Meet Sokhorn. 60-year-old Sokhorn lives with his wife and two small children. Sokhorn’s wife works at home to take care of his family, so Sokhorn is the sole income-earner. Prior to COVID, Sokhorn worked in the laundry at a local hotel, but with the tourism industry decimated in Siem Reap, Sokhorn lost his job. Unable […]
Meet Soy. She and her husband are responsible for 10 family members, including her elderly mother, five children and four orphaned nieces and nephews. Only three of her family members are in the position to work. Soy works as a masseuse in her village, her husband is a builder and her eldest son is a […]
We are pleased to announce that we have successfully supported our program partner, HHA Cambodia, in obtaining a grant from the One Young World COVID Young Leaders Fund which will help with the education and prevention of Covid-19 in Siem Reap. Although we originally supported an application for the COVID-19 Tuk-Tuk outreach program, this program […]
Since mid-March 2020, the education classes run by our program partner, Human and Hope Association Cambodia, have been temporarily closed. This was as instructed by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport to prevent the outbreak of COVID-19 in Cambodia. To keep their students learning, HHA Cambodia has provided online classes, homework, and drop-in sessions. […]
Each year as an important element of our governance, Human and Hope conducts a monitoring visit with our program partner, HHA Cambodia. This year, for obvious reasons, the monitoring visit was held virtually instead of in-person. Our board was very impressed with the effectiveness of HHA Cambodia’s program, and the resilience of their staff. As […]
We at Human & Hope want to see a world where communities experiencing poverty are empowered and developed through locally driven initiatives. We raise funds to support a locally run community centre in Cambodia, enabling them to run their own projects with their local expertise. One program we financially support is Human and Hope Association […]
We stan Cambodia Knits. Living in Cambodia for five years, our CEO, Sally Hetherington OAM, developed a great working relationship with Founder, Monika Nowaczyk, who founded the social enterprise with the goal of producing beautiful, high quality and unique hand knit products while providing fair and flexible employment opportunities. This relationship continued when Sally moved […]
Our program partner, Human and Hope Association, has launched a Home Food Garden Project after a successful trial. The goal of this program is to initially support 50 of the families impacted by COVID-19 in Sambour commune of rural Siem Reap with establishing food production. The training course includes: the importance of using natural resources […]
The world is currently experiencing uncertainty, fear and social isolation. We want you to know that we are all in this together. At Human and Hope, we are trying to navigate the need to protect our health and wellbeing and still ensure that the vital programs we support in Cambodia can continue. We need your […]
9th March 2020 To our community of supporters, I am writing to update you on the impact of the COVID-19 on our project partner, Human and Hope Association Cambodia. In order to stop the spread of the COVID-19, Cambodia’s Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) has announced the suspension of education services in Siem […]