About Shanty Town Spirit project

Shanty Town Spirit

• No child should have to live in these conditions !
• All children deserve to live in a clean healthy environment, free of rubbish and disease. 
• Every Child has the right to decent sanitation, clean water and adequate nutrition. 
• All children deserve an education and a chance to transcend poverty.

Ermine Norodom in Boeng Trabeck

Our vision

• To transform the Beung Trabaek shanty town into a clean and safe environment, encourage and support empowerment and self-sufficiency in impoverished families and their children so as to improve their quality of life.

One spirit

One Heart

One community

Our mission

• To clean up and improve the overall hygiene and security of the shanty town.
• To provide access to health care and ongoing treatment in order to overcome health barriers to education and employment.
• To support children to stay in school and assist the unemployed to gain employment through accessing vocational skills training.

 Project key objectives 

• To remove the mounds of rubbish in the shanty town.
• To transfer the responsibility of maintaining the standard of cleanliness in the shanty
• town to selected communities members once the rubbish has been removed.
• To develop adequate sewerage facilities.
• To improve the electrical wiring.
• To finance the refurbishment of homes.
• To provide access to essential healthcare services and obgoing treatment if required. 
• These services include medical, dentistry, child and maternal health, contraception, etc.
• Support community members to overcome barriers to employment by assisting with access to education and vocational training.
• Support children to attend and stay in school by offering homework support, assistance with studying english, etc and complete their studies to go on to commence a career.
• To provide access to recreational activities for families such as sports, crafts and fun 
• artistic endeavours.
• Regular visits to the shanty town to oversee the well-being of the families living within
• the shanty town.