COVID-19 Pandemic Response: Cambodia

Give2Asia is partnering with trusted nonprofit organizations to support frontline health workers and institutions responding to the coronavirus pandemic.

CURRENT NEEDS 

Give2Asia’s disaster response program funds both immediate needs and long-term recovery. Currently, our funding priorities in Cambodia include:  

• Food security, nutritious diet, and livelihood support for the poorest of the poor and vulnerable families who have lost their jobs or income due to COVID-19 outbreak 
• Prevention and Protection needs including facial masks, soap, hand sanitizers 
• Outreach to raise awareness of how to protect themselves from COVID-19 and prevent spreading the virus to others 
• Holistic social and psychological support such as counseling, medical referral, and child protection from possible abuse 
• Provide training and employment service (whenever possible) to help poor families 

FEATURED PARTNERS (partial list)

Our local NGO partners in Cambodia include: 

Phare Ponleu Selpak

• PPS aims to relieve the social economic consequences caused by COVID-19 outbreak in Cambodia to their beneficiaries (children and youth) and their families from poor communities in Battambang province.

Friends International (FI) 

• Emergency meal and food distributions for street-living and vulnerable children and families
• Remote education services, providing education support to hundreds of out-of-school children through homework distributions and remote school support
• Adapted job support to build resilience to the socio-economic impacts of the pandemic through education and access to training and gainful employment.

Mother’s Heart Organization 

• MHO aims to support 121 mothers including 54 babies who have been beneficiaries of MHO. These group of mothers and babies are facing food insecurity as most mothers have lost their jobs or can’t make money during this difficult time. 

HOW TO GIVE 

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PROGRESS REPORT

In July 2020, Give2Asia published a report on the first 100 days of our response to the COVID-19 pandemic. You can read about it here.