Siem Reap Volunteer Teaching Activities

Children and Development Organization (CDO) is a small NGO with a big heart. They're an orphanage, and currently provide full-time care for children. While some of the children there are actual orphans, most of them were abandoned or abused children.

The long-range goal of CDO is to buy land in the village where many of the children come from and build a community centre to provide education and healthcare to the village. Visitors are always welcome, but please call first to arrange your visit (between 8am and 6pm).

Donations needed: Food, medical supplies, toys, funding.
Volunteer skills needed: Teachers (English), Web Design, Administration, Childcare, Education, Health & Nutrition, Construction.
Volunteer Length: 1 day to 3 months.

Chres Village School and Orphanage (SOCPLSDO) provides care for 49 orphans living at the facility, and hold classes for some 500 day students who come to study. They have language classes (English, Chinese, Japanese), computer classes, and hotel and restaurant training.

Donations needed: Food, School supplies, funding.
Volunteer skills needed: Teachers (English, Chinese, Japanese, computer), Health & Nutrition, Construction.
Volunteer Length: Minimum 2 weeks.

Osmose is an NGO that helps support the floating communities of Prek Toal, Peak Kanteil, and other communities of the Tonlé Sap Lake. They help protect the environment through ecotourism, community development, and environmental education.

They established the Saray water hyacinth weaving project, and also offer trips to the bird sanctuary, with an overnight in the Prek Toal floating village. All income is shared by the village for development and education.