Thursday, September 10, 2009

Asian Hope

Asian Hope is a faith-based organization that operates in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. After Cambodia went through a tragic genocide in the 1970's, several missionaries felt called to open an orphanage in Phnom Penh to help the children who had recently become orphaned. After starting the orphanage the staff discovered the public schools were teaching the children that it was appropriate to bribe authorities in order to receive a better grade, thus came Logos International School. Asian Hope then expanded the school to also serve Cambodian children outside of the children’s home by providing quality, affordable or free, Christian education, all with the hopes of helping Cambodia be changed for Christ. The school now has an enrollment of about 600 students grades K-12, and is the 3rd largest school in Cambodia. Asian Hope still has both a girls home (House of Faith) and a boys home (House of Hope) that serves those children that are found on the streets. The organization invests deeply in their children and have the ability to send all of their kids all the way through higher education. These students are given the opportunity to go to college in either the US, India, China, or Thailand where they gain the knowledge and experience to bring skilled labor back to Cambodia. When they finish their schooling the kids come back to Cambodia to transform the country. We love this philosophy of ministry as we feel this is how Christ did His ministry!

For more on Asian Hope please check out the website at http://www.asianhope.org/.

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