• Eoun Phektry

    My father was killed while loading sacks of rice. My mother couldn't find work and we lived on young bamboo plants until she contracted malaria and died in 2002. After that, I lived with my aunt and uncle who ordered me to take care of the pigs. Every day I had to go to the rice fields to pick vegetables for the pigs and sometimes I did not eat enough. After coming to the orphanage, I was told five girls were chosen to make Okoa Jewelry I was so happy because I was in that group! I am grateful for Okoa because they have given me a chance to attend University to become a professor.

  • Sean Pov

    I used to live with my parents and 5 siblings. But my father had sexual relationships with other women and contracted HIV. He infected my mother and both died of HIV. After they died I lived without hope. Sometimes I wished I died like my parents. No longer. Asia's Hope's orphanage gave me a new life, hope, food, and enough time to go to school. The Okoa jewelry I make is making a real difference in my life. I am so grateful people are praying for me to have a successful future as an accountant. May God bless you.

  • Chhong Somneang

    Before I came to live at the orphanage, I had a hopeless life. My father died. My mother remarried and then abandoned me. I was sent to live with an elderly grandmother who never had enough food to eat. When I make Okoa jewelry I begin to imagine a better future. I hope and trust God will provide for me through making the jewelry so I can study management at the university and start a business.

  • Kim Pisey

    When I was 7, my father died and my mother was constantly sick. A few years later, I went to work for a bakery because our family did not have enough rice. Every morning before school, I got up early and went to the bakery. After school, I sold small cakes and worked in the rice fields. Sometimes I went to school without money and the teacher was very angry with me because I could not pay. These days are behind me now because I live at Asia's Hope's orphanage. I thank God for sending the people from Okoa to teach me how to make the jewelry. I admire them for thinking of my future plans. I hope to use the money to go to university and become a doctor.

  • Choup Chanry

    I am 19 years old. My mother left me to find work in Thailand after my father died. No one took responsibility for me and my 4 siblings. We did not have money to buy food. So we walked around the rice fields picking vegetables to sell at the market. My life really had no hope. I thank God for bringing me to Asia's Hope's orphanage and for bringing the Okoa team to teach me how to make jewelry. Making the jewelry is a big blessing because without it I could never study at the university. May God bless you.