Rotaract Club of Siem Reap
The Cambodia Rural Students Trust is proud to support the operations of the Rotaract Club of Siem Reap.
The Rotaract Club of Siem Reap was chartered in August 2022 with 54 CRST students as charter members. The club has an independent Board and is recruiting new members by inviting their university friends to join volunteer activities and introducing them to the Rotary organisation.
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As of August 2022, projects are carried out by Rotaractors and other students. The Rotaractors and students promote the objectives of each project and activities are posted on social media for both RACSR and CRST. The projects are all focused on social impact and bringing inspiration and empowerment to thousands of beneferices each year.
The Rotaract Club of Siem Reap members receive extensive mentoring in community needs assessment processes, project planning, delivery and reporting. Current and future projects are supported by Rotary Clubs, Rotarians and CRST, led by leaders of social change in Cambodia – these include Rotaractors, students, their friends and other interested collaborators.
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The Club is co-sponsored by the Rotary Club of Bangkok and Rotary Club of Phnom Penh Metro, with support from Rotary Passport Club of Melbourne.
Projects
Project B
Bicycles for Education
Bicycles for Education, helps break the poverty cycle by making it easier for students in rural Cambodia to get to school.
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Children often start school later in life as they need to be strong enough to walk the many kilometers to school. By providing them a bike, kids can start school earlier and are more likely to stay in school for longer.
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We asses and then deliver second-hand bicycles to qualified rural students who need bikes to get to school. We also travel to rural schools multiple times a year with our Mobile Bike Mechanic program (MBM), assisting to repair bikes for all students in need.
Project L
Light for Education
This exciting project launched in 2022. After receiving 2,400 solar study lights from SolarBuddy, we have begun distributing them to students at remote, rural schools!! By distributing these solar study lights, we are encouraging students to continue learning and prepare for a brighter future.
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We will be raising awareness about energy poverty by distributing solar study-lights to empower Cambodian students' education.
Project R
Plastic Education Program
Single-use plastics are devastating Cambodia’s environment so we’re doing something about it. This is an environmental program that incorporates several key factors to ensure sustainability, longevity and replicability. We have formal support and cooperation from the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport and Ministry of Environment.
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We are making our way through high schools in Siem Reap teaching these lessons and distributing organic cotton bags. To date we have educated over 17,000 students with a total aim of reaching 40,000.
Project g
Empowering Girls
Founded in 2018, Project G Empowering Girls together with Days for Girls International are focused on bringing women’s health education and sustainable feminine hygiene solutions to girls in rural Cambodia, our lessons cover puberty, self defence and human trafficking.
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Our Project G kits are sewn and packed in our sewing workshop in Siem Reap by our team of students and 5 professional seamstresses and are then distributed for free to all high school girls who go through our educational lessons.
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Project T
Trees for Life
Many communities in Siem Reap province are living on desolate land and streets with little or no vegetation. Research shows that planting trees improves people’s wellbeing and the environment as a whole.
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By planting semi-mature trees that are fast growing, maintaining them and watering them during the dry season, we are bringing nature back to barren lands and streets in Siem Reap province. Working together with disadvantaged communities, we identify the areas most in need of shade and environmental benefits from trees.
Project W
WASH for Education
Project W WASH for Education brings clean, safe drinking water to high schools as well as hygiene and sanitation solutions.
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57 out of 90 high schools in rural Siem Reap province do not have clean drinking water for their students. Our aim is to change that by installing BioSand water filtration systems that will support 40,000 students and 20,000 families living around the schools, providing clean water to 130,000 rural Cambodians.
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5 water filtration systems have been installed so far, as well as new toilets and eco incinerators being istalled into these schools.
In the media
collaborating Rotary clubs
The Rotaract Club of Siem Reap gratefully acknowledges the support of the following Rotary Clubs for their contribution to Rotary Passport Melbourne's Global Rotaractor Scholarship program.
SPONSOR A Global rotaractor scholar
High impact, proven and well managed program
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Significant Rotary and in-country support
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The Rotaract Club of Siem Reap was sponsored by the Rotary Club of Bangkok and the Rotary Club of Phnom Penh Metro, supported by Rotary Passport Melbourne and CRST
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We choose the best young people for the program. Each Rotaract student is carefully vetted and qualified
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Bright student with high grades
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From poor rural family
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Basic/foundation English
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Already contributing to society
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Affordable and impactful…
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Sponsoring a Scholar costs US$3,000 per annum over a maximum of four years, enabling the sponsored Rotaractor to graduate with a Bachelor Degree
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Impact lasts for generations, by breaking poverty cycles through higher education and implementing sustainable social development projects
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...and you will be helping to grow Rotary in Cambodia
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The future of Rotary is the next generation of People of Action and Asia-Pacific is a growing frontier for Rotary
