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Volunteering to work at the Doris Dillon School is an especially rewarding way to help. To learn more, click here.
Making a donation
100% of all donations will be used to fund projects and programs for village students, alumni, teachers, and families. No funds will ever be used to fund administrative expenses or board member travel and expenses. Board members cover these expenses.
Your tax-deductible donation, large or small, can make a big difference. The effects of the Cambodian genocide still linger across the country today. 1/3 of the population still lives in poverty with extremely limited access to clean water, electricity, healthcare, and education.
Thanks to wonderful people who give to us on an annual basis, we are progressing towards being fully supported by donations such as yours.
Continued sponsorship enables us to confidently plan ahead, dedicating our energy to expanding and improving our school and programs instead of depending on fundraising drives. Click on the turquoise 'Donate' button to help.
You can double your donation, if you work for a company with a Matching Gift program, by applying for a matching donation from your company. We are registered with Benevity, Your Cause, and Network for Good.
EDUCATION
SCHOLARSHIPS:
1. $2,100 Leadership Academy Scholarship/year (or pay for a component)
$600 Food ($2/day)
$300 Housing & Utilities
$600 Academic tuition (1 year)
$500 Leadership & Entrepreneurship Program Fee
2. University scholarships/year: (room & board, counseling, books, transportation):
$1,600-$2,200 (Institute of Technology of Cambodia , Royal University of Phnom Penh, Kirium Institute of Technology, ACLEDA Institute of Business, Western University)
3. Secondary Girls' Scholarships/year: 7th-12th grade. Girls who had dropped out of 7th grade because of their family's poverty:
$180/year or $15/month for each girl (44 girls currently on scholarship)
STEM/ROBOTICS EDUCATION:
Hands-on Science (STEM) lab: $2,000 (microscope/slides, weather station, STEM materials
Robotics/Programming (e.g., Javascript) classes: $700/year
FINE ARTS, SPORTS EDUCATION:
$200 art supplies/year
$150 sports equipment/year
LIBRARY:
Pre-school to adult books (Khmer & Khmer/English)-- purchased from SIPAR: $400/year
ENGLISH/COMPUTER TEACHER'S SALARY:
$3,600/year (for 11 years, our teacher Saveng has taught curricula that government students don't receive)
STAFF & 9TH GRADE FIELD TRIPS:
$1,200/year (9th graders's stories about their trip motivate younger students to excel in school...just to go on the trip!)
9TH GRADE NATIONAL EXAM INCENTIVE PROGRAM:
Teachers: $3,250/year.
Students: $945/ est. year. (Since implementing our incentive program 8 years ago, we have been ranked as one off the top village schools nationally, based on our students' results)
PRE-SCHOOL:
Educational toys, art supplies, English learning materials: $200
HEALTH
VISION CLINIC:
$600 (At our first clinic, 260 pairs of glasses were distributed to students, teachers and villagers)
DENTAL CLINICS:
$500/clinic (We've held bi-annual clinics for the past five years)
MEDICAL SUPPLIES:
$200/year (Medicines from the nearest market town are often counterfeit and expensive)
CLEAN WATER INITIATIVE:
$1,200/est. (This will fund UV and reverse osmosis treatment of water from our well so villagers will finally have a source for clean water. Now, most boil water, deforesting the area and polluting the air)
SUSTAINABILITY
SYSTEM OF RICE INTENSIFICATION DEMONSTRATION GARDEN:
$600/est. (The French non-profit CEDAC's SRI techniques routinely increase yield by over 50%. The garden will show farmers proof of the efficacy of this technique. This can convince them to plant rice using SRI techniques, with the help of 25 farmers from our village who have been trained by CEDAC, .
WOMENS' SCHOOL UNIFORM SEWING BUSINESS:
$150 to purchase a used industrial sewing machine (5 needed)
$120 to buy starting fabric, thread, sewing supplies
CPR, FIRST AID, PRE-NATAL, AND INFANT CARE PROGRAM:
$220/set of inflatable CPR manikins (to leave behind, after 'train the trainer' sessions, for ongoing village CPR training
$900/first aid kits for all village families
$300/est. Pre-natal care packages (15 packages)
$400/ est. Infant care packages (20 pack)
Other ways to make a gift:
Donate stock or mutual funds
Donate IRA Funds (e.g. Required Minimum Distributions)
Create & Give through a Donor Advised Fund
Donate your car or other vehicle
Donate by Mail:
Write a check to “Doris Dillon School in Cambodia”
Mail to: Doris Dillon School in Cambodia
1021 Mount Darwin Drive
San Jose, CA 95120-2032
No-cost ways to donate:
Kent Laux and his wife Channy Laux, the author of Short Hair Detention (http://www.shorthairdetention.com), her memoir of life during the genocide, are the owners of Angkor Foods, an online business that specializes in authentic Cambodian spices, sauces, and condiments that Channy has created. They will donate 5% of all purchases to our school. Just use the following link to go to their website:
Channy is an incredible chef. She and Kent opened their Angkor Chef restaurant in early 2024 in San Jose. We hope you visit their restaurant to experience her innovative take on traditional Khmer dishes: https://angkorchef.com.