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OUT OF THE DUMP
Center for Children’s Happiness (CCH)Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Steung Meanchey landfill, just outside Phnom Penh, is nicknamed “Smoky Mountain” because of the smoke that the dump continually gives off. The waste dump creates an extremely toxic environment, especially for young lungs. The area is swamped in monsoon season and throughout much of the year, leaving approximately 600 children to live and play in the contaminated water. However, there is hope.
The Center for Children’s Happiness (CCH) is a life-saving orphanage and home to 150 children & youth who once called “Smoky Mountain” home. These children are either orphans or have parents who are unable to care for them due to illness or desperate financial situations. CCH provides all the care needed for children to grow up to be successful adult citizens in Cambodian society. This includes good nutrition, secure living facilities, education, loving support, and encouragement to dream of a better future.
One of the most pressing needs facing CCH is paying for the increasing cost of rice. Like many other countries throughout the world, Cambodia is experiencing a dramatic rise in food costs. Rice, the staple item of Cambodian diet, has recently risen in cost by 100%. In addition to rice, CCH also provides well-balanced nutritious meals to the youth.
You have the opportunity to provide the children with a healthy meal of rice and vegetables, fish or a piece of fruit.
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Fundraising goal: $7,350
Your donations can provide the following:
| $1.25 | 1 Nutritious meal for 1 child |
| $25 | Fruit for 150 children per day |
| $54 | Meat for 150 children per day |
| $86 | Rice for 1 child for a year |
| $225 | 3 nutritious meals a day for 1 child for 3 months |
| $315 | Vegetables for 150 children for 6 months |
| $650 | Fish for 150 children for a month |
| $1575 | Vegetables for 150 children for 1 year |
At the age of eleven, Chanthou was forced to do what a lot of other Cambodian children do to survive - she was living and working in a dump, going through garbage with her sister and two brothers.
The children’s parents died of AIDS, and they had nowhere else to go. One day at the dump, Chanthou met the CCH Director and told him she wanted to be in school. Not only that, she wanted to grow up and pursue a career in medicine! CCH took Chanthou and her siblings in, and 5 years later, she knows English and has been awarded a scholarship to attend the International School of Phnom Penh. Your contribution will change the fate of other girls and boys living at the dump. You have the power to provide them with a brighter future.
