If you are looking to volunteer in Siem Reap as a teacher for kids this is by far the best option!

They are a charity so there is no profit involved as with other operators in the area. I have seen where the money goes - new buildings, education, food, clothes, bedding etc for these kids. They are not just in it for the money, they really care.

When I checked out some of the others in Siem Reap they send volunteers to these places but that's where their support ends - Globalteer are also the cheapest so good news all round. Really friendly people working there too.

They take people for three months or even if you are in the area for a few days and want to help they will find a placement for you.

www.globalteer.org

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Cambodia is dealing with an outbreak of dengue hemorraegic fever. Many Cambodians can't donate blood because of previous illnesses and so Kantha Bopha/Jayavarma VII (which is partly funded by a Swiss organisation), and Angkor Hospital for Children (funded by an NGO called Friends without a Border), actively make appeals to foreigners.

I gave blood at Jayavarma VII hospital. The blood bank room was clean, my vein was wiped with alcohol before the needle was put in, and the phlebotomist took an extra sample of my blood to put in a test tube for analysis. I had to complete a questionnaire on my health, medications, sexual partners etc.

If you like music, Jayavarma VII also holds fundraising concerts each Saturday evening from around 7:15 pm.

AHC has an online shop with some beautiful cards and prints of Angkor.

Jayavarman VII Children’s Hospital
Street to Angkor
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Tel 063 964 803

Angkor Hospital for Children
Street Achar Mean, Mondul 1 Village, Svay Dangkum Commune, Siem Reap District
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Tel 063 963 409

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www.nationalradio.com/DrBeat.shtml

angkorhospital.org/default.php

www.fwab.org/

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Angkor hospital for children encourages visitors to the area to donate blood. Blood banks are in scarce supply in Cambodia and your donation really will save a life. It only takes half an hour. The equipment is all safe and sterile.

Near the central market in Siem Reap town centre

Clinic times 10am - 4pm

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A very good thing to do in Siem Reap, other than visiting the astonishing temples, is to give blood in the Kantha Bopha Childrens' Hospital. You cannot miss it, it's on the way to the temples. Blood is always in demand in this country where so many are excluded from giving it due to past illness, and you can be assured of total safety from infection and the highest standards of hygeine. All visitors to Angkor can leave something really useful by spending an hour of their time at the blood bank, located in the Jaya Varman VII Hospital. Get a free T-shirt, some stickers and leave behind some much-needed - healthy blood.

Jaya Varman VII Hospital, Siem Reap

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This is an inexpensive (US$12 per room), simple, clean and very friendly guest house. Each room has en suite and air conditioning. It is a good place to unwind after a hard, hot day. There is a bar, a casual restaurant (with Western or Khmer-style food), a pool table (good for chilling out) and free internet for catching up with your emails and bragging to friends. It is close to town and they give you transport around town and to the airport. The modest profits from here go to support Savong's School - a volunteer language school that is also worth visiting.

D&D Angkor Villa Guest House,
No 6 Highway (Airport Road, near the Caltex Station).
Tel : (00 84) 855 12 531 037
www.angkorvilla.com

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Earthwalkers is a fantastic, friendly, buzzing guesthouse. Run by a group of young Norwegians and employing brilliantly friendly, happy and professional Khmer staff, they have clean, comfortable rooms and great service as well as a welcoming and sociable bar and restaurant area. Tours to Tonle Sap, Angkor Wat and other spots can easily be organised, as well as onward travel - nothing is too much hassle.

One of the best things about staying at Earthwalkers is the chance to make a genuine difference in Siem Reap and further afield - Earthwalkers runs a fund dedicated to helping underprivileged Cambodians, and also co-ordinates voluntary work, as well as holding regular Apsara dancing shows by local children.

Siem Reap - Airport Road. Most tuk tuk and motorbike drivers in town know it;
www.earthwalkers.no, or book online via www.hostelworld.com.

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After three days of clambering around Angkor Wat there may still be a gap in your Cambodia experience: making a connection with the local people. I recommend teaching at Savong's School. I was apprehensive but the students were welcoming and enthusiastic and their humour is infectious. The full-time teachers accompany you and handle translation and the local style is to work from a glossary of words. Now Savong runs a bigger volunteer school (thanks to overseas support) and it serves 350 students in a rural area east of Siem Reap. Most of these kids are very poor but they value education enormously and languages represent the best hope of getting future employment, thanks to the tourism industry. It has become customary for visitors to make a small donation to help the school (US$10- 20 or more if you want to make a difference) or at least to bring a football (kids were wearing Beckham t-shirts when I was first there) or a volleyball or go shopping with Savong to find books or pens for the kids. Overall the whole experience was very moving for me.

D&D Angkor Villa Guest House liases closely with the school.
The school is 30 minutes east of Siem Reap and Savong can arrange transport for you (the back of his motorbike if you're alone - or tuk tuk if there are more than one of you.)
www.angkorvilla.com
www.savong.com

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