Just World International

A major and Important player in Cambodia. 

At PIO, Just World funds and supports two schools, Stung Mean Chey at a municipal garbage dump and Borey Keila in an urban slum in Phnom Penh. These outreach centers target extremely poor families and children who otherwise have almost no resources. Public schools in Cambodia are inaccessible to the poorest families as students not only have to provide their uniforms and school materials but also pay each teacher they receive lessons from everyday.JustWorld partner PIO serves more than 800 children a day through a variety of programs that goes beyond formal and nonformal education to include vocational training. Through these programs, PIO provides some of the most vulnerable women and children in Cambodia with hope for the future. Through JustWorld and the generous support of Ciaran and Bernie Herr, PIO has launched a beauty salon vocational training program for teenage girls from the urban slums in Phnom Penh. This project teaches beautician skills, as well as business management and English, empowering impoverished teenage girls with valuable job training. In the past two years, fifteen young women have graduated from the program, many successfully obtaining employment at nearby salons upon graduation. The beauty school’s funding ends in 2009, and JustWorld aspires to attract new funding to maintain the program until it can be self-sustaining through the professional services of the students. Helping Just World will help the kids at PIO continue their education and push forward to a better life for themselves and future generations. Check out their site today.