2008 to 2010
Girls Home, Cambodia.
In 2008 K.I.D.S. started a home for seven girls ages 3 to 15 that were either orphans or children living on the street and uncared for. The children now live in a warm family atmosphere, complete with two dogs. The girls receive a good education, medical care, cultural dance lessons, English lessons and are taught essential life skills.
Srey Poh Free School, Cambodia
K.I.D.S. was able to complete the construction of the free school in Srey Poh Village, a small community in a rural area of Stung Treng province in North East Cambodia. In addition to the school a well was drilled to supply clean water for drinking and to supply a bathroom and bathing facilities that were built along with the school. The school provides education for 50 children ages 3 to 10 years old; previously none of these children had access to an education due to living in extreme poverty. K.I.D.S, was able to hire three very enthusiastic permanent teachers, who are committed to teaching not only, academics but also music, hygiene and respect. A daily snack and hot lunch are provided for each child.
New Hope, Mondul 3 Village, Siem Reap, Cambodia
K.I.D.S. assists New Hope, a local Cambodian NGO that works tirelessly to assist children and families living in a very poor slum area of Siem Reap. New Hope Center has an onsite school, clinic, several types of vocational training and a large family sponsorship program Over the years K.I.D.S. has assisted New Hope with housing repairs, medicine for their out patient clinic, school supplies, mosquito nets, bicycles, food and other family support.
Youth Education Sponsorship Program, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
We firmly believe that education is the key to reducing poverty. For the past few years K.I.D.S. has sponsored 10 children and young adults for various levels of education, from primary school to University. All these children love to learn and are very grateful to have the opportunity to go to school.
The Lake Clinic (T.L.C.), Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia
This is a new Cambodian NGO that will serve the residents of the Tonle Sap Lake in central Cambodia. TLC provides basic health care to a very isolated and severely underserved region of the country. The person who founded TLC, Jon Morgan, is an extremely dedicated man who has spent years living in Cambodia and fighting for the health of the Cambodian people. Previously he was the director of the Angkor Children’s Hospital in Siem Reap. We have assisted TLC with navigational equipment and an engine for the vessel. K.I.D.S. has also funded training for medical volunteers and we have provided over 700 children with educational and hygiene supplies in this extremely poor area. As well K.I.D.S. repaired schools and bought small boats for the local children and teachers so they could get to and from the floating schools.
Stung Treng Women’s Development Centre, Cambodia
K.I.D.S. has been working in partnership with the Women’s Weaving Centre for 4 years. We continue to support the small on site school/daycare so the weavers can bring their children to work. As part of our ongoing infrastructure assistance for SWDC we have supplied them with a water tower and tank for the Seri Culture program (the rearing of silkworms), office equipment, a new roof over the kitchen, showroom and eating area. This humanitarian based Cambodian NGO focuses on developing life skills that assist in breaking the cycle of poverty and illiteracy for vulnerable women and their children.
Angkor Hospital for Children, Siem Reap, Cambodia
For many years we have been assisting this great Children’s Hospital in the center of Siem Reap. Over the years we have brought medical supplies from Canada and helped them with building laundry facilities, educational gardens and other structures that were needed. We also have purchased needed equipment for the maintenance department to help keep things running smoothly at the hospital as well as a new monitor for the X-ray machine.
2007
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Adrianne and Rick (K.I.D.S.) decided to work exclusively in Cambodia, which gave them the opportunity to work in different parts of the country. Their focus continued to be on assisting children and families by providing them with the basic needs such as housing, clean water, medicine and education. This year K.I.D.S. provided housing for 130 people by building houses for fifteen families as well as supplying each household with basic cooking equipment mosquito nets and needed supplies.
They put in 5 community wells, solar lighting and solar pumps, drinking water filtration systems and assisted numerous families with funds and materials for small business enterprises. With the generous donations of others they continued to support children in street children’s shelters, kindergartens and orphanages by providing a school expansion, a teacher, educational materials, medicine, vocational training, educational opportunities, cultural support, clothing, food and bicycles.
Stung Treng Women’s Development Centre, Cambodia
Adrianne and Rick made contact with the Stung Treng’s Womens Weaving Centre (S.W.D.C.) a local Cambodia NGO. As they spent time with the staff and weavers there they were very impressed with how well S.W.D.C. treated the people who worked for them and how they were totally green in their approach to the environment. It was very gratifying to visit many families and individuals that K.I.D.S. has supported in the past. The families continue to thrive and prosper.
2006
Siem Reap, Cambodia
K.I.D.S. continued to provide the Children’s Hospital, Orphanage and Children’s Shelter in Cambodia with much needed equipment and supplies, such as: a kitchen venting system, drinking water filtration systems, a motorcycle, bicycles, school and art therapy materials, musical instruments, medical supplies, clothing, rice, desks, mosquito nets and cooking equipment. Each year they were able to do more and this year they were pleased to be able to provide three houses for the families of children that have been involved with the Street Children’s Shelter. Building houses for these families alleviates a great deal of hardship and stress and although the houses built were very simple structures (by Canadian standards) they made a huge difference in the lives of these people. Some of the children were able to leave the shelter and return home to their families. In building these houses they were also able to provide short-term employment for some of the men that live in the community, which in turn helps them provide for their own families.
2004
Anchor Children's Hospital
The first laundry shelter at the Children’s Hospital was so helpful they were asked us to build another. They continued to support the Street Children’s Shelter by supplying them once again with school supplies, medicine, clothing and a motorcycle for transportation.
2003
Siem Reap, Cambodia
In January they were again drawn to Cambodia. This time to Siem Reap, where with the kind donations of friends and family they located a shelter for street children. With funds they raised that year they were able to renovate the shelter, buy medicine, clothing, school supplies, water filters and kitchen supplies. They also went to Anchor Children’s Hospital and built a 17 by 32 foot laundry shed that allowed the laundry to be hung outside during the rainy season to dry. This was a great help for the hospital as at the time they were treating approximately 1,000 children a week and many of the parents had to stay with their children further increasing the demand for dry clothing and bedding.
2002
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Adrianne and Rick renovated and painted a two-room school for homeless children. The school was situated in a squatters' village; most of the children were orphans or children whose families were very poor and could not afford to attend government schools. Helped by the children, Adrianne and Rick painted the outside fence and redecorated the inside of the school with bright colours and murals. They also donated educational materials to the school.
