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Since 2024 (ongoing)

Phoenix Kids

Phoenix Kids is all about rebuilding the lives of children who have been disabled as a result of serious burn injuries. With the right treatment from the Children’s Surgical Centre their lives can be transformed and their quality of life immeasurably improved.

What We Are Doing — The Rotary Club of Phnom Penh (RCPP) is working with the Children’s Surgical Centre (CSC) in Phnom Penh to help children from all over Cambodia who have significant health issues arising from the long term effects of burn injuries.

Since 2020 (ongoing)

Classroom Libraries

RCPP provides books for classroom libraries geared toward children aged 5 to 10. Each school representative is requested to complete a standard needs assessment form. A typical distribution includes 55 books sourced from our partner SIPAR, which is Cambodia’s premier social enterprise for school book edition. We extend support to both public and private schools.

The initiative began as a small pilot project in collaboration with the Cambodian Children’s Fund. It quickly expanded into a successful program supplying 10 to 20 schools annually. We are open to receiving contributions from international Rotaries to further this endeavour.

RCPP is proud to have organised book distributions to over 50 schools nationwide.

Since 2020 (ongoing)

Learning Cycle

In rural Cambodia, many students stop attending school after primary or secondary simply because the next level school is too far away. Bus services do not exist, and some of the roads in the rural areas can wash away for lengths of time during rainy seasons.

We help kids more than 5 km away from their school continue their education by providing bicycles so they have a means to get there. Each donation costs approximately $50 USD and includes a lock and helmet. A small change like this can mean a world of difference to a family struggling to survive, and give Cambodian children a helping hand to complete their studies.

Since 2009 (ongoing)

Mosquito Net initiative

Malaria and dengue fever are prevalent in many parts of Cambodia, and the distribution of mosquito nets can prevent disease and save lives.

Some large organizations do distribute nets, they don’t always get to the truly needy families. We work with local NGOs and distribute the nets ourselves directly to the families in their villages. We use locally manufactured nets that are impregnated with insecticide. We purchase our nets for $2/net, and 100 percent of the donated funds go to the purchase of the nets. Several Rotary clubs from outside Cambodia have provided funds to help support this project.

2020-2022 (closed)

Covid 19 Food Distribution

COVID-19 affected Cambodia on an economic level. Our club reached with 17 emergency food distributions around 435 families and distributed over 61,000 meals of food. That’s about: 11 tonnes of rice, 2,600 bottles of soy and 2,600 bottles of fish sauce, 5,220 packets of noodles, 1,700 soy drinks,2,600 cans of fish, $4,350 in cash.

The contents list for each package included: 25 kg rice, 6 bottles fish sauce, 6 bottles soy sauce, 12 cans food, 12 packets noodles, Canned drinks, $10 cash – this to be used for to buy fresh meat and vegetables – as well a sanitary kit, soap, masks and alcohol spray. The package was likely to last a family of 2 Adults and 2 children about 2 weeks. All food was sourced from the local markets thereby ensuring the money stays in the village.

The initiative ended in 2022.

2013-2021 (closed)

Outreach MEC initiative

MEC (meningoencephalocele) is rare a birth defect found in remote villages in Cambodia. At birth the skull fails to close which causes the child’s brain to herniate through the opening near the bridge of the nose.

The Rotary Club of Phnom Penh worked in partnership with the Children’s Surgical Centre in Phnom Penh, which has its own resident surgeons who conducted most of the surgeries. We had hired a Cambodian coordinator, who conducted outreach trips to find patients and organised their travel to Phnom Penh for the surgery. The total cost for outreach, travel, surgery and follow-up was $1,400 per patient. Funding came from Rotary Clubs in Australia, Asia, Europe and North America.

The initiative ended in 2021 after benefiting over 150 patients.

Emergency Relief initiative

The Emergency Relief & Response initiative is a second responder there to help with a temporary shelter, sleeping gear and Purifies water for drinking.

Our Projects

Since 2024 (ongoing)

Phoenix Kids

Since 2020 (ongoing)

Classroom Libraries

Since 2020 (ongoing)

Learning Cycle

Since 2009 (ongoing)

Mosquito Net initiative

2020-2022 (closed)

Covid 19 Food Distribution

2013-2021 (closed)

Outreach MEC initiative

2013-2021 (closed)

Emergency Relief initiative

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