Community of Hope Reaches Out To Village In Cambodia
Community of Hope Church, Wilsonville, Oregon launches an initiative to provide clean drinking water to villagers in Takeo, Cambodia. Thanks to the generosity of the congregation in 2006, a a clean water filtration system will be installed in a rural village in southern Cambodia. Community of Hope will partner with Village Focus International, a Portland-based 501(c)(3) organization, to work with the villagers and local Cambodian staff to install the water system in 2007.
Villagers travel twelve miles a day to access clean water for the community and vocational school. The vocational school specializes in teaching vulnerable children marketable trade skills, so they don’t fall prey to the child trafficking industry. “During my visit to Cambodia in 2006, I was touched by the passion and excitement in this village. After returning home, it was my goal to secure funding for this clean water project and Community Hope Church in Wilsonville, Oregon has made this dream a reality,” stated Denise Ker.
Denise will be updating on the blog about the progress of the project and sharing opportunities to connect with the villagers and support child protection awareness in SE Asia. For more information, please contact Denise Ker directly at (503) 582-8823 or denise@eventsbyviva.com. Make sure to visit Denise’s Stop Child Trafficking Blog at http://stopchildtrafficking.blogspot.com/.
Villagers travel twelve miles a day to access clean water for the community and vocational school. The vocational school specializes in teaching vulnerable children marketable trade skills, so they don’t fall prey to the child trafficking industry. “During my visit to Cambodia in 2006, I was touched by the passion and excitement in this village. After returning home, it was my goal to secure funding for this clean water project and Community Hope Church in Wilsonville, Oregon has made this dream a reality,” stated Denise Ker.
Denise will be updating on the blog about the progress of the project and sharing opportunities to connect with the villagers and support child protection awareness in SE Asia. For more information, please contact Denise Ker directly at (503) 582-8823 or denise@eventsbyviva.com. Make sure to visit Denise’s Stop Child Trafficking Blog at http://stopchildtrafficking.blogspot.com/.
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In the Takeo region children are susceptible trafficking for labor and sex. This vocational school was built for $50K by a university in Japan to give children in this village the opportunity to learn new skills and create sustainable opportunities.
VACO Children Vocational School in Takeo, Cambodia
Silk Weaving Loom Training Room
Beauty School
Sewing School
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