RICE: The Fuel for School

For many families in Chreav community on the outskirts of Siem Reap, food insecurity is part of daily life. When rice runs out at home, children stop coming to school. Some stay behind to work, others simply cannot concentrate due to hunger.

Most families rely on seasonal, low-paid labour, and when work dries up or a parent falls ill, there is no savings buffer to fall back on. Food disappears quickly, and school attendance drops just as fast.

Without the Chreav Food Bank, these students fall through the cracks. Your support fills the rice sacks that keep students learning, thriving, and showing up.

What Your Gift Makes Possible
Your contribution directly supports families who need it most.

• 15 USD provides rice support for a family for an entire month.
• 40 USD provides a complete food bundle for a family for an entire month.
• 150 USD provides rice for TEN vulnerable students’ families for one month.
• 240 USD helps stabilize six homes facing food insecurity.
• 480 USD supports an entire family's food supply for a whole year.

Every bag of rice you fill is one less barrier between a child and their education!

“Before we received this support, I was so stressed every day about feeding my family. My husband works hard to support us but as a handyman he makes only $5-10 per day. It was so difficult.

I had to stop school at Grade 7 to look after my younger siblings, and my husband did not go to school at all. So we know how difficult life is without a good job, without completing school. As parents, we see education as a bridge to their future. This food support reduces our stress and helps my kids’ brains think in school. With this support, my kids can see a better future.”

Nga, mother

By supporting rice for Chreav Food Bank, you are keeping students in classrooms. You are easing the pressure on parents. You are making sure a basic need is met so a bigger dream can be pursued.