Sewing class
Rice harvest at Mercy Home 2
School supplies distribution
Eye clinic
The KSL Aid Project of Mercy
History
In 2002 we established the KSL Mercy Home Project as one of our initiatives to help poor Cambodian people. The project was set up by KSL's founder, Mrs Agnes Verner, in consultation with Ms Addheka SengBou, Executive Director of KSL, and Mrs Leaksmy Rebok, Dean of Studies. The project has grown and become the KSL Aid Project of Mercy (APM).
Mr Daniel Stivey donated US$4,500 in order to buy land for the Mercy Home Project in West Prek Ho Village, Prek Ho Commune, Takhmau District, Kandal Province. This was Mercy Home Number 1.
Ms Addheka SengBou donated US$30,000 in order to buy land for another Mercy Home Project in Sras Keo Village, Melum Commune, Baribo District, Kampong Chhnang Province. The donation was sufficient to buy both agricultural land and a site for fellowship activities. This was Mercy Home Number 2, which has been supporting the local community since 2007.
God has blessed and provided for our ministry to serve poor people through gifts from friends and missionaries.
Aid Project of Mercy has expanded to reach people in Battambang, Takeo, Kampot and Kampong Speu provinces and Phnom Penh and Preah Sihanouk municipalities.
Past and present APM initiatives
- Training courses in sewing for widows and young women to improve their prospects of finding employment and raising their standard of living.
- Training courses to teach widows and young women to produce handicrafts.
- Providing food and medicines for families who scavenge on the Phnom Penh municipal rubbish dump.
- Working with youth to facilitate healthy physical, social and spiritual development.
- Providing study materials and uniforms for school children.
- Making land available land for rice cultivation and distributing rice to poor families.
- Providing the fees for needy young people to study at university.
International Co-operation
- Teams from the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia and France, have joined with APM in seven provinces for fellowship and practical projects such as planting crops, rebuilding wooden houses, teaching English, training in technical skills and teaching computer classes.
- We have facilitated visiting teams of ophthalmologists who have held eye clinics which have enabled poor villagers to receive essential eye care and cataract surgery.
- We have worked with a Japanese donor to improve water security for poor villagers.
Please contact us if you are interested in partnering with us in any of our projects.
Our Prayer
It is our prayer that God will bless the poor of Cambodia.