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.
