Our Mission

The entire objective of the Cambodian Rural Education Fund (CREF) is to provide the necessary supplies, equipment and books to the students. We hope to encourage good teachers with steady and adequate salaries and money for training. Books are a major need. If the school has a library, it is lucky to own one copy of twenty to thirty thin paperback books for all the children.

Most of these children can only attend school through the sixth grade since it costs $16 per year to continue. If they do go on, it is $300 per year at the university. This is an unaffordable and therefore unattainable goal for rural children. The CREF organization will help provide funds which will allow those students to further their education. In this way we can help all since these students would return to their villages with knowledge and skills.