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Objective:
To provide humanitarian assistance to Cambodian children
through support of educational and performance arts
initiatives. |
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Partner
Organizations: |
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o |
Cambodian Volunteers
for Community Development (CVCD) |
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- |
education for extremely
poor children |
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o |
Cambodian Master
Performers Program (CMMP) |
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|
- |
cultural revival following
Khmer Rouge Genocide |
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Accomplishments: |
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o |
Raised $6,000
to support one Cambodian Master and his/her
class of 50 students for one year |
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o |
Raised $4,200
to support the purchase of 10 computers
for the CVCD Non-Formal Education Program |
| Cambodian Survivor
Assistance Initiative (2004) |
| • |
Objective:
To sponsor vocational rehabilitation to Cambodian landmine
survivors. |
| • |
Partner
Organizations: |
| |
o |
Clear
Path International |
| |
o |
Cambodian
Volunteers for Community Development |
| • |
Accomplishments |
| |
o |
Raised
$11,000 to assist the vocational rehabilitation
of 100 Cambodian landmine survivors |
| Education Initiatives &
Conferences – Cambodia (2004-2005) |
| • |
Global
Care Youth Delegation Trip to Cambodia (2/12-2/26-05) |
| • |
“Youth
Leadership Conference: Eye on Cambodia”
(10/26/04) |
| • |
Symposium
on Cambodia and Landmines (Spring 2004) |
| |
o |
Comprehensive
unit on Cambodian history, culture and landmines for
Tenafly Middle School |
Additional Mine Action
Initiatives (2000-2003)
Landmine Removal Initiative (2000-2002) |
| • |
Objective:
To sponsor the removal of landmines in “adopted”
Bosnian villages |
| • |
Partner
Organizations (International): |
| |
o |
Slovenian
International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims
Assistance (ITF) – oversight |
| |
o |
Action
Against Mines (Bosnian deminers) |
| |
o |
Stop Mines
(Bosnian deminers) |
| • |
Partner
Organizations (National): |
| |
o |
U.S. Department
of State Office of Humanitarian Demining Programs (HDP)
– matching grant |
| |
o |
U.S. Department
of State Office of Global Humanitarian Demining Programs
(outreach) |
| • |
Accomplishments |
| |
o |
Raised
$40,000 to demine two Bosnian
villages (Podzvizd and Gornja Sopotnica) |
| Education Initiatives
& Conferences – Landmines (2002-2003) |
| • |
Smith
College-U.S. Department of State Landmine Conference
(2003) |
| |
o |
Tenafly
middle school students only attending non-collegians |
| |
o |
Presentations
by 3 members of Tenafly Landmine Club |
| • |
Global
Care Unlimited Youth Coalition for Mine Action Conference
(2002) |
| |
o |
Speakers:
landmine survivors and advocates representing national
and international organizations |
| |
o |
700 Tenafly
students/150 visiting middle and high school students
from 16 schools |
