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Children and Poor Student Development Organization is a nongovernmental organization in Cambodia target to help the underprivileged children and disadvantage students in Phnom Penh.CPDO strives to help students from the province to receive funding in education to further their educational study in Phnom Penh and to rescue children who are vulnerable to have a better lives.

CPDO strives to help the poor students who are unable to have adequate education due to their lack of funds and support. We try to support all students who are willing to work hard for better education and a more knowledgeable life.

CPDO not only provide students with support in education but personal development as a valuable person in the Khmer community. If we all lend each other a hand we can help these students achieve their dreams.

Our Purposes

Children and Poor Student Development Organization's main purpose is to help children and disadvantage students who are in Cambodia, from poor province and Phnom Penh to receive free job and educational training, as well as assistance in personal development and life skills that would benefit them in the future.We not only provide training but assist them with overall support both emotionally and economically. We teach as well as provide assistance in finding the right job for the right student.

Our goal is to ensure that even the most disadvantage student is able to have high educational studies with the help and support of CPDO.Our purpose is to make high education apart of every child’s dream, reachable.

Vision

To help vulnerable children and poor university student from 18-24 years have a better lives with education and job skills, to give them a chance of self development.

CPDO Mission

-To provide support, protection and services to children and university student with education job skills, and life support.

-To ensure that each individual gain the necessity life skills to further oneself to have a better lives.

-To ensure that our training centre is adequate for every Child’s learning.- To maintain a support and help all children and disadvantage students to have skills that is needed in the current work force.

About Us

There are many poor smart students in Cambodia who came in Phnom Penh to have a better education in order to help themselves find a good job that provides a good income. However, most of them come and rarely graduate since they lack the ability to pay. This is where CPDO come in. We help these students have scholarship and job skills so they can study worry free of money and job. We help students who are poor from 18- 24.

We also care for the children to let them receive a good education from elementary to high school. Children are the future of our country and so we have to take care of them when they young who are underprivileged in order to save them from becoming a bad citizen in the society.

Background

CPDO is founded by Kim Sothy who have a vision to help the poor children and students in Cambodia in the year of 2008. As English language teacher, Kim Sothy see many smart students being ignored just because they have no ability to pay. The solution: she want to offer them free education and to help them find a job. Kim Sothy wishes to provides each and everyone of the children and students a better life and job skills.

Activities

CPDO AND YCSCO NETWORK ACTIVITIES

Peter from California sit next to CPDO President, Kim Sothy in the meeting. The members of CPDO welcome him warmly.

Peter and Kim Sothy are teaching children at YCSCO English class.

Both are volunteering to give kids of YCSCO some English lesson. Peter helps the kids to pronounce English perfectly while Kim Sothy interpreted in Khmer.

In the dark rooftop of YCSCO, more students are learning English in the dark cold wind. Peter distributes more school supplies to kids on the rooftop.

The members of CPDO are having a fun meeting with Peter.

Peter is teaching the students how to read world map to understand the location of each country and continents.

Kim Sothy helps Peter to distribute more school supplies and doing some translation for peter to communicate with children.

The president of CPDO have received 20 books, 20 pens, and a lamp given by YCSCO, sponsored by Peter which he donated the supplies to YCSCO.