The document discusses Cambodia, including its history of being dominated by various outside powers, the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge regime in the 1970s, and current socioeconomic conditions. It then outlines several nonprofit organizations working in Cambodia today, focusing on education initiatives, community development projects, conservation efforts in the Tonle Sap region, and the importance of sustainability over temporary aid.

1. Journeys in Cambodia
Chad Carson

3. Cambodian history
• Khmer empire dominated SE Asia
• Angkor: 1 million people in 700 AD
• A country squeezed by outsiders
• Thailand, Vietnam, France, US, Soviet Union
• Khmer Rouge
• Killed 1 million people
• Exterminated anything urban or Western:
money, medicine, books, people wearing glasses

9. Life in Cambodia today
• 14 million people
• 80% live in rural areas
• 50% under age 21
• 25% earn under $1/day
• 50% of children
“economically active”

17. OUR SCHOOLS

18. • In the long run, no investment in poor
countries gets more bang for the buck than
educating girls.
• Literate girls have fewer children, care for
their children better, and are much better able
to earn a decent living.
• Nicholas Kristof

19. • The population lacks education and productive
skills, particularly in the poverty-ridden
countryside, which suffers from an almost
total lack of basic infrastructure.
• CIA World Factbook

30. JOURNEYS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY
(NGO)

32. GREEN GECKO PROJECT

39. CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL:
TONLE SAP

40. Tonle Sap
• Expands 5X in wet season
• Provides 60% of Cambodia’s protein
• About 95% of surrounding forest has been lost

49. What we’ve learned
•
• Giving a man a fish = good
• Teaching a man to fish = better
• Sustaining the pond = best

50. AUKUN TOM TOM!(THANK
YOU VERY MUCH!)