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You can partner with Tabitha
Become a Tabitha Partner f or $120.00 CDN
per year or $10.00 CDN a month
Your support will enable Tabitha
Cambodia to train fieldworkers
who will work with individuals and families to achieve
their dreams
by encouraging savings. After 10 weeks of savings Tabitha
staff then
pays 10% of interest, supervises that the money is
spent according to
the plan and then promote another round of savings.
It
takes a family an average of 4-5 years to get out of
poverty.
YOUR AID WILL HELP AND INSPIRE SOME OF THE POOREST
IN
CAMBODIA TO REACH THAT GOAL
Partnership Concept
Tabitha Cambodia has grown over the years from a small organization to one that has reached out to hundreds and thousands of the poorest in Cambodia. Our vision remains the same as the day we started - to reach out to the poorest in all provinces of Cambodia. To do so we must build a strong financial foundation. This foundation must be built on financial commitments made in advance and hopefully followed through by those making these commitments.
No one person or funding organization can make the entire commitment for the entire work we do. We must build a foundation built on a shared vision and belief in the programs of Tabitha and the people of Cambodia. The original vision was and remains that Tabitha Cambodia would be a partnership of people within Cambodia and individuals of the international community. The reasons are many for this vision, but the primary one is, that only when individuals from through-out the world come to know and stand with the people of Cambodia, will the people of this nation be able to overcome the trauma caused by the past 30 years of war, genocide, isolation and destruction. Only when we stand together, will peace be restored and justice renewed, for the cause will no longer be one of an unknown nation, but a cause of friends standing with each other - rebuilding and developing despite all obstacles and restraints.
The partnership is not a one sided partnership - it is not one where only one party gives and the other party receives. Tabitha Cambodia is built on the premise that all involved must contribute to this process. For the people of Cambodia this means believing in themselves and in their own ability to achieve their desires for a decent life - this is achieved through the savings program. - where each individual or family must overcome their despair or self loathing to one of self acceptance and worthiness - a task not easily undertaken after years of being told that they are "of no value " and "that to destroy you is no loss"
For those of us who desire to stand in partnership with these people, it means that we must believe that each and every one of these people is of value - to destroy them is of great loss. . It means more than just platitudes - it means making a financial commitment - 10% of their total savings paid as interest - a message of "well done" and recognition of the courage and will it takes to step from the depth of despair into a hope for the future. It means that we are willing to give the time necessary to take the very many steps required -that we understand that development is a process of years rather than days. It means that we are willing to know these people by learning about them, by coming and working with them, by always questioning and holding Tabitha and its staff accountable, not only for the finances, but for the program implemented. It means holding the people we stand with accountable for their development - it means the people hold us accountable for how we stand with them.
It means that we are committed to helping all who need our help - for those we already stand with and for those who are waiting for us to come. It means that we do not sacrifice one for the other - for they are all deserving of our patience, our time.
It cost approximately $25.00 CDN per family per year as they take their steps forward. We are looking for partners who would undertake to support an average from 5-10 families a year. We are looking for partners who would make a 5 year commitment - the average time length for a family to come from a state of absolute poverty to a level where a family is well on its way to becoming middle class - which means sufficient daily food, clothing, land, safe house, regular sources of income, transportation of some form, schooling for their children, access to medical care, access to safe potable water, toilet facilities and the ability to help others to go through their stages of development.
Our partners will receive regular newsletters. Those who are able we encourage to come and see what you have helped others to do. For some we hope this may be included in a specific trip to house build. Together we can change the lives of so many here - we can be a part of the restoration of the people of this nation.
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