This project is part of the Vision for Cambodia Initiative, which you can read more about at the above link.

Cambodia is a nation where 95% of the population practices Buddhism, and just under 3% identify as Christians. With nearly 18 million people, only about 4,000 are active members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Many young people in the Cambodian Adventist Church have no access to Adventist schools or a Christ-centered education. In public schools, they are taught Buddhist beliefs and elements of communism. Observing the Sabbath often brings challenges and conflict.

Since the fall of the Khmer Rouge in 1979, approximately 135 Adventist churches have been planted across the country. But the challenges remain great—there are few trained teachers, widespread poverty, and many children suffer from chronic malnutrition.

The Vision

There is an urgent need for 40 elementary schools across Cambodia. These will be small schools located near churches. We will need to make plans, buy property and build these schools. In working with Cambodian church leaders, we are told that an eight-room school building and land will cost an estimated $250,000.

As God has shown us the need and opened the door for us to start working in this direction, we trust that He will supply the resources and wisdom to proceed. Our first step will be starting Evening Schools in as many churches as possible, and then developing day schools from there.

Please pray for this initiative—and ask God how He might be calling you to be part of it.