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LDS Charities partners with Cambodian NGO, Jesuit Service Cambodia Wheelchair Project

LDS Charities partners with Cambodian NGO, Jesuit Service Cambodia Wheelchair Project  

Banteay Prieb

In 1991, Jesuit Service Cambodia (JSC) established Banteay Prieb as a training center and home for young people with disabilities. Here, men and women disabled by landmines, war, accidents and polio come to live, learn, tell their stories, and draw strength from one another. The Center’s programs strive to impart skills and values that enhance the participants’ sense of dignity and self-worth, and provide possibilities for income generation and self-support after they finish the program. More than 2,000 young Cambodians with disabilities have participated in the Banteay Prieb program.  

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Humanitarian arm has partnered with this organization to provide wheelchairs to those in need.  They monitor the assessments, quality and provide repair costs for the recipients.  This partnership also helps to provide employment to Cambodians with disabilities, as the wheelchairs are totally constructed on the premises.

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