Give blood, dine for a cause, do volunteer work, shop responsibly, donate to an NGO, support a disadvantaged child...there are many ways to that you can help disadvantaged Cambodians and contribute to the development of the country. The projects and places listed below are but a few of those available in Cambodia. Though we have done our best to list only organizations, charities and businesses which have received favorable reviews from the press, government sources and former volunteers and visitors, we have no means of verifying the reports. Inclusion in the following list is not an endorsement of the listed organization.

WHO WE ARE

AG for Child Care Project was founded in 2007 by a group of Khmer Tour Leaders with the aim of helping the children of Cambodia. As willing to help our child and communities, we began helping by bringing food, clothes and school stationeries to poor families we met whilst touring. We collected supplies from launderettes and some of our generous passengers. We shared a part of our salary to offer basic needs and our time to provide some basic English to children of poor villages. In 2006, after years of experience in tourism, we decided to start up our own travel agency and to extend our charity work.

CHILDREN'S LIFE IN CAMBODIA

More than one third of Cambodian live below the poverty line, struggling to survive on less than $1 a day. Poverty is especially pervasive in rural areas and among children, who constitute more than half of the country's population (Unicef). Children's safety is substandard in Cambodia; 60,000 children under 5 years of age still die every year! The numerous reasons include; disease - although a lot are preventable by vaccination - diarrhea, respiratory infections, malnutrition, insalubrities, HIV prevalence and accidents (road, drowning, UXO). In addition, poverty effects children’s schooling (unaffordable tuition, child labor) and in turn this increases their vulnerability (street children, exploitation including sexual abuse, drug and alcohol issues).

OUR OBJECTIVES

Every child is a gift and should receive the best care so they can grow in happiness within a loving family. The aim of our contribution is to provide better living conditions for the children of our country and therefore improve their future. For this, children must receive the basic needs. We focus on bringing them the 4 following necessities: protection, education, health and a healthy supply of drinking water.

OUR PROJECT

Angkor Gate Travel and Tours donates 15% of its total profit directly to Kid's Hope. A large amount of this will be donated to other NGO’s and charity organizations working in Cambodia on the 4 topics mentioned above. The rest will be channeled into our personal charity projects (payment of school fees and supplies for selected impoverished children, the building of water pumps in poor villages, free transfers to hospitals for children from remote areas who need medical care). In addition, 10% of revenue from all trips booked through the Angkor Gate Travel and Tours website will be directly transferred to AG for Child Care Project. Furthermore, we allocate 4$ per travelers (already included in the price of the tours) to donate to all NGOs and Charities visited during our trips.