At Human and Hope, it is no lie that we are here to help our project partners to protect the future of Cambodia. The funds we raise help educate the young generations of this beautiful country to continue to develop the nation. One other way to improve their future is by going plastic free in […]
We are thrilled to announce that Human and Hope Association’s Sewing Teacher, Phalla Yorn, has been recognised on the 2020 Diana Award Honour Roll for her tireless work to empower Cambodian women to break the cycle of poverty. Phalla Yorn was born into a life of poverty in Siem Reap, Cambodia. When she was just 14 […]
Cambodia’s tourism industry, which usually contributes around one-third of GDP (OECD 2019), has been decimated due to the COVID-19 global pandemic. So far around 2,956 tourism-related businesses in Cambodia have closed, leaving a further 45,405 people unemployed (Minister of Tourism). Although the government has issued some USD$40 payments to affected workers in the tourism industry, […]
COVID-19 has had a devastating economic impact on Cambodia, particularly Siem Reap, whose main industry is tourism. Schools and training institutions have been closed until November, leaving many without education as they don’t have access to the internet or televisions to participate in their school’s online learning. 150,000 garment workers have been temporarily suspended and […]
Imagine that through your own hard work you have just had a good week. For the first time in a long while, you managed to peek your head over the poverty line – that brutally low $1.90 per day your whole family has to live on – when COVID-19 suddenly wipes out your local economy. There […]
Ethical luxury silk boutique Atelier Etica has raised funds to provide 30 Cambodian families with emergency food packages. Founder, Roxane Horton, reached out to her customers and network after learning about the devastating impact that COVID-19 has had on the Siem Reap economy. “Those of you who know me know that Cambodia holds a special […]
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We are pleased to welcome Natasha Lee as a Human and Hope Ambassador. Natasha started her career at just 14, working as an editorial assistant for The Australian newspaper. Since then, she’s written for a number of publications including The Sunday Telegraph, 9Honey, Yahoo Australia, 10 Daily and The Punch. Natasha went on to complete a […]
One quarter of the students who study at Human and Hope Association Cambodia are illiterate, despite attending public school. One in five Cambodian men and one in four Cambodian women over the age of 15 are illiterate (UNDP2018). To change these statistics, the Khmer language program was founded in 2014 to provide dedicated language classes […]
We are beyond thrilled to announce that we smashed our goal of walking the distance from Australia to Cambodia. All up, we walked 14,345,132 steps! That means we not only walked all the way to Australia, we walked halfway back again! Thanks to the amazing fundraising efforts of our walkers, we raised $12,524, which will […]