Silhouettes of possibility run throughout this small town, hole in the wall – a suburban neighborhood with tiny heartbeats that make giant impressions with their eyes, smiles, and greetings. It carries no symbol of progress, entitlements, or dreams come true. Instead their homes were replaced by luxury hotel rooms, granite countertops, and fine dining. Displaced [...]
Video by Zsolt Luka highlights PCL’s poverty reduction plan location, beginning of the Build A City Campaign, children’s home, and medical clinics in Cambodia
In January 2012, Travis Johnson will complete a bike ride from Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam through Cambodia (Phnom Penh & Siem Reap) to Bangkok, Thailand. He’s riding 540 miles in 6 days in order to bring HOPE to Cambodia through People for Care and Learning (PCL). This ride will be the first of many rides, runs, [...]
The Tonle Sap is the largest lake in SE Asia and is home to millions of refugees. PCL owns and operates two barges on the Tonle Sap providing the refugees access to clean water, food, medical care and education.The people living on this lake represent a true “water world” with entire villages needing support. These people [...]
One of PCL’ s goals is to provide training and start-up funds for self-employment opportunities for those who otherwise have no hope of supporting themselves or their families. Opportunities for employment are most available in such fields as hotel management, woodworking, hairdressers, massage therapists, nail techs, mechanics, air conditioning repair, bicycle and motorcycle repair, and [...]
Common Grounds Cafe & Land Mine Victims Carving Shop from People for Care & Learning on Vimeo by CBS Producer, Zsolt Luka. “Common Grounds is not only about freshly brewed coffee, a selection of pastries and tasty sandwiches as well as delicious soups of the day – it’s also about people. You don’t have to be [...]