Rural Cambodian women don’t have access to basic health-information, but Asian Outreach Cambodia (AOC) is stepping into the gap. Give the gift of knowledge by donating to AOC’s Women’s Empowerment Project today!  Click here to donate with credit card or transfer funds into our account: 01-0434-0091261-02 / reference: “Women”.

Knowledge is Power

We’re making sure rural Cambodian women have all the information they need to lead happy, healthy lives with their families.

We form Women’s Empowerment Groups in the rural villages of Stung Treng province. These groups gather together regularly for a series of educational sessions on topics like hygiene, pregnancy, domestic violence and human trafficking.  Often the women have no prior understanding of the different phases of their monthly cycles and how that relates to fertility. This information helps them with family-planning. 

Most families are also naive to the risks of human trafficking. For example, during one session, the women realised that a young female, who left their village to marry someone in China, was likely deceived by human-traffickers. They are now committed to raising awareness about this issue in their community so that no one else gets caught up in a trafficking scheme again. 

Through Asian Outreach Cambodia’s (AOC’s) Women’s Empowerment Project, rural women are gaining knowledge and power. 

Attendees of Women’s Empowerment Groups receive kits containing knickers (a luxury item) and reusable sanitary pads. These kits empower females with freedom to not be held back by their periods. Some teenage girls skip school for a week each month because they don’t have suitable sanitary products. So our Women’s Empowerment team distributes these kits to 11 and 12 year-olds in rural schools too. 

This project naturally complements AOC’s other ministries in rural villages, allowing staff to interact with all generations of the community and build trusting relationships in which the message of Jesus’ is shared along the way.

 

Give the gift of knowledge today!

Donations towards the Women’s Empowerment Project will impact mothers, their children, their grandchildren and their great-grandchildren for generations to come!

You can help keep this incredible project running by making a donation with credit card here or with online banking (account 01-0434-0091261-02 / reference: “Women”).