of children at risk. They believe that supporting the children's families is essential in order to ensure their long-term well-being.
Their focus is to use a holistic approach to the prevention of trafficking through education of children by accessing schools and supplementing poor availability of schooling, through educating children and communities about risks and through poverty reduction by providing small loans and skills training. This enhances credibility of the church and inspires communities to ask why Christians are involved in helping them.
The Need
Based on World Bank report Cambodia Poverty Assessment 2006, poor health and limited education are both the cause and effect of poverty. The cycle of poverty and low education lead to greater risks for being malnourished, abused, trafficked and exploited for labour and/or sex. The report showed that 20,000 children did not attend school. A primary factor underlying high dropout and low completion rate is the necessity of child labor in poor households. There are 2 million children aged 10 to 17 years old in the work force. 45% of Cambodians are living below the poverty line. GNI per capita was $500 per year in 2006. In the community at the border areas, parents often feel that they have no choice but to find work across the border. This may involve older children as well. Younger children are left behind and no one is responsible to make sure they go to school. Their education is poor which reduces their future opportunity for work.
Restoration of Vulnerable Children Project
Restoration of Vulnerable Children consists of 3 components. They are:
a. Supplemental Khmer education for 50 poor children
This program will help students catch up if they fall behind on their lessons because they are not able to go to school. It also helps students keep up with their lessons so they don’t fall behind and drop out of school. This program provides an opportunity for children to learn about God through weekly Bible teaching.
b. English language program for 60 children
English language is needed to apply for work in Cambodia. The poor children are not able to pay for English classes. Restoration of Vulnerable Children Project provides daily English lesson for 60 children.
c. Sewing training for 15 young girls
The girls want to learn tailoring. It is a skill, which can be used in their local villages so that they don’t have to move to work in the cities or other counties. In this project, girls ages 14 to 20 are taught how to draft their own patterns, cut and sew clothes and handicraft items.
Thank you for supporting Freedom's Promise and helping us make a difference in the lives of children in Cambodia. If you have any questions please contact Amber at amber@freedomspromise.org.
Kone Kmeng
The vision of Kone Kmeng is to equip churches in Cambodia to respond to children at risk in their communities. They believe God places a high value on children and families and that the church is the most important agency in transforming communities, including the lives of children at risk. They believe that supporting the children's families is essential in order to ensure their long-term well-being.
Their focus is to use a holistic approach to the prevention of trafficking through education of children by accessing schools and supplementing poor availability of schooling, through educating children and communities about risks and through poverty reduction by providing small loans and skills training. This enhances credibility of the church and inspires communities to ask why Christians are involved in helping them.
The Need
Based on World Bank report Cambodia Poverty Assessment 2006, poor health and limited education are both the cause and effect of poverty. The cycle of poverty and low education lead to greater risks for being malnourished, abused, trafficked and exploited for labour and/or sex. The report showed that 20,000 children did not attend school. A primary factor underlying high dropout and low completion rate is the necessity of child labor in poor households. There are 2 million children aged 10 to 17 years old in the work force. 45% of Cambodians are living below the poverty line. GNI per capita was $500 per year in 2006. In the community at the border areas, parents often feel that they have no choice but to find work across the border. This may involve older children as well. Younger children are left behind and no one is responsible to make sure they go to school. Their education is poor which reduces their future opportunity for work.
Restoration of Vulnerable Children Project
Restoration of Vulnerable Children consists of 3 components. They are:
a. Supplemental Khmer education for 50 poor children
This program will help students catch up if they fall behind on their lessons because they are not able to go to school. It also helps students keep up with their lessons so they don’t fall behind and drop out of school. This program provides an opportunity for children to learn about God through weekly Bible teaching.
b. English language program for 60 children
English language is needed to apply for work in Cambodia. The poor children are not able to pay for English classes. Restoration of Vulnerable Children Project provides daily English lesson for 60 children.
c. Sewing training for 15 young girls
The girls want to learn tailoring. It is a skill, which can be used in their local villages so that they don’t have to move to work in the cities or other counties. In this project, girls ages 14 to 20 are taught how to draft their own patterns, cut and sew clothes and handicraft items.
Thank you for supporting Freedom's Promise and helping us make a difference in the lives of children in Cambodia. If you have any questions please contact Amber at amber@freedomspromise.org.
