| Along with being known as one of the most naturally | | | | endangered their lives. They moved to Phnom Penh |
| beautiful and culturally rich countries, Cambodia also | | | | in late 1994, carried by Red Cross buses. However, |
| has a history of violence in the form of war, foreign | | | | this land had previously been used as military |
| occupation, genocide and civil war. And more often | | | | barracks, and the Coup of July 1197 threatened to |
| than not, innocent children are casualties. Children are | | | | evacuate the children again. |
| often orphaned - their family members killed in wars | | | | The children were forced to move again in January |
| or murdered due to their political affiliations and in | | | | 2001 and until September 2002, they stayed in the |
| some cases dead from disease and starvation. With | | | | town of Ta Khmao about 12 kms from Phnom Penh |
| nowhere to go, the Sunrise Angkor Children's Village | | | | where they had to look for sponsors to help them |
| is a haven for such abandoned children. | | | | build a center on land provided to Sunrise Angkor |
| The first group of children, 24 in number came from | | | | Children's Village. Ever since then, their living conditions |
| Site B Refugee Camp or King Sihanouk's Camp. They | | | | have improved and the children have not been |
| were children whose parents had fled either the | | | | moved. Sunrise Angkor Children's Village ensures that |
| Khmer Rouge Regime between 1975 and1979 or the | | | | the children are cared for and acts as their 'guardian' |
| Vietnamese occupation, which followed from | | | | until they attain the age of 18. Orphaned or |
| 1979-1992. In 1993 all the refugees (including children) | | | | abandoned children come to Sunrise Angkor Children's |
| were brought back to Cambodia to participate in | | | | Village from villages where they might otherwise end |
| elections carried out due to UN interference. Although | | | | up as slaves. The Sunrise Angkor Children's Village |
| adult refugees managed to find means to live, the | | | | encourages eligible persons to either sponsor or |
| children being orphans were left abandoned in a | | | | adopt children from the orphanage. |
| village called Ampil, in the province of Oddar | | | | Visitors are encouraged to pay a visit to see the |
| Meancheay. | | | | orphaned children whenever they can. If you are |
| The village proved quite unsafe, with the death of a | | | | visiting Cambodia, don't forget to make a humane call |
| teenage boy at the hands of the Khmer Regime. | | | | at the Sunrise Angkor Children's Village. You can |
| From here they were moved to another village- | | | | spend a day there with the children, participating in a |
| Sisophon. From there the children were forced to | | | | variety of activities, and the rest for the night at a |
| move again to Battambang and from there to Phnom | | | | Siem Reap hotel nearby. Modern conveniences are |
| Penh, each time due to military activities that | | | | readily available at every luxury hotel in Siem Reap. |