AusCam Freedom Project 3.69

AusCam Freedom Project is an Australian registered charity and International Non Profit tackling poverty, inequality and disrupting the chain supply for sex trafficking and labour exploitation by investing in a holistic Girls Education Program in Phnom Penh Cambodia.

GIRLS EDUCATION PROGRAM

Program Mission: To ensure that education and opportunity, not exploitation and poverty define the lives of the most vulnerable girls from urban slums of Cambodia
Every child has the right to an education. However, due to a combination of factors, many girls are forced to leave school while others never have the opportunity to go in the first place. Globally, 1 in 5 girls is denied an education by the daily realities of poverty, violence and discrimination. Not only is this unjust, it’s also a huge waste of potential. (Plan International)
The trafficking and exploitation of girls and women is one of the most serious human rights problems facing Cambodia today. In a country where the per capita income is one of the lowest in the world, and state support systems are negligible, unsuspecting victims are lured with false promises of jobs then forced into sex work or exploitative labour situations. Victims are controlled with threats, lies, drugs, physical force and often held in slave-like conditions. Our Girls Education Program was launched in 2013 to prevent the trafficking and exploitation of young girls from marginalised and poverty stricken families.
We believe girls should be ‘taught not trafficked’ so we provide an education and other life skills supports as a tool for keeping girls safe, protected and empowered. The overall objective of our Girls Education Program is to increase the educational opportunities for girls to reduce their likelihood of becoming a future victim of violence, human trafficking or sexual exploitation and to enhance their life opportunities. Research tells us that when girls are educated, economies grow, health improves, and communities benefit as a whole. Supporting an environment where girls can learn—not just school subjects, but about themselves, about relationship with the people around them, and about the world they live in—provides opportunities they would never have otherwise.