WFLA/iHeart Radio Fundraiser: Drill a Well in Cambodia
God Uses Shoebox Gifts to Grow a Church in Cambodia
Gift-filled shoeboxes are packed for children, but they influence entire families and communities. They even help start and grow churches, like Seed of Faith in Cambodia. When their Pastor Ponleu* got involved with Samaritan’s Purse and hosted Operation Christmas Child outreach events, the Good News of Jesus Christ began changing the boys and girls who…
Livelihood Projects Open Doors for Women in Cambodia
Phally worked tirelessly but still couldn’t provide for her seven children on the wages she earned as a day laborer. Two of her daughters had to quit school to go to work. The family’s dreams of a better life were fading away. “We struggled to make ends meet, facing the bitter realities of poverty and…
The Love Behind a Shoebox Gift Surprised a Girl in Cambodia
Boun Thorne grew up in a boat village in the Southeast Asian nation of Cambodia. In the aftermath of a terrible situation, she moved at age 10 to a safe house where she received Bible teaching and an Operation Christmas Child shoebox—her first gift ever! When Boun inquired why someone would send her a gift,…
Unraveling Letters in Cambodia
Consonants and vowels on a page often darkened Srey Rat’s outlook. The 12-year-old girl from Cambodia struggled to understand the basic components of reading and quickly fell behind in her third-grade class of 25 students. She fell behind in every other subject as well. Rather than endure her failures and the jeering of her peers,…
Family in Cambodia Receives Clean Water, Hope of Jesus Christ
Khleang and his wife Yoeuth live in a village in Cambodia that often floods during rainy season, and when that happens, bacteria in the unprotected pond spreads throughout the community. More than 100 families live in the village, and they use water from this one pond for everything: drinking, cooking, cleaning, and tending to their…
Women in Cambodia Support their Families by Raising Healthier Chickens
Porleang and her husband Pheap are farmers in Cambodia’s Kratie Province. Like many families in their village, they had a few chickens and planned to sell them at the local market. However, they did not know how to properly care for the chickens, and they died of disease. Porleang was so discouraged that she considered…
Cambodia
Cambodia is located in Southeast Asia next to Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam. Buddhist temples can be seen across the landscape, indicative of the religious beliefs of the majority of its people. While the country was controlled by the Khmer Rouge in the late 1970s, over 1.5 million people were killed by the communist guerilla movement,…










