find out more at: www.missiondirect.org/cambodia


Out of the margins


Between the heart of Phnom Penh and the badly polluted Mekong River there are many thousands who literally ‘live on the margins’: on a strip of land rife with disease and terrible poverty. There are no opportunities for education, work or a better life.


Some of the Christians in Phnom Penh have made it their vocation to rescue these families from the margins. So if you believe that no child should be forced to play by a chemical effluent stream, then come and join this work.


The project Previously, the Fellowship of Hope has worked with Mission Direct to re-house a number of Phnom Penh’s poorest families in a whole new village on land donated to them. In 2011 we built a centre for the region’s many hundreds of HIV positive slum children.


Again in 2012 you will be serving these ‘people of the margins’ – helping with basic construction and decoration tasks. You don’t need to be a skilled craftsman; just come ready to serve others.


Gestures of love


A highlight for volunteer teams in 2011 was washing children’s hair in a slum village – a simple but moving gesture. There will be many similar opportunities in 2012: including visits to several other social and health education projects run by the church. You will also visit a slum village made of recycled tin and wood, taking clothes for each family and playing games with the children.


Trip dates


14 Jan to


29 Jan 2012


19 Feb 2012


4 Feb to


11 Mar 2012


25 Feb to


17 Mar to


1 April 2012


£1,495 Trip contribution is requested to cover all expenses. All further money you raise goes directly to the project.


Contribution


Off duty in Cambodia In your free time you can learn first hand about Cambodia’s past by visiting the 12th century temple of Angkor Wat, the Royal Palace and the infamous Killing Fields. You will also see a traditional Khmer Dance and sample tasty Cambodian food.


CAMBODIA


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