[South Korean] Gymnast Son Gives Heart to Hospitalized Cambodian Kids

Rhythmic gymnast Son Yeon-jae meets Cambodian kids who had free heart surgery at a hospital in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province on Wednesday.

Sep. 20, 2012
Chosun Ilbo (South Korea)

Rhythmic gymnast Son Yeon-jae, who has gained national fame since her successful performance at the London Olympics this summer, visited Sejong General Hospital in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province to cheer up Cambodian children on Wednesday.

The kids, who all had free heart surgery at the hospital, are the beneficiaries of a project led by the Salvation Army, Kookmin Bank and the Financial Supervisory Service.

Doctor and Cellist Casts Eye Toward Future of His Hospital Network

Every Saturday night, from 7 pm to 9 pm, he performs to crowds of around 200 people in Siem Reap.

Richner was a professional cellist before he became a doctor in 1973.

For the last 20 years, Beat Richner has run a network of children’s hospitals.

28 August 2012

Thida Win, VOA Khmer

PHNOM PENH - For the last 20 years, Beat Richner has run a network of children’s hospitals. The Kantha Bopha hospital network has grown to five branches in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap, kept afloat through charity concerts where he plays his cello and through tens of thousands of supporters from abroad.

“The fact is the suffering of many children who are under severe illness are seemingly losing their souls,” the 65-year-old doctor told VOA Khmer in a recent interview, following an evening performance. “That’s why I am trying to make it into the sound of the cello, to call back the souls of those children. This cello sound is a message sent to the listener to feel the suffering and compassion so that they will contribute to the funding.”

Richner, who is Swiss, plays week in and week out, drawing crowds from among Siem Reap’s tourists, who help fund the hospitals. But he is now getting older, and he says he worries he won’t be able to do it forever.

Obama’s chief trade advisor to meet ASEAN ministers in Cambodia

លោក វេជ្ជបណ្ឌិត ប៊ីត រិចនើ (Beat Richner) កំពុង​លេងសេឡូ (cello) ដើម្បី​ប្រមូល​ថវិកា​ទ្រទ្រង់​មន្ទីរពេទ្យ​គន្ធបុប្ធា។

រយៈពេល​ជាង​២០​ឆ្នាំ​កន្លង​មក​នេះ​មន្ទីរពេទ្យ​គន្ធបុប្ជា​បាន​ទទួល​ ការព្យាបាល​កុមារ​ចំនួន​ ១,១៧​លាន​នាក់ ​និង​ពិគ្រោះ​ជំងឺ​ចំនួន​ជាង​ ១១​លាននាក់​។ REUTERS/Samrang Pring

ពលរដ្ឋ​កម្ពុជា​ជាមួយ​នឹង​កូៗរង់ចាំទទួល​ការ​ព្យាបាល​ដោយ​ឥតគិត​ថ្លៃ​នៅ​ ឯមន្ទីរពេទ្យ​គន្ធបុប្ផា ក្នុង​រាជធានី​ភ្នំពេញ ខែកក្កដា ២០១២។ REUTERS/Samrang Pring ​​​​

21 សីហា 2012
ធីតា វីន
Voice of America

«ខ្ញុំ​ចាត់ទុក​គាត់​ជា​វីរបុរស​សម្រាប់​ខ្មែរ​យើង​ ថ្វីត្បិតតែ​គាត់​ជា​ជនបរទេស​ក៏ដោយ។ សំខាន់​ថា​អ្វី ដែលគាត់​ធ្វើ​បង្ហាញ​ថា​គាត់​មាន​បេះដូង​ល្អ ​មាន​ទឹកចិត្ត​ក្នុង​ការជួយ​ដល់​មនុស្ស​ជាតិ។ កិច្ចខិតខំ​ប្រឹងប្រែង​នេះ​ក៏ដូច​ជា​ការលះបង់​របស់​គាត់​គឺ​ជា​គំរូ​មួយ​ដ៏ល្អ ​ប្រជា​ពលរដ្ឋ​ខ្មែរ​ជាពិសេស ​គឺ​អ្នក​ដែល​មាន ​លោក​ឧកញ៉ា​ទាំងអស់​នោះគួរ​តែ​ពិចារណា​យក​តម្រាប់​តាមគាត់»

“He is a hero for Cambodia even if he is a foreigner. The most important thing is that he has a good heart and he helps humanity. His efforts, as well as his sacrifices, set a good example for Cambodians, especially the rich and the tycoons who should follow his example.”

Synopsis: For the past 20 years, Kantha Bopha hospital, under the leader of Dr. Beat Richner, has cured about 1.17 million children and it provided medical consultation to another 11 millions children, under a total budget of $410 million. Dr. Beat Richner has been working 7 days each week for the past 20 years. Each day he spends at least 10 hours at the hospital. He lives alone in a modest rented home with a guard and a housekeeper. He oversees a medical staff of about 2,400 personnel.  Kantha Bopha Hospital is the only hope for poor Cambodian families who travel from all over the country to bring in their sick children. All Kantha Bopha Hospitals need about $36 million in annual budget to function, out of this amount, the government of Switzerland provides $3 million per year while the Cambodian government provides $2 million. The remainder of the budget comes from fundraising by Dr. Richner, especially through his cello concert.

ភ្នំពេញ៖ សំឡេង​សេឡូ (cello)​ដ៏​កំសត់​របស់​លោក វេជ្ជបណ្ឌិត ប៊ីត រិចនើ (Beat Richner) កំពុងដង្ហោយ​ហៅ​រក​ថវិកា សម្រាប់​ជួយ​កុមារ​ជាច្រើន​ដែលកំពុង​រង់ចាំ​ការជួយសង្រ្គោះ​នៅតាម​មន្ទីរពេទ្យ​គន្ធបុប្ជា​នានា នៅក្នុង​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា។

លោក​វេជ្ជបណ្ឌិត Beat Richner ជាស្ថាបនិក​មន្ទីរពេទ្យ​គន្ធបុប្ជា​បានឲ្យ​ដឹង​ថា​សំឡេង​ សេឡូ (cello)​ គឺ​ជា​ដួងព្រលឹង​របស់​គាត់ និង​ក្មេង​ៗ​ដែលកំពុង​សម្រាក​ព្យាបាល​នៅ​ក្នុង​មន្ទីរពេទ្យ​ទាំង​នេះ។

លោក​នៅតែ​កំពុងបន្ត​កូតសេឡូ (cello) ​អស់រយៈពេល​២០​កន្លងមក ហើយ​ដើម្បី​រកថវិកា​ជួយទ្រទ្រង់​មន្ទីរពេទ្យ​គន្ធបុប្ជា​ និង​ព្យាបាល​កុមារ។

«ជាការណ៍​ពិត គឺ​ការឈឺចាប់​របស់​ក្មេង​ដែលទទួលរងគ្រោះ​ដោយសារ​ជំងឺ​ធ្ងន់​ៗ​ជាច្រើន​នោះ​ គឺ​វា​ហាក់ដូច​ជា​ការបាត់បង់​ព្រលឹង។ ដូច្នេះ​ខ្ញុំខំប្រឹង​លេង​ឲ្យ​ចេញ​ជា​សំឡេង​សេឡូ (cello) ​នេះ​ឡើង​ ដូច​ជា​ការ​អន្ទោង​ព្រលឹង​របស់​ក្មេង​ឲ្យ​ត្រលប់​មក​វិញ។ ហើយ​សំឡេង​សេឡូ (cello)​ នេះ​ជា​សារ​មួយ​សម្រាប់​បញ្ជូន​ទៅ​ប្រាប់​អ្នក​ដែល​បាន​មក​ស្តាប់​ឲ្យ​គេ​យល់​ពី​ការណ៍​ពិត​ ដោយ​គេ​មាន​អារម្មណ៍​អាណិត​អាសូរ​ ហើយគេ​នឹង​ជួយផ្តល់​ជា​ថវិកា​ដល់​មូលនិធិ»។

Cupar’s life-saving links with Cambodia

The Cambodian girls are pictured with the US Olympic athletes.

Saturday 18 August 2012
Fife Today (UK)

The lives of two Cambodian girls, rescued from the human trafficking trade, have been turned around thanks to Cupar-based football business AMsportstours.

While undertaking a sports tour of the north west area of Cambodia, managing director Austin MacPhee, who also runs AMsoccer, came across the SALT charity which rescues children from a life of abuse, gives them safe accommodation, and helps get their lives back on track through sports and leadership training.

Explaining the link up Austin said: “AMSports now assists with providing scholarships for girls, running football tours to Cambodia with all profits going to SALT, and also introducing donors to the charity.

Saturday dinner [in Long Beach] to raise money for Cambodian nonprofit

08/10/2012
By Greg Mellen, Staff Writer
Long Beach Press Telegram

LONG BEACH — Residents interested in helping an American nonprofit that supports education and provides emergency aid in rural Cambodia are invited to a fundraising dinner for the Cambodian Educational Network at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the Paradise Restaurant, 1350 E. Anaheim St.

Tickets are $35 and include a meal and entertainment. Among the performers will be Long Beach hip-hop artist PraCh Ly.

The grassroots group, based in the San Francisco East Bay, was founded in 2000. Among its many projects, the Cambodian Educational Nework builds, staffs and operates primary schools for the poor in Cambodia.

It also digs and helps maintain sustainable wells to ensure drinkable water, and provides aid to the homeless, orphaned, elderly and disabled.

Why Cambodians do not contribute to help Kantha Bopha Hospital?

ក្មេង​កំពុង​ដេក​ព្យា​បាល​ជំងឺ នៅ​មន្ទីរ​ពេទ្យ​គន្ធ​បុប្ជា កាល​ពី​ខែ​មុន​។ គន្ធ​បុប្ជា​កំពុង​ត្រូវ​ការ​ជំនួយ​បន្ថែម​។ (រូបថត ហុង​ មិនា​)

ហេតុអ្វី​ខ្មែរ​មិន​ធ្វើ​ការ​រៃ​អង្គាស​ជួយ​មន្ទីរ​ពេទ្យ​គុន្ធ​បុប្ជា?

09 July 2012
តុង សុប្រាជ្ញ
The Phnom Penh Post

ឬ​មួយ​ក៏​ជួយ​មន្ទីរ​ ពេទ្យ​គន្ធបុប្ផា​ទៅ​បាន​សន្លឹក​ឆ្នោត​ទៅ​លោក​ វេជ្ជបណ្ឌិត​រីចន័រ​? ដែល​មិន​បាន​សន្លឹក​ឆ្នោត ដល់​គណបក្ស​កាន់​អំណាច​សព្វ​ថ្ងៃ​នេះ?
Will contributions to the Kantha Bopha Hospital earn votes for Dr. Richner and not for the ruling CPP party?

កើត ចាស់ ឈឺ ស្លាប់​ គឺជា​វដ្ដ​របស់​មនុស្ស​លោក​ម្នាក់ៗ​ តែ​ក៏​មាន​មនុស្ស​មួយ​ចំនួន អភ័ព្វ​ផង​ដែរ​បាន​ស្លាប់​តាំង​ពី​ការ​បង្ក​កំណើត​ ហើយ​ខ្លះ​ទៀត​ស្លាប់​តាំង​ពី​នៅ​វ័យ​កុមារ​ដែល​មិន​ទាន់​ដឹង​ក្តី​ស្រួល​ បួល​ផង​នោះ។

យ៉ាង​ណា​មិញ​ក៏​មាន​មនុស្ស​ជា​ច្រើន​ នៅ​ពេល​ដែល​ខ្លួន​បាន​រស់​រាន​មាន​ជីវិត​ធំ​ឡើង​ដុះ​ស្លាប​ហើរ​ ហើយ​មាន​តួនាទី​ធំដុំ​ ក្លាយ​ជា​អ្នក​ដឹក​នំា​គឺ​ភ្លេច​កំណើត​ខ្លួន​ឯង​កាល​ពី​កុមារ​ភាព​​អស់​នៅ​ ពេល​ឈឺ​ម្តងៗ​ស្ទើរ​ស្លាប់​ស្ទើរ​រស់ ទម្រាំ​តែ​បាន​ធំ​ដឹង​ក្តី​រហូត​មក​ដល់​សព្វ​ថ្ងៃ​នេះ ​តែ​​បែរ​ជា​​ធ្វើ​​មិន​ដឹង​មិន​ឮ ​មិន​ឈឺ​ឆ្អាល ​ចំពោះ​កុមារ ​ដែល​កំពុង​ដង្ហោយ​ហៅ​សុំរស់​រាន​មាន​ជីវិត​ ជា​សិទ្ធិ​របស់​កុមារ​ ដូច​ជា​ ការ​ដង្ហោយ​សុំ​មូលនិធិ​ទ្រទ្រង់​បន្ថែម​របស់​មន្ទីរ​ពេទ្យ​គន្ធ​​បុប្ផា​ ដើម្បី​សង្គ្រោះ​ជីវិត​កុមារ​ តែ​មិន​ទាន់​ឃើញ​មាន​ថវិកា​បន្ថែម​ជា​ដុំ​កំភួន​នៅ​ឡើយ​ទេ​។​ តើ​ចាំ​ដល់​ពេល​ណា​ទើប​ម្ចាស់​ជំនួយ​ និង​រាជរដ្ឋាភិបាល ផ្តល់​ការ​ឧត្ថម្ភ​បន្ថែម​ ដល់​មន្ទីរ​ពេទ្យ​គន្ធ​បុប្ផា​?

$1,000 in pennies for Cambodian kids

June 5, 2012
By Matt Law
Surrey Now (Canada)

The last penny may have been minted on May 4 but the little copper coin is still making a big impact.

Students at Woodward Hill Elementary in Surrey spent the month of May turning over couch cushions and emptying their parents' pockets to raise approximately $1,000 in pennies to help children in Cambodia.

Over the past three years, students at Woodward Hill have raised close to $4,000 to help fund a free school 30 kilometres outside of Phnom Penh, Cambodia's capital.

Brushing the first step for Cambodian kids

Dentists making a difference, Cecilia So and Cheng-Yee Rossiter in Marsfield. PHIL ROGERS

31 May 12
By Scott Howlett
Northern District Times (Australia)

MARSFIELD dentist Cecilia So, 31, has inspired thousands of Cambodian orphans and children to pick up a toothbrush.

She has also encouraged other dentists, like Beecroft’s Cheng-Yee Rossiter, 46, to join her on her quest.

The idea sprung from Dr So’s Buddhist faith and a meeting with 85-year-old Paget Sayers, who owns the Buddhist Library in Camperdown.

The Hong Kong-born dentist, who has lived in Ryde and Marsfield since she was five, first visited Cambodia in 2008.

Long Beach nonprofit brings heart surgery to Cambodian children

A team of physicians and health professionals from California and Wisconsin volunteered their services to help 15 Cambodian children to receive heart surgeries during a recent medical mission to the country. The Long Beach nonprofit Hearts Without Boundaries helped sponsor a team of physicians who performed procedures.

One of 15 Cambodian children to receive heart surgeries during a recent medical mission to the country.

The Long Beach nonprofit Hearts Without Boundaries helped sponsor a team of physicians who performed procedures on 15 Cambodian children, including this patient.

02/01/2012
By Greg Mellen Staff Writer
Long Beach Press Telegram

For the first time, Long Beach nonprofit Hearts Without Boundaries was able to offer life-extending surgeries to destitute Cambodian children in their home country, rather than bringing them to the United States.

During a five-day medical mission, doctors from California and Wisconsin repaired the hearts of 15 children at Angkor Hospital for Children.

Peter Chhun, founder of the nonprofit who first began bringing children to the U.S. when the equipment for open-heart surgeries was not available in Cambodia, was delighted with the outcome.

"To come to the country of my birth and witness sick children before the surgery, and then to see them after the surgery, smiling, playing and not having the same blue color on their fingertips and lips is a great feeling," Chhun said. "I don't think I can find anything better than this to do." 

Appeal to help sponsor evicted girls from Borei Keila community who are dropping out of school

Children evicted from Borei Keila along with their parents

Urgent Appeal

By Mu Sochua

Funds are collected to sponsor girls from Borei Keila community who are now dropping out of middle and high school because of the forced eviction early this month, to go back to school.

US$2,500 have already been collected from a generous donor in the USA.

We ask you to help with this very important cause.

With much appreciation.

Please donate - Please visit http://sochua.wordpress.com/donate/

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BREAKING SILENCE


By Betty Makoni

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Daughter of Cambodia project becomes moving CD

Sun., 12.11.11
By Terry Perkins, special to the Beacon
St Louis Beacon (Missouri,USA)

At the beginning of 2011, the Beacon asked me to take a look at three musicians to watch in 2011. Here's a look at what one of them, singer/songwriter Leslie Sanazaro - with the invaluable contributions of another, guitarist Teddy Presberg - accomplished this past year with the "Daughters of Cambodia" project.

According to Sanazaro, the project came into being after she read "Half The Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide," a book by New York Times writers Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. Sanazaro was deeply affected by the book, which exposed the pervasiveness and brutality of human trafficking and forced prostitution - especially in Southeast Asia.

As she told me during our interview for the earlier article, "I started to think about what I could do as an individual to at least raise awareness about human trafficking of young girls. I hadn't really written songs for about a year, and was actually thinking of taking a break from music. But suddenly song ideas began pouring out, and I decided I had to record a CD, get a tour going, raise awareness for this issue -- and also raise funds to help a school for girls in Cambodia."

Sokha's putting others' needs first

Humanitarian tour: Sokha Sim with Hoppers Crossing Rotary president Susane Wilson and Michael Pratt

30 Nov, 2011
BY DAN O'SULLIVAN
Wyndham Weekly (Australia)

SOKHA Sim will be defying the odds when she returns to her homeland of Cambodia as part of a humanitarian project to assist underprivileged children from the Khmer community.

The Victoria University student was diagnosed with polio aged six after being the only member of her family who was not vaccinated.

Despite having a permanent mobility disability and walking with the aid of leg calipers, the 28-year-old tourism student at VU's Werribee campus will undertake a month-long expedition in the land of her birth that will include time at an orphanage.

All welcome at Big Mum's house

REFUGE: Narith Horm with Australian Cambodia Foundation founder Geraldine Cox. (Pic: Luke Hemer)

16 Nov 2011
City Messenger (Australia)

GERALDINE Cox recalls the day a young Cambodian boy arrived on her doorstep seeking refuge.

“He came to us at 13 with no English and he was living alone and sleeping with cows,” Ms Cox says.

“He then went to Blackfriars (Priory School) and was given Cordon Bleu training.

“He said to me yesterday `Before I came to Sunrise, I slept with the cows and now I’m working at the Intercontinental ... how good is that?.”

That boy is Narith Horm, now 21, who has been living in Adelaide for four years and working at the Intercontinental Adelaide for four months.

Boy goes home with healthy heart

In this file photo, three year-old Bunlak Song arrives at Los Angeles International Airport of Cambodia on March 6, 2011. Bunlak Song was brought to the United States by Hearts Without Boundaries, a Long Beach, Calif.-based non-profit group, to help repair his heart. (Jeff Gritchen / Staff Photographer)

NONPROFIT: Bunlak, 4, had life-saving surgery.

11/07/2011
By Greg Mellen, Staff Writer
Long Beach Press Telegram (California, USA)

LONG BEACH - A 4-year-old Cambodian boy brought to the United States for life-extending open-heart surgery will board a jetliner with his sister Tuesday to return to his homeland.

Bunlak Song was cleared to travel recently and his older sister, Bunkek, 24, is eager to get back home to their family eight months after arriving in the U.S.

"We had a lot of twists and turns, but guess what, we had a lot of support," said Peter Chhun, whose nonprofit Hearts Without Boundaries sponsored the boy.

Cambodia: Close to a quarter of a million children are missing school because of the floods in Cambodia

Battle To Save Bangkok: Children In North Without Aid

Friday, 21 October 2011
Press Release: Save The Children

As authorities race to save Bangkok from flooding, Save the Children warns that children already severely affected by floods north of the city risk not getting the aid they need.

While aid efforts and media attention focus on Bangkok and the ever increasing risks of flooding in the giant metropolis, children and their families already forced to abandon their homes in Pathum Thani and Ayutthaya are struggling to get by in makeshift evacuation centres or other areas they’ve managed to find shelter.

“While much work has already been done by the authorities to meet the needs of thousands affected by the floods, this crisis is stretching everyone’s capacity to the limit and without help we’re concerned that thousands of children won’t get the aid they urgently need,” said Save the Children’s Annie Bodmer-Roy following a visit to Ayuttheya.

Paradise Primary School gathers books for Cambodia

23 Sep 11
By Brittany Dupree
East Torrens Messenger (Australia)

WITH the help of his school mates, seven-year-old Callum Levi has collected more than 200 books for students in Cambodia.

The Athelstone youngster heard from a family friend about the poor living conditions of children in Siem Reap and decided to help.

His mum Tina said Callum was shocked that Cambodian students at the Pure Dream Centre had only seven books in their library.

Stolen Innocence: One Woman's Fight Against Child Sex Slavery

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llfsKMo_mEQ

Sold to a brothel as a child, Somaly Mam now leads an effort to rescue young sex slaves.

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Alice Daniel

SuccessMagazine.com

Somaly Mam grew up orphaned in a tiny community, a speck of cleared land with bamboo huts in the wooded hills of northeastern Cambodia. She survived by scavenging for her food, sleeping in a hammock and sometimes getting help from a local family. She doesn’t know when she was born exactly, but when she was around 10, a stranger who called himself her grandfather came to her little village and took her away to be his servant. A few years later, when he needed money, he sold her to a brothel in Phnom Penh.

For the next decade, she was forced to endure the unthinkable. But she survived, severely traumatized, yet strong. And committed. Today, when she advocates through the Somaly Mam Foundation for the millions of girls enslaved in brothels in Cambodia and worldwide, she is advocating in part for herself.

Some 5,000 girls have been rescued by her organization since 1996.

Stylist seeks to end human trafficking

Teav Mam mentors five girls who were rescued from Cambodia, teaching them how to cut hair as well as enjoying activities like hiking and creating hair adornments. (Kim Palaferri • The Telegraph)

7/13/11
By Laura Newell
Folsom Telegraph staff writer (California, USA)

More than 800,000 people are trafficked annually and 80 percent are women and girls with the average age of 13 years old.

Teav Mam, 33, of Folsom is working with other locals to help stop these statistics.

On July 17, through a one day cut-for-a-cause event, the hairdressing community will be raising money to teach women in developing countries how to cut hair as an alternative to prostitution and human trafficking.

Mam said her difficult life has made this cause a passion for her and helping save these girls is her goal. Mam was born in Cambodia during a genocide. Her parents escaped with her and eventually came to America when she was 7, she said.

Sumner Redstone Donates Another $720,000 to Cambodian Children's Fund

6/20/2011
by Georg Szalai
The Hollywood Reporter

The Viacom and CBS chairman had previously given the group $1 million, including a $500,000 gift in April.

NEW YORK - Sumner Redstone has further increased his donations to the Cambodian Children's Fund, which provides health and educational services to impoverished and abused children in Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh.

On Tuesday, the Viacom and CBS Corp. chairman and controlling shareholder announced a $720,000 gift to the group. It is his largest to-date and brings the media mogul's total commitment to CCF to $1.72 million. 



Redstone's initial $500,000 grant in 2007 established CCF's child rescue center. And just in April, he donated another $500,000.



Over $80,000 raised to feed Cambodia kids

Mon, May 30, 2011
By Jecolia Tong
Asia One (Singapore)

MORE than 700 people showed up yesterday morning at East Coast Park for a 2km walk which culminated in a fair, and they helped to raise over $80,000 for underprivileged children in Cambodia.

The Walk The World event, held annually by express-delivery company TNT, consumer-goods company Unilever and global science-based company DSM, was organised in partnership with the World Food Programme (WFP).

WFP is the United Nations' front-line agency in the fight against global hunger. However, those companies were not the only ones doing their part for charity. The event was held in more than 100 countries yesterday.

In Singapore, funds were raised through the sale of coupons, which could be exchanged for drinks and food, or used to play games at a fair set up at the event. There were corporate donors, such as Swiss bank BSI, which donated $30,000.