Franklin Graham joined local church leaders in sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ with boys and girls while delivering gift-filled shoeboxes to them at a recent Operation Christmas Child outreach event in Cambodia’s capital. Eight-year-old Votey received a shoebox, making her one of more than 1 million children in Cambodia to receive such a gift…
Discipleship, Education & Training
Computers Strengthen Future Leaders in Cambodia
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…
Animals, Agriculture & Livelihoods
Raising Chickens Draws Struggling Family to Christ
The van was hot, stuffy, and crowded. It wasn’t ideal, but this seven-hour trek across the border from Cambodia into a neighboring country seemed like the last option for Vanny and her husband. They were clinging to the promise of a well-paying job that would make a better life possible. The couple had tried earning…
Construction Projects
New School, New Start
Boys and girls swarm over playground equipment—swinging, sliding, and climbing in the fresh air before heading inside for lessons chock full of new materials. Relishing in open spaces, new walls, and innovative ways in which to learn, these Cambodian children thank Samaritan’s Purse for providing them with a new, much improved school. Opened this past…
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…
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…
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
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…
Discipleship, Education & Training
Relief Delivered in Jesus’ Name Is Drawing Cambodians to Christ
High blood pressure became a blessing in disguise for Prum and Naim, two impoverished women in Cambodia. They suffered from the condition until a Samaritan’s Purse project taught them how to manage their symptoms through lifestyle changes and medication. Our teams also addressed some of their acute needs for food, paving the way for their…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Salvation Comes in Wake of a Storm
Long’s days were spent going to the nearby river to gather wild vegetables, like morning glory, to sell at the local market. This simple, early morning task sometimes became arduous for the 52-year-old widow due to her spinal problems. But when her chronic health issues prevented her from working, Long relied on the kindness of…
