During years of battle in South East Asia, the United States bombs and kills over half a million Cambodians ( ) After years of Genocide ( ) by the Pol Pot regime of the Khmer Rouge nearly a Third of all Cambodians were murdered Pol Pot wanted to destroy all opposition and strike fear into the Cambodian people Intellects, doctors, religious leaders, and important people are killed to establish control Socio-economic impact would be felt till today

Cambodia at Glance Thailand Gulf of Thailand Vietnam Laos Cambodia is one of the poorest countries in East Asia. It’s ranked 130 th in the Human Development Index, just below Myanmar and India. 181,035 sq.kms 24 provinces 13.5 mill (pop projection) US$ 300 GDP per capita 36 % pop under PL US$ 0.46 PL

1994 Cambodia’s 7 million mines amount to two for every single Cambodian child, and between 200 and 250 people become victims every month The Khmer Rouge was ousted in Cambodia after a 3 year reign of terror in which hundreds of thousands died Aug 11, It was reported that an estimated half of Cambodia's thousand sex workers were infected with the AIDS virus, HIV Some 80% of Cambodians lived in the countryside.

Sanitation is a huge problem and many sewage systems are not available Bird Flu is a huge epidemic right now and Cambodian people are unaware of how to fight it Safe Sex is not taught and the people don’t understand how STDs work School Systems are few and far between and education is not happening Political corruption and murder is happening everywhere without a way to stop it

Raise funds for any of these causes Jointly raise awareness of issues Work closely with Cambodian relief organizations specializing in establishing working school systems Fund student trips to Cambodia to allow them to do service projects such as setting up sanitation systems or building houses Create safe sex materials or fund safe sex learning in Cambodia

Do a fundraiser through different organizations on campus Find an action group in Cambodia that can be trusted and we can work closely with Find students interested in helping or possibly going to Cambodia Establish a service project that will be carried on for several years Possibly work through our government in a way that our actions will be effective