Great Contribution From Riverkids

Riverkids was originally set up to prevent child trafficking through providing education the vulnerable children and young teenagers at the community level. This is the mission statement of the Foundation.

However during the organizations work it regularly comes across other issues that need our attention. While preventing trafficking continues to be our fundamental purpose we also now deal with other problems that the community faces.
The following Social Issues crop up time and time again:
Seriously ill members of the Riverkids Community who have no money for treatment
Births of babies to poor members of the district
The passing away of individuals

Riverkids has dealt with a few such cases in the recent past.
The following is one such case:
A 92 year old lady Mut Rum passed away 2 weeks ago in a rented room in the Community. She had been living there with her daughter Nup May (50) and Nup’s husband Norng Buna (61). Nup is the main earner of the house. She washes clothes for a living but the money is small. Nup’s main customers are her neighbors. Norng her husband is disabled and because of this he can not work .This puts a huge strain on Nup to provide for her family. When her mother died Nup did not have the money to pay for the funeral and came to Riverkids seeking assistance. The family also faced other problems. The Landlord of the room initially refused to allow the funeral ceremony to be held at the woman’s’ room. With much talk from Riverkids staff and from the Local Authority the Landlord was persuaded to let the funeral go ahead at the room as the woman wished.

Riverkids does not have the budget to pay for funerals but we could not stand back and do nothing. This woman was a human being and like all human beings she deserved to be buried with dignity and respect. This is not always the case in Cambodia with poor people not being treated properly when they die. The Riverkids Foundation is very sad at this. For this reason in this case we contributed $100 to the dead woman’s family to pay for the hearse, the cremation fee and other funeral expenses.

Riverkids would like to thank all our generous donors who have given to these worthy causes. We very much appreciate your donations and hope that you continue to give generously because cases like these will continue to happen and your support is vital to us.