Sponsor Information ( June 2022 )

Thank you very much for wanting to sponsor a child in Cambodia. We know that this step is carefully considered and sometimes a little unsettling. However, transparency and clarity are very important to us. Therefore, some information about what exactly happens with the money.

Your future godchild will attend the Kok Krosaing English School in Siem Reap or the Cambodia Development School in Battambang.

School attendance is very strictly controlled by us and parents or carers are very closely involved. It is important to us that the child goes to school regularly. This is not a problem either, as the children are always very happy to come to school.

With the monthly sponsorship contribution, we finance school attendance and almost everything that the child needs for this. This includes school uniforms, books, school supplies, teachers' wages and pocket money of $2. Students in Siem Reap receive a nutritious breakfast each morning. Often the only meal of the day. Sometimes there are also costs for medical care, which we then finance from reserves.

From time to time we have financing gains from the euro-dollar exchange rate, since we calculate the sponsorship contributions in euros and settle them in dollars in Cambodia. From this additional income, we buy bicycles for the poorer students at regular intervals, since the way to school is sometimes very long and there are no school buses. The children are always particularly happy here.

To organize all this, we have cooperation partners and employees on site. In Siem Reap, the cooperation partners are Sun Sothy and her husband Roger Valkenbourgh, who run the Kok Krosaing English School with passion and great personal and financial commitment. In Battambang we trust our debt manager Chy Piseth and his staff. We attach great importance to the fact that our employees are not guided by pure compassion, but that children in need are selected as a priority.

How does it go from here ?

You start with the selection of a child on our homepage or leave the selection to us. The basic fee is 15 euros/month and can be adjusted individually. There is also the option of sharing a sponsorship. This must be requested separately. After you have made your decision, please fill out our online application on our homepage and send it to us electronically by clicking on the button. However, this does not yet result in a contract. To accept your application, you will receive our confirmation of acceptance, a data protection declaration, our statutes and documents about your godchild by email or by post.

Now you are the proud sponsor of the Kamboscha-Kinderhilfe-Verein e. V. and give a child the chance of a self-determined life.

Information about your godchild

You will receive our current newsletter 2-3 times a year. Our activities and commitment are described here in general. In addition, you will receive information about your sponsored child at irregular intervals. We encourage the children to write letters to their godparents as well. If your child writes to you, you will receive the letter scanned by email. Postage would take too long and be too expensive. The letters often don't arrive. Please make sure that we always have the latest information. Please notify us of a change in your address or email address at: info@kinderhilfe-kambodscha.de. It is always very time-consuming and expensive for us to conduct research.

For more information, visit our Facebook or Twitter account. We have set up an information page and a closed group there. From there you will usually receive up-to-date information. An exchange of godparents is also possible.

Another important note:

We are a small association. That means we are all volunteers and it is absolutely impossible to answer all personal questions about the child, his family, family relationships, shoe size, preferences, favorite food, favorite toy, etc. If we were to do this, we would have to operate an expensive administrative apparatus that would be at the expense of the children in need. Some family information is also none of our business, we support the child in its education, we don't adopt it.

letters

A question is often asked: Is it possible to write or contact my godchild? Of course ! This is also much easier with us than with large organizations. You can send letters directly or scan and send them. We will be happy to give you the addresses of the schools. A personal visit is also possible at any time.

However, the following should be observed when sending letters: Please send all letters in English, unless you speak Khmer yourself. We recommend sending by DHL by registered mail, as mail rarely reaches its recipient by normal means. However, the costs for this are extremely high (up to 70 euros per letter). Therefore, one should consider whether contact via email would not make more sense. The money saved could be passed on to the child directly and without deductions via our organization.