Gender Equality Cambodia Project #19808

Educate Cambodian Kids Impacted by AIDS 2015-2016

A microproject by Kasumisou Foundation

Project Report | May 13, 2015
Today is Global Giving Match Day!

By Barbara Rosasco | Secretary & Treasurer

Today is Global Giving Match Day!

Today, May 13th, GlobalGiving is matching EVERY eligible donation on our Bonus Day! In the first-ever Pro-Rated Bonus Day, the matching percentage will be decided at the end of the day based on this formula: ($75,000/Total Amount Raised) x 100 = Matching Percentage.

Another benefit of this structure is that donors don't have to give early on Bonus Day to get matched!

When we speak about program progress, it is easy to overlook that key to the success of each of project is its ability to have sustained funding.

Since 2000, our AIDS Patient Family Support Program has continued a 15 year effort to provide access to education for the children in the FSP. We are proud to say, that our efforts have paid off. We have children graduating from high school, and a few have made it to college.

None of this would be possible without the support of you, our donors. Truly, your support has helped us to change the lives of these children, preparing them for a better world where they can step from poverty into the middle class because of the power of education. We currently suport 39 students in this program.

We are always grateful to you, our donors, for your continued support.

Barbara & Mark Rosasco

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Apr 22, 2015
Proud Accomplishment !

By Barbara Rosasco | Secretary & Treasurer

Ena, Age 12, Grade ^

Over the years there are hundreds of times where we have stepped in to provide the modest housing and social support for families that are hanging on by a thread. But far beyond these essential services that we provide to our families, key to our mission is to help the children in our program to stay in school. Our goal is to help them to see that there is a different life beyond the slums where they live .We want to give them the tools to move forward toward that new life.

Introducing you to Ena- Age 12

We are very proud of all of the young people in our FSP because of the challenges which they have had to overcome in their lives but there are times when some of our kids make us especially proud. This report features one of those exceptional young people , Ena - age 12, grade 6 .

Ena and her mother both suffer from life threatening, congenital heart problems for which they receive continuous treatment at Calmette Hospital in Phnom Penh.

Despite her medical problems, Ena is currently ranked #1 in her class of 20 students at a local, private English language school and she is #20 in her class of 47 students in her Khmer language classes at the government run middle school.

We enroll and sponsor many of the children in our program in English language lessons because proficiency in English is the single skill which will most help them to get good jobs when they finish their formal education. Most of our children will, unfortunately, not be able to attend university and many will not even complete high school , despite our efforts. However, if these children can speak, read and write English well when they become young adults, they will be qualified for a wide variety of jobs with good incomes and upward potential.

Your support helps to keep our children moving forward to break the cycle of inherited poverty and we are deeply grateful.

We hope that you will share our delight in Ena’s great accomplishments and continue onward with us in our journey to support her and other children in our program.

Thank you !

Barbara & Mark Rosasco

Ena and her mother

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