Chi Pat Community Tourism Project, Cambodia

Children play at the Chi Pat community tourism project Cambodia

Sunrise for Cambodian Children - April Newsletter

The following is from EthicalAsia.com's April newsletter and the full Newsletter can be seen here.

FORMERLY working at Chase Manhatten Bank (now JP Morgan) in Sydney, Australian Geraldine Cox performed an abrupt about-face in her career following a visit to Cambodia in 1993 with a friend.
It started with raising money for just one child, garnering donations back home after witnessing the bleak circumstances of some of Cambodia’s most disadvantaged children. By 1998, Geraldine’s orphanage projects had been recognized as a fully fledged non-governmental organization helping to better the lives of dozens more Cambodian kids.

Today Sunrise offers a real chance - and a new family- to children unlucky enough to have found themselves parentless with orphanages in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and Sihanoukville, a beach resort on the south coast of the country.

Given the enduring poverty in Cambodia, the legacy of war that still blights the country in the form of landmines in particular and the lack of social security in the country, projects like Sunrise are vital.........click the link below to read more:

Cambodian Children's Charity

Cambodian Premier League Football - Phnom Penh's Olympic Stadium

Despite never having hosted a major international sporting event the stadium in Phnom Penh is referred to as the 'Olympic' stadium. It did however host North Korea vs Australia as they competed in a qualifying football match for the 1966 World Cup in England. Phnom Penh was chosen due to North Korea's lack of diplomatic relations with other nations.

First Newsletter Coming Soon

At the beginning of April EthicalAsia.com will release their first newsletter. The articles are in, the publishing has begun and it promises to be a strong first release. There will be range of fascinating articles including an education in the art of cooking and entertaining the Burmese way, some notes from the road for those travelling in Cambodia and a feature on one of the charities we support. The newsletter will also keep customers posted as to what new stock we have coming in.

The full newsletter and articles will be published on the website with snippets and teasers on the blog!

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Monks in Rangoon