Based in Siem Reap, Cambodia, Anjali House is registered as a local Non-Governmental Organisation. Created in 2006 under the umbrella of the Angkor Photography Festival Association, Anjali provides refuge, care and education for nearly 80 under-privileged children between the ages of 4 and 16 years old. Nearly thirty years after the brutal Khmer Rouge regime plunged Cambodia into a state of terror, years of civil war and famine, the country is slowly returning to stability. But the devastating effect to Cambodian society, infrastructure and the economy is still being felt today. One of the greatest challenges facing the development of the country is access to education, skills training and healthcare. In Cambodia there are approximately 5.1 million children under 15 years of age. Despite government school building programs and a large amount of work by local and International NGO's, primary school education is only available to approximately 60% of the nation's children. One of the major factors impeding access to education opportunities is poverty; with over 20% of the population living on less than $1 per day it leaves little to pay for schooling and other educational opportunities. In busy tourist areas such as Siem Reap local people have become aware that tourist dollars can be obtained easy by selling low cost items such as jewelry, postcards, books, roses or by begging on the street. The majority of this is done by children as their smiles and energy wins the hearts of almost every visitor. Unfortunately this money often creates a negative effect by providing a disposable income to parents that ends up being spent on vices such as drinking, gambling and drug abuse. Children are also pressured to earn more and more money, often not allowed to return home until specific daily targets have been reached, leaving them roaming the streets for long periods of the day and night. This in turn puts them at high risk of being subjected to physical or mental abuse.

Angkor Kids Marathon Against Child Labour 5th June 2010

In honour of this commitment to the children of Anjali House and also to raise awareness to help to end the worst forms of child labour more than 56 students and staff will take part in the 2nd annual children's marathon to Angkor Wat. To sponsor one of our student runners and more info click here and for excel sheets of the runners click here This event is being organised as part of the 9th   Full story>>

Anjali Kids Photography prints now online

As part of this years photography festival, the children of Anjali had there first full print exhibition on the 24th of November at the Foreign Correspondents Club (FCC) in Siem Reap. As well as a display of 24 of the children's prints we also collated a catalogue of 76 images which were available to buy on the night. We have now uploaded this catalogue to our online store and all of these prints are available to buy direct from us. Each print is available in one of 3 sizes;   Full story>>

Anjali gift's available at our new online store

We are all very happy to announce the opening of our new online shop. You can now buy the kids photography work in the form of a series of 7 sets of postcards each containing 6 high quality postcards. The photography was taken as part of the Angkor Photography Festival and produced with the assistance of Friends of Khmer Culture (FOKCI). As well as this you can buy the beautiful Anjali T-shirts in a range of sizes and colours and we hope to add more merchandise in the future.   Full story>>