About Taksen
Taksenkangbloung Community Centre (Taksen) is a small-scale aid project empowering a Cambodian community to reduce poverty and achieve a sustainable future through supporting access to education.
We engage school students and their families by providing a safe and inclusive community space, daily transport to attend the local Khmer school, all school supplies and uniforms, daily supplementary tutoring, English classes and IT classes, fresh filtered drinking water, and washing and toilet facilities. We also to provide vocational guidance and assistance to obtain training and tertiary qualifications.
In addition, we provide case-by-case outreach assistance when necessary, in accordance with pre-determined needs criteria.
We are an Incorporated Association under the Victorian Consumer Affairs framework and registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission. We are also regulated by the Ministry of Interior in Cambodia as a Domestic Non-Governmental Association. We operate in accordance with financial reporting and other accountability standards required by those bodies.
The community centre was co-founded in 2013 by a Khmer friend who had resided in Taksenkangbloung village for many years and has since moved on for family reasons. In 2014 , Sothea was appointed as Local Director. Sothea’s empathy, tact, trustworthiness and work ethic saw him quickly accepted as a respectable authority figure in the village. As well as managing the day-to-day running of the centre, he takes the very best of care transporting children to and from the public school. He is well loved by all and has some great visions for the centre in the future. Daily supplementary classes are provided by a team of experienced Khmer teachers who apply expert teaching methods and strategies to inspire and engage what can be a challenging student base.
The Taksenkangbloung community has evolved over the 7 years the community centre has been in operation. While our focus has always been access to education, initially more intensive assistance was required in order to enable families to send their children to school. This included daily meals, basic first aid treatment of various conditions, referrals to hospital, and referrals to other community-based NGOS dealing with substance abuse and domestic violence. In addition, some structural rebuilding was required throughout the village as well as encouragement around land use and work opportunities.
In 2020, the community centre reviewed and redesigned its programs to focus more efficiently on our core sustainable development goal – access to quality education for all – in a way that meets the current needs of the community. Our main support model is collective sponsorship and one-off donations, alongside various fundraising events in Australia.
The community centre is comprised of a small community learning space, a computer lab and library, two toilets, a bathing and washing area, a kitchen, a garden, water tank and wells. We provide fresh filtered drinking water.
There are many not-for-profit institutions in Cambodia which care for at-risk children. So why support us?
We engage school students and their families by providing a safe and inclusive community space, daily transport to attend the local Khmer school, all school supplies and uniforms, daily supplementary tutoring, English classes and IT classes, fresh filtered drinking water, and washing and toilet facilities. We also to provide vocational guidance and assistance to obtain training and tertiary qualifications.
In addition, we provide case-by-case outreach assistance when necessary, in accordance with pre-determined needs criteria.
We are an Incorporated Association under the Victorian Consumer Affairs framework and registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission. We are also regulated by the Ministry of Interior in Cambodia as a Domestic Non-Governmental Association. We operate in accordance with financial reporting and other accountability standards required by those bodies.
The community centre was co-founded in 2013 by a Khmer friend who had resided in Taksenkangbloung village for many years and has since moved on for family reasons. In 2014 , Sothea was appointed as Local Director. Sothea’s empathy, tact, trustworthiness and work ethic saw him quickly accepted as a respectable authority figure in the village. As well as managing the day-to-day running of the centre, he takes the very best of care transporting children to and from the public school. He is well loved by all and has some great visions for the centre in the future. Daily supplementary classes are provided by a team of experienced Khmer teachers who apply expert teaching methods and strategies to inspire and engage what can be a challenging student base.
The Taksenkangbloung community has evolved over the 7 years the community centre has been in operation. While our focus has always been access to education, initially more intensive assistance was required in order to enable families to send their children to school. This included daily meals, basic first aid treatment of various conditions, referrals to hospital, and referrals to other community-based NGOS dealing with substance abuse and domestic violence. In addition, some structural rebuilding was required throughout the village as well as encouragement around land use and work opportunities.
In 2020, the community centre reviewed and redesigned its programs to focus more efficiently on our core sustainable development goal – access to quality education for all – in a way that meets the current needs of the community. Our main support model is collective sponsorship and one-off donations, alongside various fundraising events in Australia.
The community centre is comprised of a small community learning space, a computer lab and library, two toilets, a bathing and washing area, a kitchen, a garden, water tank and wells. We provide fresh filtered drinking water.
There are many not-for-profit institutions in Cambodia which care for at-risk children. So why support us?
- We provide direct services to the community and individuals to empower at a local level.
- We place the control of the centre in the hands of the village and local staff. In doing so we ensure shared ownership of making sure the centre is a productive addition to the community.
