Mission Direct - Volunteers helping the world's poor
Cambodia Factfile
| Estimated population: | 14,494,293 |
|---|---|
| Capital: | Phnom Penh |
| Infant mortality rate: | 54.79 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Weather: | tropical; rainy, monsoon season (May to November); dry season (December to April); little seasonal temperature variation |
| Min-Max temp: | 21-35 degrees c |
| Language: | Khmer (official) 95%, French, English |
| Life expectancy at birth: | 62.1 years |
| Religions: | Buddhist 96.4%, Muslim 2.1%, Christian 1.3% |
| Government: | Multiparty democracy under a constitutional monarchy |
| Chief of state: | King Norodom SIHAMONI head of |
| Government: | Prime Minister HUN SEN |
| Area: | 69,898 sq miles |
| Currency: | Cambodian Riel |
| Time zone: | GMT +7 |
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All About Mission Direct
Mission Direct gives ordinary people the chance to do extraordinary things around the world. In two weeks you will change the lives of some of the world’s poorest people. You can help to build a house, classroom or clinic. We discover people and groups doing remarkable things in their own countries. Then we provide them the people and resources that they need. We do this by enabling people like you, with two or more weeks to join our life-altering trips.
Choose a country and find the trip that is right for you by clicking below to see all the options :
New hope for a broken nation
Cambodians are a broken people: between 1976 and 1979 Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge killed around 2 million Cambodians, or 20% of the population. But his regime’s murderous influence had another influence: families were split up and put in re-education camps. You were taught to trust nobody but the state itself.
Three decades later and the people of Cambodia still live in the shadow of this monstrous message – there is a whole generation that does not know how to bring up a family properly or trust others.
Contribution: £1,495
Call Jackie Johnston in the Luton office
8am - 5.30pm
Mon - Fri
to apply or find out more.
t: 01582 72 00 56