Cambodia

The Cambodia Team

On April 17th, 1975 the Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot, took power in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. In order to turn Cambodia into a Maoist, peasant-dominated agrarian cooperative, all city dwellers were forced into the countryside or to labor camps.

Hospitals, schools, stores, religion, and family were banned. People were killed for not working hard enough, for being educated, for being ethnically different, for many random reasons. By execution, torture and starvation, an estimated 2 million Cambodians, or 30% of the population, died during the rule of Pol Pot.

Cambodians are now rebuilding their lives, their culture, their very identity. The country is young, the average age a mere 20 years old. A small middle class is emerging, though heartbreaking poverty is still the norm.  Two families from XCF have set out to communicate the gospel in both word and deed by serving the poor through  free medical care and education.

Meet the team

Tim & Marjie collaborated with Cambodians and many other organizations to bring about the Mercy Medical Center. Cambodians suffer from many health issues and are too poor to obtain the help they need.

Chris & Amy and their 2 daughters administer the “Friendship School,” which provides a quality education to rural children, who would not otherwise be able to afford the public educational system.

Cristine serves as a discipleship instructor with World Relief, a non-profit organization that specializes in community development. She provides spiritual mentoring, and trains native Cambodians to become village health workers.

For more information about Cambodia and the work God is doing you can review the Cambodia People Profile at the World Team website.