ConCERT was established to reduce poverty by increasing support for the most disadvantaged people of Siem Reap. ConCERT makes it easy for visitors to get involved and has more than 20 NGO members who are all well managed and financially transparent. They cover many areas of activity including: schools, clinics, orphanages, community centres, agricultural development, vocational training, supporting vulnerable people, water supplies, environmental protection & education, landmine removal, landmine victim rehabilitation, combating human trafficking.

They know in detail what each organisation does, and the type of help it needs. In this way ConCERT helps people to link up with organisations that need the kind of help they can give. www.concertcambodia.org has details about all their member organisations with links to their websites, and background information about Cambodia and Siem Reap. There are also sections on responsible tourism, responsible volunteering, the causes and effects of poverty, and pages giving ideas on the many ways to offer support.

In addition to information about their member organisations, ConCERT staff inform visitors on the various other ways they can help. They also inform visitors about the wider issues in Cambodia, and give advice on some of the things it’s best not to do.

These funds are used to buy supplies shoes and uniforms for primary and secondary school children, to pay monthly stipends to teachers, and to support breakfast programs in the rural schools. Bicycles are awarded to students who are top in the class and who go on to secondary school. Your funds could be used to help with medical situations that sometimes arise, or help with any number of special projects that come up from time to time.

For more information & donation, please log on to www.theplf.org

Approximately 85% of the people in Cambodia do not have access to safe drinking water and sanitation. Many depend on rain water and water holes contaminated with waterborne diseases. About 11,000 children die every year due to these conditions.

And that's where we come in!

WATER AID FOR CAMBODIA is a public benefit corporation and is not organized for the private gain of any person. It is organized under the Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law exclusively for charitable purposes. Its specific purposes are to provide water wells, sanitary waste disposal and other public infrastructure for inhabitants of Cambodia and other Southeast Asian countries.

Thank you so much for your time, Sincerly , Ly Heang www.wateraidforcambodia.org