The silence of the rice fields has given way to the crash of rockets. Since the intensification of the conflict on the border between Cambodia and Thailand, the area has become the scene of a human tragedy. More than 400,000 civilians, the vast majority of whom are children, have fled the shelling to seek refuge further inland.

An emergency intervention 30 km from Battambang Faced with the scale of the crisis, the AVEC NGO team traveled to a makeshift camp located 30 kilometers from Battambang. There, under plastic tarpaulins hastily set up near a pagoda, thousands of people are trying to survive.

Thanks to your support, we were able to take immediate action for 204 families:

• Food Aid: Distribution of 2.5 tons of rice and nutritional supplements.

• Hygiene and Care: Clothing and specific aid for young mothers, some of whom gave birth under the shelling.

• Psychological Support: Distribution of stuffed animals for the youngest, who are the first affected by the trauma of war.

Solidarity: our driving force

The AVEC NGO, which fights daily against child trafficking and trains 400 young people in IT and English, saw its own students mobilize. Our 27 sewing and aesthetics students joined the volunteers to bag the 2,500 kilos of rice. This solidarity is exemplary: every gesture counts to relieve those who suffer.

The cost of hope: 1,000 kg of rice = 500 dollars

To continue this mission, we need everyone’s mobilization. The reality on the ground is simple: 1,000 kilos of rice cost 500 dollars. Every donation, large or small, is directly transformed into a meal for a refugee family.

“Imagine this child asleep in a modest straw house, lulled by the murmur of the rice fields. Suddenly, he wakes up in the heart of the night: the sky ablaze, the heart-rending whistle of rockets. He is hoisted onto a trembling cart toward an uncertain elsewhere. These are the traumas we fight, one stuffed animal and one bag of rice at a time.”

 

How to help us today?

Let us not leave these families alone in the face of war. You can take action immediately:

1. Make a pledge: Send a message directly via WhatsApp to Patrik Roux at +855 12 582 844.

2. Donate online in Switzerland

3. Donate online in France

3. Share this appeal: The more of us there are, the more we can protect these children.

Thank you for your humanity and your unwavering support.

A people standing tall

These people are proud. They keep smiling through the storm. Their children, dignified despite everything, no longer know if they still have a piece of land to live on, but they have not given up. This dignity, this ability to remain human when everything collapses, is what guides our action.

The AVEC NGO continues its commitment to the most vulnerable. Because in times of emergency as in the long term, it is solidarity that keeps us going. And because these children, who play today between the tarpaulins of a refugee camp, deserve to find their way back to school, hope, and peace tomorrow.

AVEC works on the long term with little financial means