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SCC works to improve the lives of women living in poverty with HIV/AIDS by teaching craft skills and selling their handmade varnished duck eggs and wooden jewelry.  The Salvation Centre of Cambodia (SCC) works in partnership with the United States-based nonprofit, Face-to-Face AIDS Project. SCC was created to provide health education, employment and food to impoverished children and adults in Cambodia affected by the Khmer Rouge genocide and the following two decades of turmoil. Founded in 1994 in Phnom Penh by native Cambodians, SCC uses Buddhism, the country’s major religion, to work within the cultural and societal framework of the people it serves. To ensure organizational integrity and encourage respectful and compassionate thinking within the communities, the SCC established anti-corruption innovations and codes of conduct. In 1999, SCC expanded its operations to include the Buddhist temple Wat Norea in Battambang, where monks and nuns manage a wide range of services.  All of the women served by the Salvation Centre of Cambodia are HIV-positive. The organization has nine full-time staff members who care for the sick and dying, lead counseling and meditation sessions, create income generation opportunities, and provide impoverished children with opportunities for education. Through their craftwork, the women of SCC have found an escape from poverty, a creative outlet to work through their trauma, and a community of women to lend each other support. They have also become community role models for the way they have created a livelihood for themselves in the face of adversity.

The Salvation Centre of Cambodia

SCC works to improve the lives of women living in poverty with HIV/AIDS by teaching craft skills and selling their handmade varnished duck eggs and wooden jewelry.  The Salvation Centre of Cambodia (SCC) works in partnership with the United States-based nonprofit, Face-to-Face AIDS Project. SCC was created to provide health education, employment and food to impoverished children and adults in Cambodia affected by the Khmer Rouge genocide and the following two decades of turmoil. Founded in 1994 in Phnom Penh by native Cambodians, SCC uses Buddhism, the country’s major religion, ... more

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Small Fabric Bead Necklace

Small Fabric Bead Necklace

$16.00

Varnished Decorative Egg

Varnished Decorative Egg

$13.00
 

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