After an extremely successful first year, This Life Cambodia is proud to announce that we have been guaranteed a second AusAid grant to expand our This Life Beyond Bars program. With rather coincidental timing, the Phnom Penh Post (PPP) recently reported an article about widespread corruption in the Cambodia prison system. ... Read More

This Life Cambodia was recently certified as a Child Wise Child Safe Organisation by Child Wise, a leading international child protection charity committed to fighting against the abuse and exploitation of children. The distinction marks the culmination of months of policy and procedure preparation, staff training, organisational self-audits and a ... Read More

This Life Cambodia celebrated International Children’s Day at Siem Reap Prison on Wednesday, June 1st. Learning their rights, seeing Apsara performances, participating in games, singing and dancing to music, children enjoyed their time celebrating this holiday.Stemming from the devastation left in the wake of World ... Read More

Three TLC staff members travelled to the Hong Kong Institute of Education to present on the Cambodian system of private tutoring at the annual meeting of the Comparative Education Society of Hong Kong. Sen Se, Billy Gorter, and Will Brehm showcased their planned participatory research methods on the study of ... Read More

Last Friday, Director and Founder Billy Gorter was praised in the Phnom Penh Post for his success with TLC. The article describes how TLC got started and has developed into a successful organisation with a range of programs that have been developed by and for the community. Billy also acknowledged ... Read More

Cambodia It gives all of us at TLC great pleasure to share with you the link below to This Life Cambodia’s September Newsletter. It has been a little while coming so it is jam-packed with information regarding the success and continued progress of our programs and projects. The link below can ... Read More

Australia Sen Se - Assistant Director I had been looking forward to leaving Cambodia for Australia on the 21st May. Yes, it came and we caught a flight from Siem Reap to Kuala Lumpur and from Kuala Lumpur to Melbourne. We arrived at Melbourne at 11:35 PM and Aimee our ex volunteer ... Read More

Cambodia Some great news, Borany and Se - two TLC staff members have been invited to attend Leadership and Development training in Australia! They will be arriving in Melbourne on the 22nd of May! It is the first time out of the country for both Se and Borany and they are extremely ... Read More

Cambodia Phnom Penh Post: NGO students share life experiences in touching new book Siem Reap’s grassroots education NGO, This Life Cambodia, founded by Australian conservationist Billy Gorter, is about to publish an intriguing book detailing the stories and lives of 21 scholarship students. The book is set to be printed in Phnom Penh ... Read More

Australia They’re doing it! They’re JUMPING OUT OF A PLANE to raise funds for This Life Cambodia and our programs and projects. Here is a little bit about the group. Some of the members of this group recently returned from volunteering in Cambodia as part of a program offered through World Youth ... Read More