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The Cambodia Trust is a UK registered charity established in 1989.

Registered Office:
The Cambodia Trust, C4 Station Yard, Thame, OX9 3UH, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1844 214844
office[at]cambodiatrust.org.uk
www.cambodiatrust.org.uk
UK registered charity number: 1032476
Ltd. Company registered in the UK number: 2807200

Please visit our Contacts page for the addresses of our projects and supporter groups.

Who we are

We are recognised as leaders in our field of prosthetics and orthotics. We see ourselves as a specialist ‘task force’, working in countries affected by conflict, disaster and poverty where the rehabilitation services for disabled people are non-existent or inadequate. We work with local partners to build those services up from scratch, training the local staff needed. Our goal is always to hand over our projects to local management / government once there is enough local capacity.

Our work aims to tackle three key challenges:

1. Lack of capacity
   
   Across the developing world, there are millions of people with disabilities who need physical rehabilitation services to enable them to go to school, find work and participate in society. However in many low income countries there is a severe shortage of local staff with the skills and experience  to provide the rehabilitation services needed by persons with disabilities.
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2. Lack of access to rehabilitation services
   
   
   • 96-97% of people with disabilities in developing countries have no access to the rehabilitation services they need to enable them to participate in society. (source: World Health Organisation)
     
   Disabled people have a right to these services. Without their mobility, they have little chance of education or employment and remain trapped in the cycle of poverty. Excluded at every level of society, often the only option for people with disabilities is to beg on the streets for survival.
   
   
3. Lack of access to education and employment
   
   
   • An estimated 98% of children with disabilities in developing countries receive no education.
   • Adults with disabilities are 3 times more likely than non-disabled people to be unemployed and live in real poverty.
   
   
   For most persons with disabilities in the developing world, finding a way out of poverty is the major concern. Equal opportunities to education, health care and employment must be available if people with disabilities are to break the cycle of poverty.

To read more about how our projects are making a difference, go to What We Do