Visiting Cambodia Children's Fund and Choeung Ek

In the past ten days we have visited much of Cambodia, this week we visited most of the tourist spots in and around Phnom Penh. Today we continued our excursions by visiting CCF (Cambodia Children's Fund), being guided by our friend Chamroeun  Kang. This NGO (Non Government Organization) was started in 2004 by Scott Neeson, former president of distribution of 20th Century Fox. He produced such films as Braveheart, Titanic, X-Men, and the first three Star Wars prequels. This is a truly amazing organization focused on raising the children of Cambodia from extreme poverty and living on the dumps of Steung Mean Chey.

CCF has made a drastic difference for the Steung Mean Chey community, and for Cambodia. They have given many children the privilege of getting an education, having health care, and better nutrition.  (You may be interested in learning more about CCF - Scott Neeson Story.)

After our tour of the CCF Community center, school rooms, the dental office, and the facilities around Trash Mountain, we returned to Phnom Penh to visit the original CCF headquarters.

Our afternoon took us on another excursion to Choeung Ek Genocide Center, also known as The Killing Fields. This is where about 20,000 people were executed under the Khmer Rouge led by Pol Pot.  Such a tragic period of Cambodian history. Rain started to fall just as we were finishing our visit. (The Killing Fields)

As we drove back to the city we stopped to pick up the skirts we ordered last week. We hope each of our daughters are as excited about these skirts as we are.

We finished the day with dinner at Titanic Restaurant. This gave our world travelers one more taste of Khmer cuisine before packing up to fly home tomorrow.