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Cambodian Children's Fund (CCF) was founded in 2004 by Scott Neeson to aid the most impoverished of Cambodia’s children. Initially developed to provide a safe haven for 45 children in critical need, CCF now provides award-winning education to more than 2,400 children and through its community outreach, healthcare, childcare and vocational training programs serves over 12,000 people in Steung Meanchey, one of Phnom Penh’s most impoverished areas, with thousands more accessing various CCF services in underserved rural regions of Cambodia. ==Origins== Founder Scott Neeson, a Hollywood film executive, was on a brief sabbatical in South East Asia in 2003 when he first visited the Steung Meanchey landfill in Phnom Penh.〔http://thejourneymag.com/images/pdf/03_04_2009.pdf〕 Hundreds of children – some of them abandoned or orphaned – lived and worked on the dump, sorting through the garbage to make less than $1 a day.〔http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference/2012/0810/Scott-Neeson-left-Hollywood-to-save-children-rooting-in-Cambodia-s-garbage-dumps〕 Families struggled to get by, often incurring debts just to pay for basic living costs. Stunned by the poverty and inspired by the courage of the families and children at the dump, Neeson planned to get 45 children into an education program while splitting time in Cambodia with work in Hollywood. In 2004 he left his job, founded CCF and moved to Cambodia full-time. CCF now provides education to over 2,400 children from the area. Nearly two-thirds of these children once lived and worked atop the Steung Meanchey garbage dump and almost 60 percent are young girls. The dump was relocated in 2009, but the families remain and many continue to rely on garbage scavenging as a means of survival, now wheeling their carts into the city each day or night. CCF provides comprehensive care for these families and others from underserved rural regions of Cambodia through six interconnected programs: Education, Leadership, Community Outreach, Healthcare, Childcare and Vocational Training. CCF also partners with other organisations to provide further services. The Child Protection Unit is a joint venture between CCF and the Cambodian National Police. World Housing is the world’s first one-for-one real estate gifting model and CCF is their “partner on the ground” in Cambodia. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cambodian Children's Fund」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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