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Child Trafficking in Asia

Posted on April 18, 2024

Human trafficking, as you can well imagine, is an incredibly complex topic that sadly includes children from countries all over the world. It’s hard to find a single definition of child trafficking, but UNICEF describes it in this way: Child victims of trafficking are recruited, transported, transferred, harbored, or received for the purpose of exploitation. […]

Second Chances: Foster Care and Reunification in Cambodia

Posted on March 28, 2024

In December of 2020, we learned of a large sibling group in a poor, rural region of Cambodia in need of a second chance. The mother had left the children completely on their own in order to go searching for work. When our team came across them during an emergency food distribution during the pandemic, […]

Story of Hope: Lulu from the Landfill Site

Posted on March 7, 2024

In 2020, we met a lovely little girl named Lulu. She and her family were living an unspeakably harsh life at a rural landfill site in Cambodia. At that time, Lulu’s parents had lost employment due to the COVID pandemic and had no way to feed their three children. The family had moved many hours […]

Big Dreams Come True for Megan

Posted on January 25, 2024

You may remember a lovely young woman named Megan from last year’s “20 Years of Hope” blog series. After losing her younger sister who was unable to receive the medical care that she needed, Megan resolved to help prevent others from going through a similar tragedy. Her dream was to study at a university in […]

20 Years of Hope: Theo

Posted on December 21, 2023

In 2017, nineteen-year-old Theo applied for a college scholarship sponsored by LWB’s Cambodia College Scholarship program. He came from a very poor family that struggled greatly to make ends meet. Theo and his two younger brothers were dependent on their mother for support. Unfortunately, she was not always healthy enough to work, so life was […]

20 Years of Hope: Jennifer

Posted on November 30, 2023

We first learned of little Jennifer during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. Schools in Cambodia were shut down then, and LWB began doing Emergency Food Relief to help families in many poor, rural areas of Cambodia. During these deliveries, our staff met Jennifer’s mother, Elva, who was struggling to provide for eight small children. Their […]

20 Years of Hope: Natasha

Posted on October 26, 2023

We first met 7-year-old Natasha and her two younger sisters in 2017 when they enrolled at our Rangsei Believe In Me school in Cambodia. After getting to know the family, we discovered that the girls had to travel a very long way through the Cambodian jungle each day in order to receive an education. What […]

20 Years of Hope: Rena and Her Brothers

Posted on October 19, 2023

Ten-year-old Rena was worried. She’d been left in charge of her three little brothers for over a week while her mom went searching for work. They’d been sleeping along the Cambodian border on public land, after fleeing to escape domestic violence. Their meager food supplies had been out for days. Rena knew she had to […]

20 Years of Hope: Theodore

Posted on September 21, 2023

At the beginning of 2023, a little boy named Theodore came to the attention of our Cambodia team. He was just eight years old and living all by himself. When Theodore was one year old his father passed away; soon afterward, his mother remarried and left Theodore alone in the very poor village where their […]

Cambodia’s Education System: History, Challenges, and LWB’s Innovative Approach

Posted on September 19, 2023

In the context of world education, Cambodia’s education system has a unique history that shows its resilience. From the early influences of the French colonization era to the current state-driven structure, the education system has undergone significant transformation. Yet, as with many developing nations, Cambodia’s education system faces hurdles that international NGOs like Love Without Boundaries […]

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