Addheka's Aid Projects of Mercy

http://www.kslkhmerlanguage.com/apm.html

Project information

 (as In 2002 the KSL Mercy Home Project (KSL is the Khmer School of Language of which Addheka is director) was established as one of our initiatives to help poor Cambodian people. The project was set up by KSL's founder, Mrs Agnes Verner, in consultation with Ms Addheka SengBou, Executive Director of KSL, and Mrs Leaksmy Rebok, Dean of Studies. The project has grown and become the KSL Aid Project of Mercy (APM).

The Aid Project of Mercy has expanded to reach people in Battambang, Takeo, Kampot and Kampong Speu provinces and Phnom Penh and Preah Sihanouk municipalities. Funds raised go primarily to help participating families with the costs of going to school - equipment uniforms as well as some emergency help with food. Families live close to the edge financially and ASPM's work makies it more likely students will continue with their education - the most likelt path out of poverty for the family. 

Initiatives (as listed on the website)

• We run training courses which teach widows and young women to produce handicrafts.
• We have provided study materials and uniforms for school children.
• We have made available land for rice cultivation and distributed rice to poor families
• We have distributed food and rice to poor families.
• We have provided food and medicines for families who scavenge on the Phnom Penh municipal rubbish dump.
• We plan to provide the fees for needy young people to study at university.
• We intend to offer leadership training to young people and help them find employment.
• We plan to help poor people to generate an income from raising chickens and cultivating mushrooms, and help them market their produce.

Aid Project of Mercy sites:

West Prekho Village, Prekho Commune, Takhao District, Kandal Province
Srah Keo Village, Melom Commune, Boribo District, Kampong Chhang Province
Sna Pii Muk Village, Prek Khpob Commune, Ek Phnom District, Kandal Province
Theay Village, Wat Ang Thboung Commune, Banteaymeas District, Kampot Province
Prek Ang Village, Kah Khel Commune, Sanag District, Kandal Province
Weal Thom Village, Weal Thom Commune, Treng Trayeng District, KSP
​Tunlebati Village, Krang Thnong Commune, Bati District, Takeo Province

Previous team involvement and visits to Theay village 

​Each year some of our team members spend a day at Theay village, the Aid Project of Mercy site in Kampot province. We catch up with Addheka and the children that are there. We have great fun with the children and then share a beautiful lunch.  

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If on this Earth there are Angels - Vivid Publishing

This is Addheka's true story of survival as she was only 14 with polio at the time of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia and what became the "Killing Fields".  You can purchase a copy of this book direct from Amazon or through Vivid Publishing. 

​All proceeds go directly towards Addheka's Aid Projects of Mercy that help out the poorest rural families and children in villages across 7 different provinces in Cambodia.  

Towards the end of 2015 Addheka published her book "If on this Earth there are Angels" with co-author Jim Pollock.