Kasumisou Foundation

OUR AIDS PATIENTS FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAM (FSP) PROVIDES HOUSING, FOOD SUPPORT AND SCHOOL EXPENSES TO DESTITUTE CAMBODIAN WOMEN - AND THEIR DEPENDENT CHILDREN - SUFFERING FROM MID TO LATE STAGES OF AIDS. SPECIFICALLY, THE FSP PROGRAM PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF SUPPORT.- BASIC HOUSING OR RENT SUPPORT- A MONTHLY FOOD ALLOWANCE- SUPPORT FOR SCHOOL EXPENSES FOR DEPENDENT CHILDREN OF PRIMARY/SECONDARY SCHOOL AGE- BASIC MEDICINES AND TRANSPORTATION TO MEDICAL CHECKUPS OR FOR HOSPITALIZATION- REGULAR HOME VISITS, COUNSELING AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT- SUPPORT FOR FUNERAL EXPENSESIN 2021 THE FSP SUPPORTED NINETEEN AIDS AFFLICTED WOMEN AND THEIR THIRTEEN DEPENDENT CHILDREN, SOME OF WHOM ARE THEMSELVES ALSO AFFLICTED WITH AIDS. HAVING, IN RECENT YEARS, TRANSITIONED MANY OF OUR PATIENTS OUT OF THE PROGRAM AND TOWARD LIVES OF INDEPENDENCE, WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING THE MOST DESTITUTE AND DISADVANTAGED WOMEN INCLUDING THOSE WHO ARE OLD OR STRICKEN BY ILLNESS OR CARING FOR DISABLED CHILDREN A

THE CHAMPEY ACADEMY OF ARTS (CAA) IS OUR SCHOOL TEACHING TRADITIONAL CAMBODIAN ARTS TO CHILDREN IN CENTRAL PHNOM PENH.AT THE CAA WE PROVIDE A RIGOROUS PROGRAM OF DAILY TRAINING IN TRADITIONAL DANCE, MUSIC, DRAWING AND PAINTING FOR CHILDREN IN CENTRAL PHNOM PENH, INCLUDING SOME ORPHANED OR ABANDONED CHILDREN OR THOSE FROM DISADVANTAGED, DYSFUNCTIONAL, ABUSIVE OR NEGLECTFUL FAMILY ENVIRONMENTS. HAVING FIRST OPENED ITS DOORS IN JANUARY 2013, THE SCHOOL SERVES, DEPENDING ON THE SEASON, APPROXIMATELY 60 TO 75 YOUNG PEOPLE PER DAY. IN 2021, WITH THE RELAXATION OF THE COVID PANDEMIC RELATED GOVERNMENT RESTRICTIONS, WE WERE ABLE TO OPERATE, FOR THE MOST PART, ON A NEARLY NORMAL BASIS. EXCEPT DURING THE VERY WORST DAYS OF THE PANDEMIC WE HAD TRIED TO KEEP OUR SCHOOL OPEN IN THE BELIEF THAT SOME OF OUR STUDENTS WOULD BE SAFER UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYES OF OUR TEACHING STAFF RATHER THAN IN THE EXTREMELY POOR, UNHYGIENIC AND VERY TIGHTLY CONFINED QUARTERS IN WHICH MANY OF THEIR FAMILIES LIVE. FOR A F

FATIMA SELF HELP CENTRE FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS: WE HAVE HAD A NEARLY TWENTY YEAR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FATIMA CENTRE BUT, IN RECENT YEARS, WE HAD SUPPORTED THEM SOLELY THROUGH PURCHASE OF THE GOODS PRODUCED IN THEIR SEWING PROGRAM FOR DISADVANTAGED WOMEN. HOWEVER, BEGINNING IN 2020 AND AGAIN IN 2021 THE IMPACT OF THE COVID PANDEMIC CAUSED THE CENTRE TO EXPERIENCE EXTREME CASH FLOW DIFFICULTIES. IN RESPONSE, WE GAVE VERY MODEST SUPPORT TO HELP A FEW OF THE WOMEN THERE WHO WERE STRUGGLING TO MEET EVEN THE MOST BASIC NEEDS OF THEIR FAMILIES.