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Elena Fraser is fundraising
Scoliosis Surgery for SC Student, Sok Yi
Meet Sok Yi, a remarkable 18-year-old student hailing from Sustainable Cambodia’s Kravanh Bright Future Center. Sok Yi's incredible journey has led her to become the President of her school's youth organization, showcasing her leadership and determination. Excelling in subjects like English, Math, Physics, and Chemistry, Sok Yi's academic prowess is truly exceptional. With aspirations of pursuing a career in the Information Technology field, she's resolute in shaping her own future. However, Sok Yi faces a significant challenge - a physical disability in the form of severe scoliosis, impacting both her physical well-being and emotional strength.

The Unseen Struggle:

Despite her remarkable achievements, Sok Yi's journey is marked by an invisible struggle. Her severe scoliosis has taken a toll on her physical health and self-esteem. One shoulder sits distinctly higher than the other, her posture bears a hunched stance, and a noticeable bulge on her back is a result of rib cage rotation. The visible curvature of her spine and differing leg lengths affect her gait, causing pain and muscular discomfort around her hip and lower back. While her lung function remains uncompromised at present, the risk of progression looms. Even more, Sok Yi harbors concerns about her inability to gain weight, a topic she's discussed openly.

A Hopeful Solution:

Sok Yi's determination shines through despite her challenges. Her ambition to excel, learn, and evolve remains unbreakable. It's disheartening to learn that she has never received medical attention for her condition due to financial constraints and cultural pressures. Coming from a humble background in rural Cambodia, Sok Yi's family lost her father several years ago, leaving her mother and elder sister to tend to the family farm. However, a ray of hope emerged when Sok Yi received approval from Shriner's Hospital in Honolulu for a life-transforming treatment. This opportunity, spanning about eight months, promises to alleviate her physical discomfort and empower her journey.

The Journey Ahead:

While Shriner's Hospital graciously covers Sok Yi's medical treatment, the associated expenses are substantial and beyond her family's means. The costs of travel, accommodations, nourishment, and other essentials during her stay in Honolulu are a formidable challenge. Her medical condition may also require her to have her surgery at the Shriners Hospital in Sacramento CA necessitating additional travel arrangements and expenses. Sok Yi's GoFundMe initiative seeks to rally support from compassionate individuals who believe in the power of transformation through unity.

Your Support Matters:

Every contribution to Sok Yi's cause is a step toward her brighter future. By coming together, we can provide her with the means to access the treatment she deserves and the chance to thrive. Join us in ensuring that Sok Yi's journey to recovery is filled with hope, dignity, and the assurance that her dreams are within reach. Your generosity can make a profound impact on the life of a young woman who refuses to let obstacles define her.

Let's empower Sok Yi and be a part of her inspiring story of resilience, determination, and transformation. Together, we can turn the pages of her life to reveal a brighter, healthier, and more promising future.
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Donna Men is fundraising
Helping Villagers with Sustainable Cambodia
I am raising money to benefit Sustainable Cambodia. Sustainable Cambodia is a nonprofit empowerment organization that helps families in rural Cambodia create a sustainable quality of life through wells, irrigation systems, schools, training and empowerment. This charity and its mission mean so much to me as I know the struggles of needing school supplies and the hard life of making ends meet while growing up in Cambodia. This summer, I will be volunteering with Sustainable Cambodia for 5 weeks, assisting the teachers in the classroom and staff out in the field.

This fundraiser is NOT for my travel expenses. 100% of this donation will go directly to Sustainable Cambodia PLUS a portion will be matched. Any donation will help make a direct impact on the life of the children and villagers.

Thank you in advance for contributing to this cause, which means so much to me. Please let me know if you have further questions.

Sincerely,

Donna
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Thomas Raeuchle is fundraising
Girl Power, Not Flowers
This Mother's Day, Give the gift of POWER, instead of FLOWERS

In rural Cambodia, girls are often forced to stay home from school during their period because they cannot afford sanitary products. This can cause girls to miss up to a week of school a month, eventually dropping out completely from falling too far behind. With additional school closures due to COVID-19 the likelihood of them leaving school is higher than ever.

Contribute to our campaign and help keep these young women in school.

Studies have shown a higher school enrollment rate in girls leads to community-wide benefits. According to UNICEF, an educated girl is less likely to experience child marriage, face domestic abuse, and suffer from long-term health complications. She is also likely to increase her personal earning potential and reduce poverty in her community. A World Bank study shows that the return on one year of secondary education for a girl correlates with an increase of nearly 25 percent in wages later in life.

Sustainable Cambodia (SC) is teaming up with Days for Girls (DfG) International to take action. We are providing feminine hygiene kits and basic health education workshops to school girls in rural Cambodia. SC’s health department works with local teachers and principals to hold the health education workshops for 7th grade girls. After the workshop the kits are distributed to the girls.

DfG kits are reusable for up to three years. They are produced at SC’s Fair Trade Sewing Enterprise, a small business in Pursat, that pays local women a fair living wage. In addition to DfG kits, they produce school uniforms, bags, and now, face masks.

In 2019, SC distributed over 400 kits and held workshops at three schools in Pursat Province, home to 500,000 people and more than 100 schools with over 50,000 students. In 2020 thus far, over 500 kits have been distributed to young women and two additional schools have hosted workshops. While these numbers are encouraging, our goal is to reach 20 additional schools with 3,000 more girls in need of basic menstrual products and education.

WE NEED YOUR HELP TO REACH MORE GIRLS. A Mother’s Day donation of $15 to our campaign gives the gift of one kit to one girl and helps fund a health education workshop.

We currently spend about $500 per year at a small school, $750 at a medium school, and $1500 at large schools.
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Elena Fraser is fundraising
Sustainable Cambodia Helps Villages Fight Covid-19
Sustainable Cambodia Helping Village Families & Children Fight Covid-19

Our Sustainable Cambodia village development teams have been doing additional trainings in the villages on hand-washing and sanitation, to protect against Covid-19. But in Cambodia, even the families who have their own Victory Gardens must visit the local market to purchase some food and supplies. And “social distancing” is more difficult in the close confines of an open-door market. Based on recommendations from the WHO, the families know that they and their children should be wearing masks while in public. But how can they get masks to wear?

The Sustainable Cambodia Sewing Team volunteered to make masks. They sewed the first few dozens of masks for testing. The masks are made of two layers of cotton fabric, with ribbon for fastening.

Up to 10,000 Masks to Protect Families & Children

The SC Sewing Team is now starting to produce the masks, at least 8,000 masks, perhaps growing to 10,000+ masks depending upon the level of support. The masks cost around $0.50 (50 cents) each to produce. The fabrics and materials are available in the Pursat markets. The sewing capacity of the Sewing Team is 200 masks a day. Every dollar contributed to this project will be matched dollar-for-dollar.

Who gets the masks?

About 2,500 students from Sustainable Cambodia & TC Swartz schools
Another 2,500 masks for the family members of the students
Around 3,000 families in 10 or more villages where Rotary/Sustainable Cambodia projects are underway
And SC staff who are distributing all the masks and conducting the trainings

How the masks are delivered:

The masks are delivered with education on health and sanitation, and specific information about COVID19, and instructions on when and how to wear masks correctly
Villagers who are part of Self-Help Groups (SHG’s) will get the masks and trainings through their SHG
Students will come in very small groups with appropriate social distancing to receive their masks and to get training

To learn more about Sustainable Cambodia, go to our website at sustainablecambodia.org .
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About Sustainable Cambodia Inc

We empower Cambodian village families to build self-sustaining communities, with healthy water, good food, sustainable incomes and village schools for the children. In our participatory empowerment model, the families learn leadership. They create Village Development Committees to organize and oversee the projects. When the families have safe water & sanitation, and income from agriculture, they can keep their children in school. More than 25,000 rural Cambodian families have been in the program, with thousands of children in the schools and hundreds having gone on to Cambodian universities on scholarships from our program. While creating a self-sustaining quality of life in their villages, the families commit in return to passing on the gift by helping other families in other villages.

1110 NE 3rd StGainesville, FL 32601

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Causes

Agriculture, Economic development, Youth organizing, International development, Rural development

Established

2004

Tax ID

20-0175973

NTEE code

Rural

Sustainable Cambodia Inc is a 501(c)(3) public charity, EIN 20-0175973. Donations are tax-deductible. Select content is provided by GuideStar.

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Scoliosis Surgery for SC Student, Sok Yi

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Girl Power, Not Flowers

Sustainable Cambodia Helps Villages Fight Covid-19