Consider a Donation to the Pookai Book Project

We hope you have appreciated this Weblog in the last 18 months. For the first time, we’re going to (overtly) ask you to consider giving a donation to our organization, The Pookai Book Project.

We do this blog as an extension of our mission at the Pookai Book Project, promote Cambodia and help tourists and others learn about the country. If you have enjoyed the blog or appreciate our mission, we hope you would consider dropping even a few bucks into our donation “tip jar.”

The primary mission of the Pookai Book Project is to help the restoration of Cambodia by gathering funds and need-specific books for the Angsoeng Library in rural Takeo province. These donations will promote literacy, accelerate education, speed economic development and empower Cambodians to take their place on the world stage.

The rewarding thing about donating to us is that you see, quite tangibly, how your donation changes a library. Even though our funds are relatively small, we’ve helped the library grow from a one-room facility with a few books to a multiroom library with an adjacent school that offers English and art classes, among other things. We’ve helped provide a computer, software and countless books and children’s toys, and expanded the library to include separate children and adult sections.

We’ve also connected the Angsoeng library to other donors who have provided thousands of dollars and committed to provide solar power to Angsoeng. This year, we’re giving $2,000, among other things, to the library.

We want to continue and expand on these accomplishments.

There are lots of ways you can donate to us. And if you are in Cambodia, we’d encourage you to give directly to the library. You can visit the library or contact Chandara Lor, the founder of the library, and arrange to give him money directly.

We’ll leave this post here for the next week. Then we’ll get back to posting news and information about Cambodia.

Thank you for reading and thanks for yours help.