What is Cambodia Dreams?

What is Cambodia Dreams?What is Cambodia Dreams?What is Cambodia Dreams?

A medley of visions meeting in one explosion to bring freedom. Cambodia Dreams is God's whisper to us to do something. A passion placed in our hearts through God's vision for His people.

Cambodia is a country that has seen pain, has seen genocide. In 1975 the Khmer Rouge began what would be four years of a radical revolution against their own people. Through execution, starvation, disease, and forced labor they would successfully eliminate an estimated one third of the population (mainly targeting the educated and students).

The Khmer Rouge started years before that as a peasant-like revolt, led by a man known as Pol Pot. They believed that only 1 or 2 million people were needed to build a new agrarian communist utopia. As for the rest of the population: “To keep you is no benefit, to destroy you is no loss.” They also banned all religion and spread out the minority groups, forbidding them to practice their customs or speak their language.

They evacuated the towns and cities, forcing people into the countryside. Millions would die of starvation and government-inflicted overwork. To weed out the unwanted, thousands were taken in shackles to dig their own graves, after which they were beaten to death. These were known as the Killing Fields. Pol Pot's regime was extremely paranoid and so they created S-21 camps where they would interrogate “traitors” using torture methods. “Better to destroy ten innocent people than let one enemy go free,” was just one of their many philosophies.

Cambodia, as a country, had to start all over again when the terror ended in 1979. Yet the terror hasn't ended: there is still a fear that it could happen again. The Khmer Rouge succeeded in destroying most of the educated and creating a parentless nation.

When thousands of UN soldiers were sent to Cambodia in the 90s, tourism increased and so did prostitution.

Fast forward to today…..

Sex Trafficking is an open, yet hidden criminal organization, where traffickers openly prey on children.There are no rules, there are no boundaries. Children are sold by their parents or grandparents; girls sell themselves to support their parents. Sex tourists and child pedophiles are prevelant. Poverty is real here and jobs for the uneducated are few.

Cambodia Dreams is about coming to this country as learners. We are here to partner with other

organizations who are battling for the freedom of those trapped in the sex industry. It is about transforming lives and communities, using the gifts that God has given us; and mobilizing those with similar visions.

We are here to bring awareness to the rest of the world, while raising up Khmer as leaders.

Self-sustainablity; dignity, value, and worth; identity in Christ; empowerment; and community. Everyone deserves restoration and healing; everyone has the right to be free, and NO ONE is for Sale.

A medley of visions meeting in one explosion to bring freedom. Cambodia Dreams is God's whisper to our hearts to do

something.

Cambodia is a country that has seen pain, has seen genocide. In 1975 the Khmer Rouge began what would be four years

of a radical revolution against their own people. Through execution, starvation, disease, and forced labor they

would successfully eliminate an estimated one third of the population (mainly targeting the educated and students).

The Khmer Rouge started years before that as a peasant-like revolt, led by a man known as Pol Pot. They believed

that only 1 or 2 million people were needed to build a new agrarian communist utopia. As for the rest of the

population: “To keep you is no benefit, to destroy you is no loss.” They also banned all religion and spread out

the minority groups, forbidding them to practice their customs or speak their language. They evacuated the towns

and cities, forcing people into the countryside. Millions would die of starvation and government-inflicted

overwork. To weed out the unwanted, thousands were taken in shackles to dig their own graves, after which they were

beaten to death. These were known as the Killing Fields. Pol Pot's regime was extremely paranoid and so they

created S-21 camps where they would interrogate “traitors” using torture methods (electric shock, pulling out

toenails, and much worse). “Better to destroy ten innocent people than let one enemy go free,” was just one of

their many philosophies.

The educated were destroyed, the parents gone. It was a young nation.

Cambodia, as a country, had to start all over again when the terror ended in 1979. Yet the terror hasn't ended:

there is still a fear that it could happen again.

When the UN came in the 90s, tourism increased and so did prostitution.

Fast forward to today…..

Sex Trafficking is an open, yet hidden criminal organization, where traffickers openly prey on children. There are

no rules, there are no boundaries. Children are sold by their parents or grandparents; girls sell themselves to

support their parents. Sex tourists and child pedophiles are prevelant. Poverty is real here and jobs for the

uneducated are few. This isn't

Cambodia Dreams is about coming to this country as learners. We are here to partner with other organizations who

are battling for the freedom of those trapped in the sex industry. It is about transforming lives and communities,

using the gifts that God has given us; and mobilizing those with similar visions. We are here to bring awareness to

the rest of the world, while raising up Khmer as leaders.

Self-sustainablity; dignity, value, and worth; identity in Christ; empowerment; and community. Everyone deserves

restoration and healing; everyone has the right to be free.