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Welcome to the website for
The Cambodian Children’s House of Peace
"Santepheap" - which means Peace
Firstly, let us say how glad we are that you have come to our website and that we hope this will be the start of a wonderful and mutually beneficial relationship. There's a mine of information about us on these pages. We hope you will read it all and that it may lead to your coming to see us. Even if you don't come, you can still work with us. Please read on to discover how.
Urgent Need
We urgently need people to come to be with us to help us start income generating projects so that we can earn the funding to maintain our staff levels, feeds, clothe and educate our children and ensure the continuation of Santepheap. We realise that we can't exist on donations and that in fact it is undesirable that we do. We do not want to instil a beggar mentality in our children. Our children need to contribute to income generating projects so that they develop these necessary survival skills and have a greater sense of personal autonomy - not one of helpless dependence. They need to experience for themselves that by taking control they gain self respect and defuse the anxiety that dependence on others fosters.
So, please come to be with us and give us YOUR expertise so that WE can earn money to support the children and not have to rely purely on the generosity of others. We do need YOUR help to assist us in this by sharing your skills so that when you leave we can stand on our own feet.
After reading this page, please read on to the other pages to find out all about us!
The Cambodian Children's House of Peace (CCHP)
CCHP is a Local Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) registered with The Royal Government of Cambodia
No. 294/SorChorNor, dated 12 December 2008
CCHP is a residential home for 33 children between the ages of 8-18 which provides shelter, food, clothing, school and English language education, health care, recreation, arts and all the other things that children need to grow and develop into productive citizens of their country.
The children come from the very poor countryside villages of Siem Reap Province, which lack sufficient resources for school, both as a community and within the families. Most children have one and a few have both surviving parents and some are orphaned or abandoned. There are usually many children in a family, which adds to the burden of adequately providing for them. Forty percent of the population is under the age of 18! Cambodia is still recovering from the devastation of the Khmer Rouge era, which ran from 1975-79, but then continued as a civil war until 1993. Virtually every family lost members to starvation, illness, and torture and execution during this reign of terror.
Our staff personally witness the transformation of the children from waif to a thriving, happy, healthy child in just a matter of weeks. The surviving parents and guardians from their extended families are so grateful for the support and assistance and education of their children. They visit and telephone because they really love and care for their children. During the school holidays they look after them as well as they can with their limited resources.
The following pages will tell the story of Santepheap
If you are in Siem Reap, or planning to visit, click here for our Wish List!
THANK YOU!
Without you Santepheap would not exist!
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Cambodian Bank Account
Swift Code: ACLBKHPP
Account No: 0100-10-904836-16
ACLEDA Bank Plc.
Head Office,
Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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Contact Us
CCHP (Cambodian Children's House of Peace)
No. 004 Phum Mondul 3
Sangkat Slorkram
Siem Reap
Cambodia
Tel: +855 (0)92 407 077 (essential in mail address)
Please note: “0” is only used when calling locally, not when calling internationally with +855.
Email: info@santepheap.org