Worldwide Child Protection Projects
Cambodia, Laos and India 
2006-2007 Funding Opportunities
Project funding for child trafficking and labor issues, youth empowerment and visual arts, and youth sports and recreation.
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Country: Cambodia Project: PROTECT Funding Needed: $17,000
Link:
http://www.villagefocus.org/countries/cambodia_partners/protect.htmlGoal: To protect children from trafficking and pedophilia.
Context: Sihanoukville, Cambodia is a growing beach town that is an increasingly popular destination for pedophiles and sex tourists who prey on vulnerable street children. VFI supports the work of APLE, M’Lop Tapang and local authorities to monitor and arrest pedophiles, support and counsel victimized children, and advocate for stricter law enforcement.Target Group: Street children in Sihanoukville, Cambodia
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Country: Cambodia Project: SMILE Funding Needed: $45,000
Link:
http://www.villagefocus.org/countries/cambodia_partners/smile.htmGoal: To create opportunities for youth leaders to inform their peers and communities on social issues using performing and visual arts as educational tools.
Context: Visual and performing arts have often been used to increase awareness of social issues amongst poor and marginalized communities in developing countries. This has been implemented widely in Cambodia’s largest cities; however, only a few of these initiatives have been in the provinces. SMILE focuses on these underserved areas.Target Group: At-risk youth and marginalized communities in outlying provinces of Cambodia
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Country: India Project: ASSIST Funding Needed: $50,000
Link:
http://www.villagefocus.org/countries/india_partners/assist.htmGoal: To eliminate child labor in lime quarries and work with families of child laborers to develop alternative ways to generate income.
Context: Child labor is a serious problem in South India. Poor families send their children to work instead of to school. VFI’s partner ASSIST works to remove children from hard labor sites, provide remedial education at residential centers, and work with families to develop alternative income-generating activities.Target Group: Child laborers and their families in the Piduguralla district of Andhra Pradesh, India
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Country: India Project: SAVE - Ecological Park and Residential School Funding Needed: $50,000
Link:
http://www.villagefocus.org/countries/india_partners/save.htmlGoal: To eliminate child labor in garment factories; to provide remedial and preventive education; to provide education about the problems associated with child labor.
Context: Child labor is rampant in Tirupur, the center of India’s garment industry. VFI’s partner SAVE has rescued 8,000 children from bonded factory labor and estimates that 20,000 children are still working. SAVE provides shelter and education to vulnerable and rescued children and is the only full-time NGO fighting child labor in Tirupur, where Nike, Gap, Wal-Mart, and other giant corporations employ subcontractors.Target Group: Child laborers in Tirupur, a city in Tamil Nadu, India
YOUTH EMPOWERMENT
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Country: Loas Project: Youth Empowerment Funding Needed: $10,000
http://www.villagefocus.org/countries/laos_focus_issues/children.htmlGoal: To enhance the leadership skills of ethnic minority youth and create opportunities for youth to become empowered community leaders; to provide awareness and prevention of labor and sex trafficking affecting upland youth.
Context: A lack of educational and extracurricular opportunities leaves ethnic minority to develop leadership skills with which they can guide their communities into the future. By being trained in non-formal education, youth can become peer educators who spread awareness of salient social issues.Target Group: Minority ethnic groups in the uplands of Southern Laos
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Country: Cambodia Project: SMILE Funding Needed: $45,000
Link:
http://www.villagefocus.org/countries/cambodia_partners/smile.htmGoal: To create opportunities for youth leaders to inform their peers and communities on social issues using performing and visual arts as educational tools.
Context: Visual and performing arts have often been used to increase awareness of social issues amongst poor and marginalized communities in developing countries. This has been implemented widely in Cambodia’s largest cities; however, only a few of these initiatives have been in the provinces. SMILE focuses on these underserved areas.Target Group: At-risk youth and marginalized communities in outlying provinces of Cambodia
YOUTH SPORTS AND RECREATION
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Country: Loas Project: Youth Sports and Recreation Center Funding Needed: $45,000
http://www.villagefocus.org/countries/laos_focus_issues/youthcenter.htmlGoal: To provide a fun and exciting sports and recreation facility for urban youth in Laos. The project aims to be completely sustainable by 2010, with all proceeds to benefit other VFI children’s projects.
Context: There are no recreation facilities or organized public sports for youth in Laos. As Laos quickly develops, urban problems arise. Without recreational opportunities, youth are vulnerable to using drugs and other problems.Target Group: Children in Vientiane and surrounding areas
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Country: India Project: SAVE - Ecological Park and Residential School Funding Needed: $50,000
Link:
http://www.villagefocus.org/countries/india_partners/save.htmlGoal: To eliminate child labor in garment factories; to provide remedial and preventive education; to provide education about the problems associated with child labor.Context: Child labor is rampant in Tirupur, the center of India’s garment industry. VFI’s partner SAVE has rescued 8,000 children from bonded factory labor and estimates that 20,000 children are still working. SAVE provides shelter and education to vulnerable and rescued children and is the only full-time NGO fighting child labor in Tirupur, where Nike, Gap, Wal-Mart, and other giant corporations employ subcontractors.Target Group: Child laborers in Tirupur, a city in Tamil Nadu, India
FUNDING NEEDS UNDER $5,000
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PROTECT: Fighting Child Sex Offenders in Sihanoukville, Cambodia
How YOU can support PROTECT:
- Sponsor protection and education for one child in the M’lop Tapang Center Network for one year: $250 (updates are sent from individual children to donors)
- Salary for Night Investigator to monitor beaches and public spaces: $750 - Legal advocacy, lawyer and court costs for prosecuting pedophiles: $1,500
SMILE: Protecting Cambodian Children through Performing and Visual Arts
How YOU can support SMILE:
- Laptop computer for Kun, the VFI national youth coordinator of the project: $750
- Motorbike to enable Kun to travel throughout Cambodian provinces without public transportation: $750
- Stipends for five youth leaders to travel and train their peers in circus and performing arts on key issues: $1,500
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YOUTH EMPOWERMENT IN SOUTHERN LAOS
How YOU can support the Youth Empowerment project:
- Vocational training and educational materials for minority youth leaders: $300- Sponsor a scholarship for one ethnic minority student to attend teacher training college or the national university: $3,000
- Support Lao Ethnic Youth Network and peer-to-peer youth camps on trafficking, HIV and drug prevention: $5,000 _________________________________________________________
CHILD LABOR ERADICATION IN INDIAN
MINES and
GARMENT FACTORIESHow YOU can support Child Labor Eradication: - Salary for one Indian project officer to provide education and legal support to factory managers and child laborers: $300
- Operational costs for remedial schools to prepare rescued child laborers for reintegration to mainstream schools: $5,000
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VCAO: Works with Cambodia's poor and socially vulnerable children to provide education and resources.
How YOU can support
VCAO:
- Training and needs assessment by VFI staff: $300
- Sponsor a child victim of sexual abuse at the Siem Reap Safe House: $500 per year, per child
- Build a water filtration system at a child development center in rural Takeo, Cambodia: $5,000
- Export silk scarves to the US and raise money to support rescued children and women living in a safe house
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