Cambodian Children's Fund

Cambodian Children's Fund
Type	Cambodia aid
Focus areas	Cambodian Children's Fund provides education and support to impoverished children and families in Cambodia to help create pathways out of poverty and develop future leaders.
City	Santa Monica
State / province	California
Country	United States
Headquarters country	United States
Founded	2004
Organization identifiers	EIN (United States): 20-0764162
Website	Website
YouTube	YouTube
LinkedIn	LinkedIn
Operating status	active

Scott Neeson visited the Steung Meanchey dump during a 2003 trip through South East Asia and saw children and families surviving by sifting through burning, hazardous waste for recyclables. He spent the remainder of the holiday laying the foundation for Cambodian Children's Fund, then made monthly trips to Cambodia while working at Sony Pictures Entertainment.

History

2003: Scott Neeson visited the Steung Meanchey dump outside Phnom Penh and spent the remainder of his South East Asian holiday laying the foundation for Cambodian Children's Fund.
2003: Neeson returned home, began working at Sony Pictures Entertainment, and made monthly trips to Cambodia to develop CCF.
2004: Neeson resigned from his Hollywood job, sold his home, boat, and cars, hired his first local staff member, and moved to Cambodia as founder and executive director of CCF.
2004: CCF was initially developed to provide a safe haven for 45 children in critical need.
2007: 200 students were enrolled with CCF.
2007: CCF opened its community center, providing a drop-in school, clean water, rice distribution, and other basic community services.
2008: CCF opened its first satellite non-residential school.
2008: CCF launched its food relief and nutrition program.
2009: CCF reached 500 students.
2009: CCF opened its community medical center, providing consultations and treatment to all people regardless of age, completely free of charge for the patient.
2009: The Steung Meanchey dump was relocated, although many families remained dependent on garbage scavenging.
2011: CCF established the Maternal Care Program to address the high maternal death rate in Steung Meanchey.
2011 onward: The Maternal Care Program achieved a 0% maternal death rate across more than 700 births.
2013: CCF founded the Child Protection Unit, which trains and co-operates with the Cambodia National Police to investigate crimes against children.
2013: CCF partnered with World Housing to open World Housing's first micro home building factory, providing low-cost homes to qualifying CCF families from Steung Meanchey.
Current: CCF offers education, medical treatment, and leadership training to more than 2,400 children.
Current: CCF has constructed over 300 World Housing homes for the community.
Current: Nearly two-thirds of CCF's children once lived and worked atop the Steung Meanchey garbage dump, and almost 60 percent are young girls.

Community served

CCF is an education and community development-focused NGO working with the unique challenges faced by thousands of families living in and around the former garbage dump site at Steung Meanchey. Its primary focus is an award-winning education program intended to help children and their families move out of poverty in the long term. CCF also supports children to attend public school and provides a comprehensive kindergarten-to-university education program, while extending support to families and the wider community through six core programs.

Programs and services

Education for children
Family support
Community development
Community outreach
Healthcare
Childcare
Vocational training
Health care:
Complete physical examinations for children
Immunizations
Dental checks
Treatment for pre-existing medical conditions
Free medical care through the Medical Centre for anyone in the community
Maternal care program supporting expecting mothers
Child Protection Unit:

In 2004, Neeson resigned from his Hollywood position, sold his home, boat, and cars, hired his first local staff member, and moved to Cambodia. CCF began as a safe haven for 45 children and grew to serve more than 2,400 children through education, medical treatment, leadership training, community services, housing, and other programs.

Leadership

Scott Neeson — Executive Director; Global Advisory Board Member; Cambodian Children's Fund Founder
Lach Savy — Chief Operating Officer
Kram Sokchannoeurn — Country Manager
Morm Sopheak — Head of Finance
Board members in each of CCF's registered office locations provide oversight of operations in Cambodia.

Campaigns and advocacy

No named advocacy campaigns are provided.

CCF publishes or provides Annual Reports, financial information, financial and legal documents, Sponsor Guidelines, a Child Protection Policy, a Volunteer Handbook and volunteer placement outlines.

Partnerships

World Housing — CCF partnered with World Housing to open World Housing's first micro home building factory and provide low-cost homes to qualifying CCF families.
Cambodia National Police — CCF's Child Protection Unit trains and co-operates with the Cambodia National Police to investigate crimes against children.

Contact and participation

Website: https://www.cambodianchildrensfund.org/

Media coverage

Australian TV show *Poh's Kitchen* — an episode focused on CCF's first restaurant, the Star Restaurant.
BBC News — CCF was featured.
CBS News — CCF was featured.
*Conde Nast Traveler* — CCF was featured.
*The Huffington Post* — CCF was featured.
*Elle Magazine* — CCF was featured.

Sources