In Cambodia, children from ethnic minority backgrounds once struggled in the school system. Classes were taught in Khmer: a language they did not speak. But the introduction of a multilingual education program has been a gamechanger.

Mother and Village Animal Health Worker Chin has become an inspiration and role model for other women and girls in her rural Cambodian village. © CARE

How does your gift to CARE help change the lives of people living in poverty for generations to come? While women and girls often bear the brunt of disadvantage, thanks to generous CARE supporters, women like Chin in Cambodia are being helped to reach their full potential.

Khmer – Cambodia’s national language – is the only language of instruction in public schools, but few of the ethnic groups in the north-east provinces speak or understand it. ©Laura Hill/CARE

In Cambodia, CARE is helping children from remote ethnic groups go to school and learn in their native language for the first time.

In some of the most remote parts of Cambodia, CARE is helping indigenous communities to take ownership of their schools. ©Erika Piñeros/CARE

In Cambodia, CARE is helping children from remote ethnic groups go to school and learn in their native language for the first time.

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A Village Savings and Loans project enabled Mak to improve her life and give her family a better future.

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In late 2014 CARE Cambodia hosted an influential delegation from the USA and Australia.

When floods destroyed Srey Kheng’s rice fields, CARE provided her with additional rice as part of the emergency response. This meant that Kheng was able to feed her family without taking her daughter out of school. ©CARE

When floods destroyed Kheng’s rice fields, CARE provided her with additional rice and she was able to keep her daughter in school.

Mr Sen, 22, has been instrumental in bringing bilingual education to his hometown in Cambodia. ©Josh Estey/CARE

Mr Sen has been instrumental in bringing bilingual education to his hometown in Cambodia.