Programme Titles & Details
Areas of Services: The Assisting Cambodian Orphans and the Disabled Organization (ACODO) has its headquarters at Group 5, Watsway Village, Sangkat Salakamrek, Siem Reap town and province, the Kingdom of Cambodia.
Programme Titles:
I- Life Skill
II- Vocational Skill
III- Indigent family support
Programme Summary
The initials ACODO stand for Assisting Cambodian Orphans and the Disabled Organisation. ACODO was established by a well intended selfless group of people concerned about the difficulties faced by the orphans, poor/street children, the disabled and indigent families in Cambodia nationwide and to respond to the illiteracy of the disabled, orphans and indigent people.
ACODO is an accurate charitable non-government organisation that does not support a particular political candidate or policy and is irrespective of race, colour, religion, culture, or political trend. The organisation received the written authorization letter from the Royal Government of Cambodia on the 14th of July, 2008. The permission letter was acknowledged from the Ministry of Interior, Phnom Penh City on the 14th of July, 2008-Number 893.
It began in 2002 in Siem Reap, a tourist town, but it was a small foreign language school only. It became ACODO on the 1st of January, 2008. Siem Reap is the headquarters of ACODO and is the area where it was first established. The local branch here came into existence on the 01st June, 2008. Another branch will take care of Odor Mean Chey, Preah Vihea, Banteay Meanchey, Battam Bang and Pur Sat Province.
ACODO’s Founders and Staff: There are now 13 staff members working for ACODO. They have volunteered to work without pay until conditions improve. Even though nobody has received any pay, all of them have been working totally selflessly. This dependence on such dedication is unfair and cannot continue indefinitely. They need to take care and be responsible for their own families as well. They cannot volunteer for long hours and work without pay with no support for their own families at all. They have worked 14 hours (6 am to 8 pm) per day, 7 days per week. Such long hours of work are illegal in a lot of countries. They cannot continue to leave their families unsupported and be absent from them for such long periods.
Assisting Cambodian Orphans and the Disabled Organization was established by a well intentioned selfless group of people concerned about the difficulties faced by the orphans, street and poor children, the disabled people and indigent families in Cambodia nationwide. It was established on the 1st of January 2008 with unlimited activities. ACODO has assisted street, poor, garbage children orphans, the disabled and indigent families and also provided people both children and teenagers foreign languages and specialist skills although they are not orphans and the disabled staying in ACODO to respond to the lack of informal education in Cambodia. Foreign languages are English, Japanese, Korean, and German. Specialist skills or short courses are Hotel and tourism, Hotel Accounting, Front office, Food & Beverage, Restaurant and bar, Marketing Management, Management and leadership, Finance and banking, Computer course, Administration, Law, International relations, Political science, and Accounting. Furthermore, ACODO has provided them social teaching such as Human rights education, Health Care education, and Environment education in accordance with the requirements in the society, social work. The orphans and the disabled were assisted with meals three times a day, study supplies (books, pens, pencils, etc.) and things used daily (clothes, shoes, etc.). Moreover they are assisted with study in state school and life skills (foreign languages and specialist courses) in ACODO. Past activities: actually, the life-skill “foreign languages and specialist skills” have been being taught since the 16th of December, 2002 for many years, but it wasn’t taught by ACODO. It was a private school of Hengchhea Chheav (a current ACODO’s President), called ESL, English as a Special Language. Although it was a private school, ESL offered our services (teaching and training specialist courses) to the students and trainees at a suitable price during that time. 3,000 students graduated in their courses from ESL each year. To make it easier for the students easier, especially the poor students who don’t have enough opportunities and money to study, ESL has now become an organisation called ACODO. More and more students have enrolled at ACODO, 1450 students have already been ACODO students for the first term in foreign languages. The reason why the ESL becomes ACODO is an extra unexpected increase in number of the poor students. From day to day, most of them really need life-skills provided free. Furthermore ACODO is now providing for their need. ACODO especially wants to improve and increase the human resources in Cambodia nationwide. In accordance with the present requirements of Cambodia, we are a well intentioned selfless group of people concerned about the difficulties faced by the orphans, street and poor children, the disabled people and indigent families. The people who are the founders, are of a unanimous will to establish a non-governmental organisation which is named “ASSISTING CAMBODIAN ORPHANS AND THE DISABLED ORGANIZATION (ACODO)” to take part in enhancement of the educational systems with vocational skill, life-skill and the indigent families support which ACODO was firstly interested in. The main objective is to help the street and poor children, orphans and the disabled to promote their health and their future. There are many seriously sick orphans and disabled people everywhere in The Kingdom of Cambodia. There is not enough food or education in rural areas which are far from towns and it is hard for people to get jobs, vocational skills, or education.