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Dumpsite School

Dumpsite

Dumpsite School

The Lifetotes Dumpsite School was our first project. This community is located on the edge of a landfill. The people who live here sort through the landfill for anything of value they can recycle in exchange for a small wage to support their families. Often times, children are expected to help in prefer to produce enough recycled scraps to feed the whole family. The Dumpsite School was this communities first opportunity for education. We built this in collaboration with a local named Sihok, who is responsible for steering the vision for education and development of the youth in this community.

Because the children of this community have historically been expected to contribute to the families income stream, mainly for the purpose of food, it was necessary to begin a food program for the families in this community.

Sihok

Because of the unsanitary conditions from sorting through discarded waste, skin disease and parasites plague the community. For this reason, the Dumpsite community was in dire need of a clean water source for drinking and proper hygiene and access to medications. Thanks to our partner NeverThirst (neverthirstwater.org), the Dumpsite now has clean water and in partnership with a local physician, we have been able to offer monthly medical clinics for the community.

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Widow’s Island School

Widow's Island

Widow’s Island School

In the 1970s, just after the Vietnam War, Cambodia was occupied by a communist regime. During this time, two thirds of the population was murdered. Those families who survived were divided and sent to working camps. In 1979, when the communist regime was overthrown, some of the widows of the fallen were given plots of land as restitution. These plots of land were located on what is now referred to as “Widows’ Island.” In the years to follow, the widows on this island would fall prey to various types of exploitation, poverty and starvation. On an island, surrounded by water and rich with dark soil, the widows, without the skill, knowledge and resource to work the land and cultivate the ground would become exiles in the midst of opportunity.

Makara

Here we have partnered with Makara, the son of a widow. He is 22 years old, a young man with a BIG vision for the next generation of children from widow’s island. The LifeTotes School on Widow’s Island has a feeding program, medical clinic and livestock farm.

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Our Strategy

Our strategy for education is simple and can be summed up in two words: collaboration and empowerment.

Collaboration: We collaborate with local natives who have a vision for education in their community and a passion for seeing it through.

Empowerment: We put our resources to work and help support their vision, empowering them to lead their community to a brighter future.

Whole Community Healing

We also collaborate with and empower other organizations to address issues that plague the communities in which our schools are located that may hamper the learning experience. This is why our schools also have clean water solutions, food programs and medical clinics that benefit the community as a whole.

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SCHOOLS

Dumpsite School

Dumpsite

Widow’s Island School

Widow's Island

Our Strategy

Whole Community Healing

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Dumpsite School

Dumpsite

Dumpsite School

Widow’s Island School

Widow's Island

Widow’s Island School

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