Supporting Education to Change Destiny of Child

"I got better life and better education, CCPCR provided me a life changed" One beneficiary said.

Kunthy is a child victim of Domestic violence who got long term shelter support to stay and get education in CCPCR's Phnom Penh shelter. She is a child from one poor family in Svay Rieng province and also the case of suffered from domestic violence by her father. After her parents divorced, her mother was difficult to respond on education of 4 children, and Kunthy got into hard situcation, without good care and enough food to eat.

CCPCR provided Kunthy a chance to stay and study in shelter since she was grade 5, after conducted follow up and assessments many times about her family situation.

Kunthy said she has been provided support on many things as living in CCPCR's shelter, such as school materials, bicycle, books, pens, clothes and material for daily used and expend.

Every member of her family had no chance to study because of her family condiction (Parents broken up) and poverty. But Kunthy is the luckiest as she could get a high education.

She said " if there was no help from CCPCR, I would not get education, because my family was poor and my mother was a waitress whose income is too low to support my study."

CCPCR is her sweet home and second parents, she added. And she expressed her thankful to CCPCR for brought her a new and comfortable life with better education.

To eliminate all forms of violence against children and youth, including child labor, trafficking, sexual abuse and commercial sexual exploitation, CCPCR have saved more over 3150 children since 1994. And they were from poor families, child victims and vulnerable children.

For supporting them with long term service, study, learn skills with material supplying are the donations from local and international NGOs partners and generous.

Kunthy recently graduated from high school, and she is looking for major to continue her studies in college. She is willing to become a bank employee, because she hopes she will be able to get a good job and high salary to help her family. Named to be changed.