Bambini in attesa di adozione
Srey, 12 anni

Srey was born in Barong in Kandal Province.  She is the fifth child of a family of six. She lost her mother three years ago and her father remarried. She helped her step-mother do house work every day and after school I cooked rice, prepared the fire and carried water.

She heard about CCF from two of her friends and was eager to study here.  Srey now attends CCF2 and learns English, Khmer reading and writing, computer training, and traditional Khmer Dancing.

Srey is an excellent dancer, performing the role of group leader. Although she is doing well in English and Computer. She is a little shy and doesn’t talk much.

She wants to be a doctor when she grows up, in order to help other poor children and people at her community and others.
 
Anna, 16 anni

Anna is 16 years old and has seven siblings. Anna was born in Phnom Penh. Her family lives near Steung Meanchey where she and her mother used to work as garbage pickers, collecting cans and other trash to sell. Her father has now retired from being a village chief and suffers from a serious disease. As the family is very poor, they were not able to look after the health or schooling of the children. All money they earned as garbage pickers was spent on feeding all the members of the family for that day. 

While Anna sometimes attended public school during this time, she missed many classes because she had to go out and work picking up garbage with her mother. She longed to study like other children, and one day she met Scott through her neighbors. Anna and her younger sister were both accepted to study at CCF and her mother now works selling cakes. 

At CCF, Anna can learn English, Khmer, Make up, Sewing, and Computer. Make up and cosmetology is her favorite subject – she was recently ranked third in her class following a test of Natural Make up 1. 

She would like to run a small business such as a beauty clinic or hairdressing salon in the future.  
Srey Chea, 14 anni

Srey Chea is 14 years old. She was born in Svay Reang Province, which is located in Cambodia near the Vietnamese border. She moved to Phnom Penh when she was 12 because at that time her parents could not grow any rice on the land. Without any means to support the family, they decided to travel Phnom Penh in search of jobs. Getting help from Srey Chea's aunt, they hired a small house near Stueng Meanchey and found work there as garbage pickers.

As the parents were out working every day, Srey Chea was responsible for looking after her three siblings. She did all housework and cooked rice and soup for the family. Some days she went to the dump with her mother to pick rubbish. At first she could only earn about 400 riel (US ten cents) a day selling items found in the garbage, but later was able to earn around 3,000 riel ($0.75) a day.

During this time, Srey Chea never attended school. One day, however, she met Scott while she was out picking up garbage and he asked her if she would like to study at CCF. The next day she and her mother went to apply, and Srey Chea became a CCF student. She returns home to her family in the evenings. 

Here at CCF she can study English, Khmer, Computer, Sewing and cosmetology. She is doing very well and improving a great deal in her studies. In the future, when she graduates from CCF, she would like to be a beautician. 
Nora, 13 anni

Nora is from Takeo Province, Cambodia. When she was very young, her father died, leaving her mother to bring up the children. When Nora was 12, the family moved to live near Stueng Meanchey in Phnom Penh as they could no longer farm in their homeland.

From then on, Nora would help her mother to pick through garbage at the Steung Meanchey dump, earning about 3,000 riel ($0.75) per day. She also helped her mother to do housework and look after the house.  

However, Nora wanted to study, and when she found out about CCF she was able to apply. Nora was accepted because her education level was so low for her age – at 16 years old she was only in grade three. Today she attends CCF and studies makeup and cosmetology, sewing, English, Khmer, and Computer.

Nora wants to be a sewing teacher when she is older because she hopes to help other poor children like herself.
Srey Yun, 16 anni

Srey Yun came from an impoverished village in Kean Svay. She was raised by her mother as her father remarried and left her and her mother when Srey Yun was about one month old.

When Srey Yun was about six or seven years old, she would help her mother selling corns and bananas along the road in her village. She was in grade 4 but never went to school regularly. She always carried the corns on her head and walked far from home to sell. Even when she was sick, she still sold them as she needed the job just to live day by day. 

Srey Yun came to CCF in June 2004 and is very happy here. She is one of the three girls who are taking a real vocational cosmetology at one of the best beauty salons in Phnom Penh. 
Varaman, 12 anni

Varaman came from Psar Thmey – known as the New Market in Phnom Penh. At home Varaman was left to stay alone at home every day, even when he was only six years old. Sometimes he was looked after by his brother or sister. He also helped his parents with the housework. 

His mother is a housewife who tries to sell a few items from home, while his father is a motor taxi driver. They usually could barely earn enough to feed the family for that day. When he was at home, Varaman was often hungry.

Varaman came to CCF in May 2005 with his brother, Phoun. He is now learning English, computer, home economics, art, plus karate, music, drama and dance. He hopes one day to become a computer teacher.  
Prom, 13 anni

Prom came from an impoverished village in Banteay Meanchey province. He was raised in a very poor family while his father was a wood cutter. His mother used to pull a cart of goods all the way from the markets on the Thai border into Cambodia. 

Due to the hardship of life at home, Prom started working when he was six years old. Every morning he would pull the cart full with detergents, perfumes, etc. from the Thai market to Cambodia. He had worked as a cart puller until he was accepted at CCF. 

Prom came to CCF in March 2005 with his sister, Koem Sour. He now studies in group V in CCF; he is learning English, computer, home economics, art, photography, plus karate, drama, dance and music. He is also a 4th grade student at public school. He said that he feels very happy that he could come to CCF. 
Srey Chan, 14 anni

Srey Chan came from an impoverished home in Kandal province. She was raised by her old parents, whilst living in desolate poverty. While she was at home, she always did the harvest for other people because her family did not have their own rice field.  She sometimes went to pick death fish with her mother to make prahok (fish which is kept in salt water for a long time and became salty) to sell and for the family to eat. Although she used to study in grade 5, during harsh domestic life, she was forced to stop school and help her mother to make and sell the prahok. 

Srey Chan came to CCF in August 2006. She was found out on the trip to island where she lived after being interviewed conducted by CCF. After that, she came with some of her friends to CCF. It was like a big adventure for her as she had never left her homeland. 

Srey Chan is now enrolled in the general program at CCF1, studying English, computer, art, cosmetology, Khmer traditional dance, drama and music. Besides studying at CCF1, she is also learning how to make bread at the CCF bakery with other six children. She is warm hearted, friendly and helpful. She likes helping the adults with work when she is free from school.
Srey Vy, 14 anni

Srey Vy came from Stoeung Meanchey, where she and her two sisters worked as garbage pickers. Her family moved there from an impoverished village in Takeo because they did not have any work to do to make money. So her parents decided to sell their house in Takeo and buy a small land at the garbage dump to build a house. They hoped they will make just enough to feed the family each day by picking garbage.  

Like other children at Stoeung Meanchey, Srey Vy and her two sisters, Srey Mom and Reaksmey, became garbage pickers who worked from 6am until 5:30pm. They picked trash at the rubbish mountain just to earn 50c each. Their father got a job as a policeman earning $12 a month and her mother stayed at home looking after her new born baby.

Srey Vy came to CCF in November 2005 with her two sisters, Srey Mom and Reaksmey. They were found while working at the dump. She is enrolled in the general program at CCF1, studying English, computer, art, drama and music. She is also a 4th grade student at public school. While nervous and quite unsure at first, she is now happy, energetic, and lively. She is so grateful that she could come to CCF and have the chance to study.
Il CCF è un’organizzazione no profit registrata negli Stati Uniti 501(c)3  n° 20-0764162. L’importo delle donazioni è deducibile dalle tasse di molti Paesi. L’organizzazione è anche registrata in California ed in Cambogia.