Why are you going to Poipet?

The background to the project is that Brighton Road Baptist Church has a long history of being involved in mission. Over the years this has varied from:

• Supporting individuals in long term mission work.
• Supporting individuals and short term mission projects.
• Sending out missionaries from our own congregation.
• Participating in BMS World Mission Action Teams.
• Supporting the work of several mission agencies in doaster relief situations – e.g. Tearfund and BMS World Mission.
• Facilitating youth mission trips.

Tearfund and Cambodia
Rather than plan a project from scratch we decided to work with an existing partner organisation where a real need had already been identified.  In 2010 we started to engage with Tearfund on an initial project in Cambodia. We hope this will lead to a longer term relationship with Tearfund and their Cambodian partner CHO.  Tearfund’s approach to mission work is to work alongside carefully selected local partners.

We expect to be away from the UK for about 10 days during the last two weeks of October 2011. Part of the time will be spent seeing the work of CHO’s various projects and the second half of the trip will give us an opportunity to take part in some of those projects.

Where is Poipet?

Poipet is a border crossing town between Thailand and Cambodia.


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Who is CHO?

The Cambodian Hope Organization (CHO) is a Christian NGO that was founded in 2002 in the commune of Poipet. It was initially set up to address the issue of child trafficking in order to both reduce and prevent it within the OChrouv and Malai districts.

Since 2002, CHO has grown to target other social groups including single parents, families affected by HIV and individuals in need of vocational training and support. CHO currently runs nearly a dozen different projects across the Cambodian border towns and employs over fifty skilled members of staff.

CHO registered with the Ministry of Interior in 2002 and the Ministry of Rural Development in 2005 in order to extend its work into the Banteay Meanchey and Battambang provinces. CHO’s work is supported not only by individuals but also by a number of other NGO’s both locally and internationally. CHO not only interacts with other NGO’s but has also formed a good working relationship with local authorities on both the Cambodian and Thai sides of the border.

Welcome to Cambodia Project blog!

In October 2011 seven members of Brighton Road Baptist Church in Horsham, England will be travelling to Poipet in Cambodia as part of our Connected Church project with Tearfund.

Tearfund's partner in Cambodia is the Cambodian Hope Organization based in Poipet.