
TEMPORARY CENTERS
OBJECTIVE
Offer a stable and reassuring accommodation solution to the child before considering reintegration into the family.
PROJECT
Temporary centers welcome children for a period not exceeding 6 months. The child is provided with a stable environment and informal education, while waiting to be reintegrated into the family or to another structure adapted to his or her needs.
Temporary center admittance:
- First stage: the child is identified through day or night outreach sessions led by social workers in the streets of the city, or through local authorities.
- Second stage: the child is admitted into one of the centers with the approval of the authorities and legal guardians.
- Third stage: from the arrival of the child, for a period ranging from 3 to 6 months: assessment of the family situation with a view to reintegrating the child into their family.
- Fourth stage: family reintegration with material and financial support, or transfer into one of our long-term structures: protection center or family house.
ACTIVITIES
- Literacy and numeracy
- Leisure and social activities
- Psychological support
- Family assessment
- Family reintegration with continued support

TESTIMONY
Bunyiang, Director of Poipet temporary center
Bunyiang has been working for Krousar Thmey for 15 years. Once a primary school teacher, he decided to change careers to help disadvantaged families in Poipet. He started as a social worker, became Assistant Director and then Director in 2021.
Read his story
MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
$120 – financial support per child supported as an outside case per year
$50 – food and clothing expenses per child per month
Area of work: Child protection
Duration: undetermined
Location: provinces of Phnom Penh and Banteay Meanchey
Beneficiaries: underprivileged children, street children and their families
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