Cambodia

The Kingdom of Cambodia is bordered by Thailand, Laos and Vietnam and is one of the poorest countries in Southeast Asia. The largest religious building in the world, Angkor Wat, is the country’s most popular tourist attraction. Built during the 12th century, Angkor Wat has been designated as a World Heritage Site by the United Nations. The country has suffered much political upheaval in the past two hundred years. The most tragic occurred in the 1970s when the country’s Khmer Rouge regime under Pol Pot executed an estimated two million of its own citizens.

Volunteers with the International Outreach Program to Cambodia work with HIV infected children in four facilities run by New Hope for Cambodian Children. All the children have been orphaned or abandoned. Founded in 2006 by John and Kathy Tucker, NHCC has five components: two provide permanent care for HIV-infected children whose families are unable or unwilling to look after them, a Day Care Center that looks after the children of HIV-infected mothers while they work, a residential center for older adolescents who are studying in Phnom Penh and pediatric clinics in six Cambodian provinces that provide anti-retroviral medicines to children.

During their two weeks in Cambodia, volunteers have the opportunity to work with children in each of these areas as well as with adults in a provincial hospital outside Phnom Penh.

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