Since the low season (off season) has now arrived there are no visitors to see the fundraising show (Khmer traditional dancing) performed by the children in the orphanage. We have therefore decided to take the children to do the fundraising show throughout Cambodia instead. We will continue to do this until the next high season comes in October/November because we depend wholly on donations.
We have started to do the fundraising show in rural villages around Siem Reap first. This is a terrible situation for ACODO. Without tourists to visit the fundraising show and make donations we are forced to go and do fundraising in the far villages to obtain extra donations from the local people. We usually don’t receive sufficient rice or large donations, but it is enough for us to survive on.