
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 care:
- First stage: day or night meetings with children by social workers in the streets of the city or through local authorities.
- Second stage: admission in 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 his family.
- Fourth stage: family reintegration or transfer into one of our long-term structures: protection center or family house
ACTIVITIES
- Literacy
- Psychological support
- Leisure and social activities
- Family assessment
- Reintegration with maintenance in the family
TESTIMONY
Rachna, social worker at the Poïpet temporary center
Rachna has been working for Krousar Thmey for 4 years. The main part of his work is to participate in outreach sessions, in order to identify children living in the streets and establish a link with their families.
Read her story
MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
$120 – financial support for a year for one child in outside case
$50 – food and clothes expenses for one child for one 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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