Leigh Mathews, the founder of Future Cambodia Fund, has just been announced as Victorian Finalist in the Young Australian of the Year Awards. The Award will be announced on November 18th, 2008.
Victoria’s Young Australian of the Year is Leigh Mathews!
Leigh Mathews was announced this week as the Victoria Young Australian of the Year 2009 for her work founding the charity Future Cambodia Fund. Here is an excerpt from the National Australia Day Council website: “At just 23 years of age Leigh Mathews founded the Future Cambodia Fund, an organisation working with disadvantaged children and their [...]
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Thu, Sep 18, 2008
Future Cambodia Fund is working at Andong ‘relocation’ site, a community of over 5,000 individuals who were violently evicted from their homes and forcibly ‘relocated’ to a site 22km from Phnom Penh. Residents have little or no access to fresh water, adequate food, medical care, employment, or education, and many people are seriously ill from preventable and treatable diseases.
Read more about the Happy Garden Centre and landrights in Cambodia.
Street Retreat Charity Ride
Wed, Sep 17, 2008
The Street Retreat Charity Ride is a fundraising tour of Cambodia by bicycle. Spending 14 days in Cambodia, beginning at the Angkor Temples and finishing in the beachside town of Sihanoukville, participants have the opportunity to visit development projects, and experience Cambodia in a unique and rewarding way.
Read more about the Street Retreat Charity Ride.
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20. November 2008
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