Nearly 1 million young women and men leave home to work Cambodia's garment factories. Far from family and vulnerable to exploitation, they need more than a wage — they need a path forward. We walk that path with them.
Garment workers are mostly young women who move away from their families to work long hours in poor conditions. That distance — and the pressure to provide for the people back home — leaves them vulnerable to being tricked and exploited. Many have already quit school, and many feel they have no real hope for their future.
Hope for Cambodian Women Organization exists so that these workers — both women and men — can stand up for themselves, know their worth, and live in dignity, hope, and the love of God.
Each program is its own stitch in the same fabric — pulling workers away from a life of abuse and exploitation, toward one of purpose.
Classes, high-school catch-up courses and university support so workers can finish what family pressure made them abandon.
Learn more →Psychological, emotional and academic support that builds confidence and equips workers to stand on their own.
Learn more →Sharing the love and hope of Jesus with the factory community, students and children — for transformed lives.
Learn more →Hope for Women of Cambodia was started in 2013 by Sovannry and Sophorn. Nary grew up watching factory workers leave for the line every morning. After becoming a believer, God put it on her heart to reach out to them.
What began as Nary teaching English to one girl and her friends has grown into a ministry running classes Wednesday through Sunday, taught by a team of Cambodian believers — many of them former garment workers themselves.
The church that grew alongside it, New Hope Fellowship, was born out of the evangelism program, where new believers are nurtured and discipled.
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Ya is a single mother of two, raising her children while rebuilding her own future.
Read her story →Karona finished a Bachelor's degree in Bible studies — a milestone worth celebrating.
Read her story →Raised by her grandmother while her parents worked away, Leakhena is studying again.
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