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| Have you ever wondered what happens to money donated to charitable organizations? Some will tell you it’s going to help children in some far-off land, but does it really get there? You are about to see some of those donations at work in a place that has more need than money. | |||
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Street Sanctuary – Story:
Location: Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Mike Collins / United Methodist Missionary: “A lot of the people who are living here are people who just have absolutely no place to go.”
Natsound: “Hello.”
Welcome to one of the poorest neighborhoods on earth. This isn’t child’s play; it’s life on the edge.
Esther Gitobu / United Methodist Missionary: “That is where they take a bath in all their clothes.”
This is home to 78 of Cambodia’s poorest children.
Mike Collins: “It mainly is working with the street children and orphans. What we are doing at The United Methodist Church is, we are providing money for one meal a day –approximately $5 to $10 per day.”
Esther Gitobu: “Mostly, they eat once. And if they have more money or they have more donations, then they can afford to have two meals. But, mostly, they can’t afford breakfast, lunch and supper.”
Eventually, the plan is to relocate this orphanage outside the city limits of Phnom Penh.
Esther Gitobu: “We build it out of this community and teach them some vocational skills like sewing or hair dressing for the girls, and auto mechanics for boys.”
Mike Collins: “They teach the children how to do traditional Cambodian dances and then they are hired by hotels. Anything we are doing to help, we are trying to do it in such a way that we are asking them to give something also. So it’s not a type of situation where we’re always giving relief, but we’re trying to help them to help themselves.”
Street Sanctuary – Tag:
The United Methodist Church coordinates several programs to help people of Cambodia become self-sufficient. One of the most important projects is pig farming. The pigs become food for the family and also income when sold at the market.