Who is The Cambodia Trust ?
The Cambodia Trust (CT) is a UK based charity registered since 1989. CT works with disadvantaged disabled people to enable them to participate as equals in education, employment and community life. The Trust aims to reduce poverty and increase self-sufficiency, through rehabilitation, community work, training and advocacy.
Project in Cambodia
In Cambodia, the Trust's projects include 3 rehabilitation centres, community-based rehabilitation, advocacy and CSPO (Cambodian School of Prosthetics and Orthotics) providing accredited training for Prosthetist - Orthotists from across the developing world. Cambodia has a large disabled population, as a result of thirty years of conflict, the destruction of the health service and millions of landmines. There are an estimated 40,000 landmine survivors (and new victims every day) and 50,000 people affected by conditions such as polio, cerebral palsy and club foot.
Project in East Timor
ASSERT is an East Timorese NGO working for the rights of disabled people, established in partnership with UK NGO the Cambodia Trust.
In East Timor, the newest country in the world, ASSERT and the Cambodia Trust has established the first national rehabiltiation centre for disabled people. There are at least 6,000 people in East Timor who need artificial limbs or orthopaedic braces, including many people affected by leprosy. Until now, with few Prosthetic and Orthotic resources in Timor, these people have been isolated and dependent.
