Imagine at the age of seven, spending your evenings selling balloons to passersby on the busy streets of Phnom Penh. That is the life Seyha, now 21, led for almost a decade. Working often late into the night to earn…
If you have donated online to Empowering Youth in Cambodia (EYC) in the past, you probably have noticed that your donation is processed on the One World Children's Fund site. Since this can sometimes cause confusion, we thought we would…
When we say that our partner organizations are partners in the truest sense of the word, we really mean it! The Canadian International School (CIS) of Phnom Penh has demonstrated their investment in and commitment to EYC’s students and communities…
What a year 2020 is proving to be. Back in January, the Youth School community was rocked by a devastating fire that destroyed 150 homes leaving 175 families (roughly 850 people) homeless. To support this already marginalized community, generous donors stepped up with…
To our dear EYC family near and far, What a difficult time the world is going through at the moment. Facts show that we are all affected – as of today, it seems no part of the world is untouched…
"Find Your Talent. Create Your Future," EYC's motto, could not ring more true than for the life of a young man named Rithy. In fact, when he first heard it, he wondered if it had been written about him and…
Dear Friends, I offer sincere thanks for the outpouring of support EYC received following the devastating fires in the Youth School community, and I would like to provide an update on the…
When I reflect on what sort of an experience Cambodia was for all of us, although the words may sound cheap or meaningless, Cambodia was truly a life-changing, eye-opening and worldview-shifting experience, and one that I know will stay with…
Matesabroad Foundation defines ignorance as "taking a stance to ignore," and they are working to combat this ignorance by "providing the opportunity for Australian school students and their teachers to experience another culture, another way of life and to step beyond…
When Ericka was about nine-years-old, her father, a goldsmith, was sent to jail. This meant that she and her 11 month-old brother left Phnom Penh to go live with their aunt in the countryside. To help with her aunt's expenses,…