The Cambodia Project Inc

The Cambodia Project was developed by founder Jean-Michel Tijerina in response to a dire need to help Cambodia rebuild its broken communities still reeling over thirty years later from the aftermath of the Khmer Rouge genocide. When first visiting rural Cambodia, Tijerina learned that Cambodia not only lost a whole generation of educators to the genocide, but it also suffered a blow to its academic infrastructure and professional culture. As a result, it is now the 4th poorest country in the world and 131st out of the 177 countries on the Human Development Index. Our Mission: The Cambodia Project aims to improve both the access to and quality of secondary education in rural communities with the hopes of setting a foundation for healthy and stable economies. By providing innovative infrastructure models, high quality education, and better-trained, locally-generated teachers, The Cambodia Project will pave the road for strong and promising opportunities for the children in Cambodia and in surrounding rural communities. Going beyond a quest for academic excellence, we aim to enable each school and orphanage to become financially sustainable, self-reliant, and locally managed via the integration of comprehensive healthcare programs and green technology into the construction and education processes. Currently, programs are directed to establishing solid libraries, address basic health needs of children at orphanages and secondary schools, and look ultimately to secure scholarships for students to access university level studies. As The Cambodia Project broadens its efforts and begins to take action at a more international scale, we have partnered with Hope For The Silent Voices and Orphans International WorldWide to help assist schools and orphanages in Sri Lanka and Haiti as well.