Kompong Cham Center is a long-term rehabilitation center for girls under the age of 16 years. It has been operational since 1998, with a capacity for accommodating approximately 60 girls. Located in a scenic rural setting near the Mekong riverbank, this center offers a peaceful environment for girls that is reminiscent of their home provinces.

The center is a large wooden house built on a 50m by 200m area of land.

Most of the children at Kompong Cham Center attend primary and secondary schools. We encourage them all to go to school. In Cambodia, the primary school consists of 6 grades; after finishing the 6th grade, children take an exam. They will continue their study at the lower secondary school if they pass the primary school exam.

           Attending Primary School                 Participating in Drawing Lesson

AFESIP supports the children living at Kompong Cham Center with food, clothes, and school supplies. It also provides them with basic vocational skills training, such sewing and weaving classes, during their free time in the afternoon. All the children are welcome if they want to continue their study into the upper secondary school or university; as mentioned above, Kompong Cham is a long-term rehabilitation center.

AFESIP respects the residents' wishes and gives them the right to decide whether they want to continue their study at the university or opt to receive vocational skills training elsewhere. The Phnom Penh Tom Dy Center receives young women from the Kompong Cham center if they decide to leave school for vocational skills training.

Basic Sewing Training Class

In addition to classes at public primary schools in the morning, young girls are requested to attend basic sewing skills training classes in the afternoon. The term “basic” means that the training classes are part-time, unlike the other two centers in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap where the training is full-time.

Basic Weaving Training Class

Kompong Cham Center employs a weaving trainer to provide the residents with an additional basic vocational skill. The trainer teaches the girls how to dye raw material in colors according to popular styles, as well as how to weave the material into scarves and mats on the wooden looms. The raw material is a high-quality silk used to produce clothes for ceremonial days in Cambodia. These final products are either sent to the markets in Phnom Penh for sale or displayed in the glass wardrobe at the center.

Non formal class

In accordance with the national education curriculum, AFESIP’s non formal education provides 5 classes to 24 girls at grades 2 through 6. Each class lasts one hour from 13:00 to 14:00PM on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday. The classes are open to the girls in order to provide additional assistance when they are performing poorly at public school. As a result their difficult pasts, many of the girls have trouble retaining general knowledge; these classes at the center are therefore quite helpful for the residents.

Leaving the center for school	This building was donated by AECID of Spain to facilitate weaving and childcare.
Three meals are offered daily.	The center grows a variety of fruit  trees to meet its residents' needs.

Evening physical exercise