Emergency Shelter


Khemara was one of the first Cambodian organizations to provide emergency shelter and counseling to women and their families. The program is less than one year old but has gained a reputation as a safe haven. The emphasis so far has been on training village volunteers in basic counseling and intervention skills but already the shelter has housed women victims of domestic violence, prostitution, rape and border returnees. The shelter is small and can only hold 7 families at a time. Funding is still uncertain despite the great need for this service. It is clear that more volunteers will soon be needed to meet the great need. Other village volunteers work as physical therapists to help polio and land-mine victims. To help pay for the rehabilitation activities they make paper and paper products.


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Last updated on March 4, 1996.
© 1996 Katharine Wardle