The steady clatter of fingers typing fills the computer lab. Around 40 students sit at three long tables, their minds swirling as they learn to type out words in Khmer using an English keyboard. Over the past two years, Samaritan’s Purse STEM program has introduced Cambodian students in remote areas to the world of science…
Operation Christmas Child
Taking the Gospel the Extra Mile in Cambodia
Just outside of a major tourist city in Cambodia, people struggle to make ends meet. Makara* and her family live in a one-room house, on a tract of land shared by many other members of their family who work in the nearby fields. Makara was hard at work last year when her daughter, Tola*, attended…
Water, Sanitation & Hygiene
Clean Water Changes Lives in Cambodia
When dry season arrived in Cambodia, Chivy’s* family did not expect to spend nearly a month suffering from a stomach illness. Chivy, 11, and her siblings missed school because they were sick. Her parents were also sick and couldn’t work. The family’s meager savings quickly dried up as they struggled to recover. All of these…
Animals, Agriculture & Livelihoods
Cambodians Get the Scoop on Raising Chickens
Lok Hul and his wife, Sar Sangvan, were having trouble making ends meet for their family of seven until Samaritan’s Purse taught them how to raise chickens. Now thanks to the training and supplies we provided, they are thriving and teaching others the farming lessons they learned from our staff members. After living in the…
Women's Programs
A Mother in Cambodia Learns How to Better Care for Her Family
Sreymon was struggling to care for her baby and she didn’t know where to turn for help. In her remote village in Cambodia, she had never had an opportunity to learn certain essentials, such as recognizing the signs of malnutrition or how to practice healthy hygiene. Deeply-embedded cultural superstitions also contributed to Sreymon’s confusion and…
Operation Christmas Child
Bringing Hearts to Christ in Cambodia
Hands clasped, heads bowed, children whisper their first words to the Creator they’ve just learned about. This moment of solemn surrender happens at tens of thousands of Operation Christmas Child outreach events across the globe each year. Watching one such prayer in his home country of Cambodia was especially meaningful to a boy named Samay*.…
Animals, Agriculture & Livelihoods
Restoring Families and Futures with New Livelihoods
A Father’s Struggle Considered the poorest family in their village, Chheng and his loved ones were often looked down upon by the community. For Chheng, a husband and father to nine children, the need to provide a stable income was dire, but finding a good job in rural Cambodia seemed impossible. “My family was so…
Health & Medical Ministries
Letting the Light In
“In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it” (John 1:4-5). Torn’s eyes shine with tears as she holds the hands of the Samaritan’s Purse staffers. She pulls their faces close to hers, finally able to see them…
Animals, Agriculture & Livelihoods
Livelihoods Training Boosts Income for Farming Family
Den was devastated when a drought ruined the rice fields he had worked so hard to cultivate. Den and his wife, Chreop, had no other way to support their four children, and they were buried under a mountain of debt. Feeling hopeless and desperate, Den and Chreop decided their only option was to migrate from…
Health & Medical Ministries
Opening the Eyes of the Heart
Sao had witnessed many hardships in his 74 years—war, famine, and poverty—but, through it all, he continued to cherish his beloved wife, Mau, above all else. He loved being able to see her beautiful face. That was until, in recent years, cataracts began to cloud his vision. Sao dreaded the thought of going blind—and never…
