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CAMBODIA
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TABITHA FOUNDATION CAMBODIA
The Tabitha Foundation, a non profit organisation was started and still run by Jan Riske, a Canadian woman who felt the need to help lift the people of Cambodia out of poverty after the atrocities that the whole population underwent during the 1970's.
TABITHA supports over 200,000 Cambodians and in the 11 years of it's existence has helped more than a quarter of a million people to rise out of poverty.
The foundation trains people in various skills, offers micro credit loans to enable them to purchase
animals or fishing nets etc to start their own business and also operates a house building programme. The woman who work in the sewing workshops are paid over $US200 a month which is 5 times the local wage. This normally means that within 2 years they are able to purchase their own home. They are also able to educate their children and support themselves in a dignified manner.
See catalogue on the left for products
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