Over the past few years, it has been a continuous challenge at KaisKids to raise money for basic needs such as food.

In the past at our rural setting at Kais Village, we were able to grow rice in the farm to supplement our food budget, but a change in seasonal weather patterns in the local area, made this no longer viable.

Climate changes such as cycles of droughts and floods, the downturn of the worlds economy, rising food prices and rice shortages, have all contributed to the ongoing challenges in Cambodia. However, local producers in our rural community always kindly donated a few sacks of rice to KaisKids, to top up our food needs for the children.

We are now in our new location in Phnom Penh, which provides a better infrastructure and more favourable living conditions. We are hoping to cultivate a small patch of land where we can grow vegetables to supplement the children's diet, but this will take a few years to develop.

We no longer have any donations of rice from local markets or rice producers, so we are solely dependent on fundraisers and donations given as a result of targeted campaigns.

Rice and decent water continue to be our most basic needs.

On average, US$10 can buy enough rice to last one child 4 weeks or US$110 will buy enough rice to last one child an entire year.

US $30 will buy a 50kg sack of rice.

This year we are spending approximately US $300 per month = 10x 50kg sacks (@38 million grains of rice)

By raising revenue for rice, you are helping to nourish and sustain the children at KaisKids. Thank You.