Brief: The Angkor Hospital for Children (AHC) in Siem Reap, Cambodia, is a paediatric teaching hospital funded by the NGO, Friends Without A Border. Friends and the AHC are

dedicated to improving the health and future of Cambodia's children by providing medical, nursing, and para-medical education coupled with the highest quality paediatric care possible.

How to help: Make a donation of money or equipment to help the hospital provide treatment for free. See their website for more details.

Brief: Cambodia has one of the world’s largest disabled populations, including an estimated 40,000 landmine survivors and 50,000 people affected by polio. In a country where the average income is less than 50p a day, disabled people are the poorest of the poor. Discriminated against at every level of society, they are seen as ‘useless’; a burden on the family and the community.

How to help: £5 /$8.50 /€7 a month would provide one person, per year, with a wheelchair. £8 /$14 /€12 a month would provide one person, per year, with a prosthetic limb or orthopaedic brace.

Brief: The plight of Cambodia’s children is among the worst in the world. Cambodia’s recent history has been tragic, with the loss of an estimated 2.5 million lives (nearly 1/3 of the population). Child prostitution is rampant here. Children are often forced into the trade, some sold by their caretakers and others stolen from their villages. The Cambodian Children’s Fund Phnom Penh facility was initially established as a safe house for Cambodia’s orphaned, abandoned or abused children, providing secure shelter and nutritional meals within a caring environment. The goal was to house and feed 45 children. Since then, the facility has grown and currently serves 144 children. This number will rise to nearly 200 children with the opening of the second facility in 2006.

How to help: US$30 feeds one child for a month, including three meals a day. US$100 a month sponsors a child at CCF, including food, education, healthcare and clothing. Sponsorships are on a one-to-one basis, so you will be changing a child’s life forever.

Brief: Meeting the street children's immediate essential needs in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child: the right to life: providing meals, shelter, a safe environment and medical care; the right to development: providing education and reintegration; the right to protection: fighting all forms of abuse against children; the right to participation: promoting action within the community.

How to help: You can support one child to study at Friends and become reintegrated into public school. For a child in the Friends' remedial school (Educational Center) and his/her reintegration into the public school system: 40 US$ / month at Friends for the first year, then 20 US$ / month in public school. For a child in training and his/her placement for employment: 60 US$ / month during his training at Friends.

Brief: The trade in antiquities is a serious problem that confronts all nations. Unfortunately the problem has been highlighted in Southeast Asia, especially in Cambodia with the loss of many impressive Angkorian sculptures. The trade in antiquities is not restricted to impressive sculptural pieces but also more portable artefacts such as glass and stone beads, prehistoric tools and ceramics. The theft of these artefacts is just as damaging as the removal of sculpture from temples. The initial phase of Heritage Watch’s projects will focus on education. By targeting a broad spectrum of Cambodian society and visitors to Cambodia we hope to slow the destruction of important archaeological sites. It is hoped that Heritage Watch’s projects will raise awareness regarding the importance of cultural heritage in all sectors of Cambodian society.

How to help: Buy the comic book ‘The Wrath of the Phantom Army’ with all proceeds going to Heritage Watch. Make a donation via their website.

Brief: MAG is one of the world's leading humanitarian organisations providing conflict-affected countries with a real chance for a better future. We clear the remnants of conflict from some of the world's poorest nations, we educate and employ local people and help provide solutions for those trapped by poverty and economic devastation through no fault of their own. Operating since 1989 and having worked on a variety of conflict-related projects in around 35 countries, MAG is also co-laureate of the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize, awarded for our work with the International Campaign to Ban Landmines.

How to help: Make a donation via their website, purchase some of their merchandise or become a volunteer fundraiser.

Brief: The Tapang tree, also know as umbrella tree for its peculiar shape, provides shelter and protection. M’Lop in Khmer language means protection. It was natural for several homeless children in Sihanoukville to seek refuge at night under a large Tapang tree. These children became the first friends of M’LOP TAPANG. M'Lop Tapang strives to give street-children access to learning tools, resources, and opportunities to empower themselves by providing physical and psychological necessities, education and protection from all types of abuse. M'Lop Tapang aims to create a safe haven for street living and street working children, and to reintegrate the children into their families and community. M'Lop Tapang believes that to reintegrate a child into a secure family environment is vital. For this reason, it aims to partner up with the families in order to facilitate the solution of problems that force the children to live and work on the streets.

How to help: Make a donation via their website or contact the Hanuman Foundation for personal sponsorship.

Brief: The Cambodia Daily, published in Phnom Penh, has a world-wide campaign where you can help save three lives for only $5 by supporting an endeavor to stamp out malaria in Cambodia through the distribution of free anti-malaria mosquito nets. Nets are recognized by medical experts as the best hope for eliminating the spread of malaria--Cambodia's most deadly disease. Each and every dollar you contribute will go towards the purchase of family-sized insecticide-treated mosquito nets costing $5 each. In conjunction with the Health Ministry and the Malaria Center, The Cambodia Daily will distribute the nets to the most malaria-plagued areas of the country

How to help: To contribute to this campaign and save three lives for only $5, send your donation to: American Assistance for Cambodia, P.O. Box 2716, GPO, New York, NY 10116. The more you send, the more lives you may save.

Brief: Reyum is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation dedicated to Cambodian arts and culture. Reyum was founded in order to provide a forum for research, preservation, and promotion of traditional and contemporary Cambodian arts and culture. Through exhibitions, events, and publications, Reyum aims to stimulate an exchange of ideas, while fostering creative expressions and encouraging further research. All activities presented by Reyum are free and open to the public.

How to help: Make a donation to Reyum via their website.

Brief: Schools for Children of Cambodia (SCC) funds free education programs for children in Cambodia. All funds going directly to supporting local schools and education projects. Our aim is to spend money delivering and not on administration. We currently support four schools in Siem Reap province with over 1000 pupils in attendance. Our schools provide free education for children from the ages of 4-12.

How to help: The Child Sponsorship program is designed to give able children the opportunity to extend their education past the elementary level. For as little as US$20 or GB£12.50 a month YOU can sponsor a child's education. Teachers salaries in Cambodia are minimal. Many teachers are forced to take additional employment to boost their income. We aim to enhance the teacher's salaries by an additional US$25 per month, giving them the opportunity to continue their profession as a teacher.

Brief: The Tabitha Foundation has developed the Buy A Well Project to help improve the quality of life for Cambodian families by providing something everyone is entitled to — CLEAN WATER. Clean water is virtually inaccessible to the population of Cambodia. Average family earnings total less than $1 per day, with the environment exacerbating the poverty, as Cambodians endure annual cycles of flood and drought. Wells improve the health and income of Cambodian families by decreasing the incidence of illness, combatting infant mortality, increasing productivity, and irrigating vegetable gardens.

How to help: Sponsor a well. The cost of a well, which benefits five families, is only US$88, including materials and drilling. A certificate will be mailed to the designated recipient.

Brief: The Global Child is a non-profit, non-political, non-partisan organization founded to build and operate schools and safe-houses for street-children in developing, war-torn countries around the world. At The Global Child Schools, street-children – hungry for education, food, health-care and a wholesome future – will be nurtured to adopt an active role in shaping and improving the quality of their lives and their communities.

How to help: Give a bicycle for forward motion. Most children do not live within easy walking distance of The Global Child School, therefore a bicycle is necessary to transport them to and from school each day. It costs just US$100 to make this possible. Good things come in threes. Give one street kid the gift of tuition and a hearty balanced meal every school day for one year. A total of US$860 will allow one street child to attend The Global Child School for a year, including tuition and meals. Donate via their website.