Volunteer in Cambodia

Projects in Siem Reap, Cambodia

School for Poor Children
The school provides free language education to rural school children, giving them a head start for finding employment in the region where, outside of farms and family businesses, tourism is about the only employer in town. The objective of this program is aimed at illiteracy reduction, especially providing opportunities to orphans and poor Children to receive education. The 109 orphans and poor children get education and have also received clothes, shoes, school bags book and pens.

Orphanage School
This is an orphanage and school for the poor. It is located 10 km outside of the city center in a beautiful rural setting surrounded by rice fields and sugar palm trees. Of the 23 orphans, ranging from 5 to 17 years of age, about 10 of them are blind or visually impaired. They are joined by another 180 children for English lessons throughout the day. There is just one teacher to teach all 200 children in 6 classes a day so a lot of help is needed!.

Through WLS International, 40 desks were donated. These are shared throughout the day by all students. Volunteers are warmly welcomed and taken care of as they would be in a family. No teaching experience is needed, just a willingness to help and share.

The orphanage has recently been donated money by WLS International to start a mushroom farm so many of the orphans are helping to create their own income! More farming would be helpful in order to grow their own vegetables as well as to generate income. Almost any skills would be useful to help in building this small community so volunteers can help out in different areas. Part of your program fee will go to projects like these!

Orphanage
This is an orphanage catering for 140 children from 2-15 years. They also have their own school for 500 children to serve the poor as well. They need English, art and music teachers for the orphanage.

Charity for the Disabled
The mission of the charity is to end the cycle of poverty caused by landmine's in Cambodia by providing housing, food and job opportunities to landmine victims for them to become self sufficient. Landmine numbers in Cambodia are estimated at between 5-10 million devices still to be removed and they maim and kill thousands of Cambodians yearly.

The charity provides housing in transition from a life begging on the streets until they are able to move into homes of their own and support and training to start making a living by themselves. The charity also works to overcome discrimination against the disabled, striving to get its students to get jobs in the hotels and restaurants that service the thriving tourist industry in Siem Reap.

Charity for Human Resources and Development
This charity was created to provide help and training to the people in need in Cambodia. It is dedicated to providing support to the women and orphaned children who make up so much of rural Cambodian society. They develop an education and development infrastructure that will enable the people of the village to provide for themselves.

The charity has developed an Education Program that is designed to benefit all the people of the village. This has been the goal all along and will remain throughout. The parents of the villages must be educated in agriculture and environment issues along with cultural and social studies. They must understand the necessity and value of retaining their culture and traditions while also integrating the new. They must also understand the need for their children to be educated. In an area were education is seen as a waste of time and money, they hope to show how it will benefit the village as a community and Cambodia as a society.

Children have a right to an education, but more importantly they have a right to their own childhood, by helping, you will not only provide an opportunity for the children to have a future but also an opportunity for them to have a childhood. By educating the people of the village, they are hoping that they will become self-sufficient.

Orphanage for Cultural Development
This is an orphanage with 35 children. The focus is on developing Khmer Arts as a skill for the children. The orphanage is in a beautiful rural location just near the most ancient of the Angkorian complex, Bakong Temple. Volunteers with art, music or dancing skills and English teachers are most welcome!

WLS International is funding the salary for a local English teacher who teaches full time at this orphanage and this teacher will also help with all the WLS volunteers support, coordination and translation to help in the classroom.

Home of Joy
The Home of Joy project is located in the centre of Siem Reap.  It is run by the Sisters of Charity.  It is a house where children from the age of 1-8 years are brought in due to malnourishment and physical or mental disabilities.  The sisters provide nutritious meals and send the children back to their parents.  They also offer respite to parents struggling to care for children with disabilities. The school offers classes in English and Khmer to children living in poverty. 

Volunteers help teach English, feed the children and playing with the children.

Cambodian Association for Orphans
This project is formed by a group of young Khmer offering classes in English, computer studies and life skills to impoverished youth. There are also 40 orphans in their centre receiving training and nourishment.

Volunteers can teach English, computer or health care.  Lots of opportunities to share your skills and talents where they will be appreciated!

Client Testimonials

“The orphanage in Siem Reap where I volunteered with WLS International is set among rice fields in an open and breezy picturesque surrounding. The serenity that surrounds it is calming and takes you far away from this chaotic world. I spent two lovely weeks teaching the children and everyday as I walked down the open road along rice paddies towards the classroom and the children ride their bikes along side me full of smiles and waving frantically in the air eager to get to class, I realize that what I am doing and what I am able to give them is truly amazing and such a priceless experience.
I taught English to students varying in ages from around 6 to 16. The children seem shy to begin with especially when you attempt to converse with them but they soon open up. Getting them to speak up also improves their social skills, which could benefit them later in life. A lot of learning games and songs were also taught and encouraged, as it is a fun way to allow everyone to participate and learn. To be able to give the children exposure to a different teaching method and a different teacher every now and then is something they truly value and appreciate.”
- Supatra Bromilow (UK)

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