We’ve all seen the headlines about the staggering impacts the COVID-19 crisis continues to have on a global scale, with many countries left behind in the battle against this devastating pandemic. 

Cambodia is one such country that remains overwhelmed, as an alarming spike in cases since February 2021 has overburdened an already stretched healthcare system. Residents, particularly those in rural areas, lack access to basic personal protective equipment (PPE), ventilators and other necessary hygiene and health equipment, which is causing the humanitarian crisis to escalate as cases and deaths increase.  

A Khmer Buddhist Foundation is working with local organizations and has committed to helping hospitals in each of the three hardest-hit regions, including Kandal, Sihanoukville and Banteay Meanchey, as well Russian hospital, a facility in Phnom Penh that treats the poor. The essential items we are procuring include:

·      All-in-one printers (for contact tracing)
·      Desktops (for contact tracing)
·      Electrocardiograms (ECGs) 
·      Oxygen manometers
·      Patients’ monitors
·      Personal protective equipment
·      Portable toilets
·      Ventilators or high flow nasal cannula
·      Vital sign monitors
·      Food and aid to impoverished children, youth and their families

Will you help us stem the destruction in Cambodia by donating? Any amount large or small counts, as every penny will be spent to positively impact the many Cambodian lives depending on us.