Cambodian Children's Trust
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The Cambodian Children’s Trust (CCT) is a non-profit NGO running projects to help stop the cycle of poverty in the Battambang region of Cambodia. CCT gives practical, long-term help to some of the most vulnerable people in Cambodia
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CCT was created in 2007 when Tara Winkler and her Cambodian team rescued 14 children from a corrupt orphanage in Battambang. The children were suffering from severe neglect
and shocking abuse
. CCT is now home to 31 children. CCT helps the children overcome their backgrounds of abuse and neglect and break the cycle of poverty by providing them with the best possible health care and education.
CCT also supports several families in the Battambang region and is establishing a range of community development programs that reach out out to people in need, regardless of their circumstances. CCT works with street children, orphans, abandoned children, people with HIV/AIDS, sex workers, victims of landmines, victims of sexual abuse
and domestic violence
, the physically and mentally disabled, families living in abject poverty, and anyone else who is in serious need.
The website address of Cambodian Children's Trust is : http://www.cambodianchildrenstrust.org/
Cambodia
Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...
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CCT was created in 2007 when Tara Winkler and her Cambodian team rescued 14 children from a corrupt orphanage in Battambang. The children were suffering from severe neglect
Neglect
Neglect is a passive form of abuse in which a perpetrator is responsible to provide care for a victim who is unable to care for himself or herself, but fails to provide adequate care....
and shocking abuse
Abuse
Abuse is the improper usage or treatment for a bad purpose, often to unfairly or improperly gain benefit. Abuse can come in many forms, such as: physical or verbal maltreatment, injury, sexual assault, violation, rape, unjust practices; wrongful practice or custom; offense; crime, or otherwise...
. CCT is now home to 31 children. CCT helps the children overcome their backgrounds of abuse and neglect and break the cycle of poverty by providing them with the best possible health care and education.
CCT also supports several families in the Battambang region and is establishing a range of community development programs that reach out out to people in need, regardless of their circumstances. CCT works with street children, orphans, abandoned children, people with HIV/AIDS, sex workers, victims of landmines, victims of sexual abuse
Sexual abuse
Sexual abuse, also referred to as molestation, is the forcing of undesired sexual behavior by one person upon another. When that force is immediate, of short duration, or infrequent, it is called sexual assault. The offender is referred to as a sexual abuser or molester...
and domestic violence
Domestic violence
Domestic violence, also known as domestic abuse, spousal abuse, battering, family violence, and intimate partner violence , is broadly defined as a pattern of abusive behaviors by one or both partners in an intimate relationship such as marriage, dating, family, or cohabitation...
, the physically and mentally disabled, families living in abject poverty, and anyone else who is in serious need.
Nominated to be a CNN Hero
Tara Winkler was nominated to be a CNN hero for 2010, by a viewer who saw her documentary on Australian story on the ABC in Australia.The website address of Cambodian Children's Trust is : http://www.cambodianchildrenstrust.org/
External links
- http://www.abc.net.au/austory/content/2007/s2864533.htm
- http://www.australianoftheyear.org.au/recipients/?m=tara-winkler-2011
- Official Homepage