One More Contribution for Riverkids

Riverkids recently received support from Oxfam (Quebec) to develop a cartoon film called “FAMILY VALUES”, aimed at making children and parents aware of the value of family and education.

The cartoon hopes to address situations like those of the Riverkids community, where parents will often send their children into busy streets on their own to collect cans – a story reflected in the film.

It has been broadcast on local television channels since the beginning of October, 2009 and will run until February 2010.

Riverkids has also co-operated with another NGO, Pha Ponlue Seilbak, to develop a cartoon book to accompany the film. We aim to distribute the book for free to other NGOs and public schools around Cambodia, aiming for the largest possible exposure to the story.

We believe that cartoon films and books such as these, which outline initiatives like our child trafficking prevention project, are more accessible to the community. We also hope that they will help encourage more families and local communities to look after vulnerable children.

On behalf of the Riverkids Foundation, I would like to thank Oxfam (Quebec) and the Canadian people, who provided their own money to help fund our child trafficking prevention mission in Cambodia.