Save the Children Cambodia for Development (SCD) is a place of hopes, dreams and peace, providing poor children a better life now and for the future.

Today Cambodia is in the midst of rebuilding itself, socially, economically and psychologically. The scars of the past, however will take decades to heal. The people of Cambodia are among the poorest in the world, trying to rebuild a country where most of the governmental and social structures were destroyed.

The fact that most of the educated people, especially, men in the country, were killed in the Red Communist purge makes the rebuilding an overwhelming task, in many poor families, female children are forced to discontinue school to help with farm work or housework.

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Regretfully, only 20% of high school students are female. Sadly, it is not uncommon for young teenage girls to be lured into brothels where they become trapped in the world of prostitution. If young girls and boys survive, poverty usually hinders them from going to school or they drop out at a very early age. This is so the girls can tend to younger siblings and cook for their families, and the boys can assist on their parent's farm or find a job that are often difficult and dangerous.

So today, many orphans and extremely poor families are destitute and unable to support themselves or send their children to school. The majority of these orphans will receive no government support and urgently need our help.

Viewing this miserable situation Mr. Chan Norn with great support from foreign donors decided to take action to help these orphans and improve the general situation for developing human resources in this country.