Adelphé (Sisters)

In Cambodia, 80 percent of the population lives in rural areas and almost half (40-45 percent) of this population lives on less than $0.45 a day. More than 70 percent rely entirely on agriculture and livestock for their livelihoods, but most do not make enough to provide their family with ample food or to send their children to school.

Women and girls suffer disproportionately due to this extreme poverty. They not only work harder within the village, but they are sometimes forced to migrate to urban areas to work in garment factories or as domestic helpers or sex workers, and are often subject to domestic violence. More than one-third of women working in the sex industry in Cambodia came from rural, subsistence farms - poverty is a root cause of human trafficking in Cambodia.

To learn more about WHI’s current Adelphé (Sisters) efforts, read the 2015 Adelphé Annual Report. 

Our Response

World Hope International’s Adelphé program focuses on advancing entire Cambodian communities through the empowerment of women. By providing women with economic development opportunities, education and health care, entire families and communities are inspired to seek the dignity and hope of a life free from extreme poverty.

Economic Development

Adelphé provides women in rural areas with the tools and resources they need to increase their family’s income. Through regular training and seminars, women trained by Adelphé have learned how to improve their farming, add new, more profitable crops, build a family budget and better manage their small businesses.

Education

Adelphé addresses domestic violence in the home and surrounding communities and works to informs girls and women on the dangers of trafficking and forced prostitution.  Additionally, women learn how to keep their families safe should they choose to move to a city or larger community. By increasing personal and community awareness, women and girls are not as easily deceived by traffickers preying on the desperation that springs from poverty.

Healthcare

The Adelphe program also helps WHI to increase access to safe drinking water, thereby decreasing waterborne disease especially amongst children, and to decrease the burden on women.

How to get involved

By sponsoring a Sister's project, you’re taking a stand to protect and empower girls and women in rural Cambodia! Your faithful support helps defend girls and women in need – no matter how long justice takes.

As an Adelphé partner you will receive monthly e-updates on how your gift is making a difference in the lives of girls and women. You will also receive a special invitation to travel to visit the World Hope International project sites and see the impact you have been making first hand!

 

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