CMDA | Cambodia

When: February 4 - 19, 2011

Where: Siem Reap, Cambodia

Who: Primary Medicine & Dentistry, Nurses, with limited Logistics (non-medical helpers). We will limit this team to 18 persons.

Status: Accepting Applications

Special Travel Announcement: All participants must travel to/from Siem Reap, Cambodia as a group. No deviations in travel will be allowed without prior approval from GHO Director.

Project Fee: $1,850 plus international airfare (subject to change)

Team Leader: Mike O'Callaghan, DDS

To read Dr. O'Callaghan's biography, Click Here.

Trip Details: This is GHO's second trip to Cambodia. God has blessed us with excellent and experienced national partners. We will be partnering with Dr. Yarin and his team at World Vision along with Dr. Ros, of the Cambodian Healthcare Christian Fellowship.

Our GHO team will be providing primary medical and dental care in a different poor rural village each of ten clinic days. We will drive about 60 to 90 minutes each way in vans to these remote sites.

Many of the patients we see will have never heard the Name of Christ before. We will serve in a variety of settings striving to assist the local church as they reach out to spread the good news and develop new frontier churches.

We will fly into the city of Siem Reap, famous worldwide as the home of the 12^th century temple complex Angkor Wat. Our ministry though will be in the poor rural areas far outside the city in Siem Reap Province. We may venture into Kampong Thom Province and serve there also.

Our interpreters are largely comprised of medical, dental and other professional students who are involved with Dr. Ros’ Cambodian Healthcare Christian Fellowship. We also will be assisted by some World Vision staff.

This trip will be demanding physically and professionally. The desire to have a humble servant heart is an essential requirement. Together we will care for many unreached people in the Name of Christ. After centuries of cultural domination by the Buddhist religion, God has been blowing the wind of His Spirit through the nation of Cambodia. The Church is alive and growing. God has blessed Cambodia with a cadre of dedicated church planters and it will be our joy and privilege to come alongside these consecrated men and women and assist them in growing the Church for the glory of God!

Our sleeping accommodations will be clean and comfortable with air conditioning and hot showers. Food will be largely Cambodian cuisine, nutritious and tasty. We also will be well fed and watered! We will enjoy a tour of Angkor Wat on our last tourist day before flying home, so do bring your camera!

Please prayerfully consider joining this trip and serve the least, the last and the lost!

Country Information: Cambodia is a nation of about 13 million people in Southeast Asia. It is located in the "10-40" window. Over 90% of the population and the majority of those we will serve on this mission trip are Khmer people, descendants of teh Angkor Empire that extended over much of Southeast Asia and reached its zenith between the 10th and 13th centuries.

The Khmer are a "least reached" people group. Only about 0.5% of the population of Cambodia is considered to be evangelical Christian. About 95% of the populatin is Buddist with another 4% claiming Muslim faith.

In 1969, Cambodia suffered bombings by the U.S. and invasions by the Vietnamese; events that threw the country into turmoil. In addition, a civil war broke out between the Camodian government and Communist rebels known as the Khmer Rouge. Possibly two million Cambodians died between 1975 and 1979 while the Khmer Rouge ruled in a reign of terror. After years of factional fighting and instability, Cambodia held national elections in 2003.

Since the days of Pol Pot and the Killing Fields, Cambodia has been struggling to heal its land. The areas we will be ministering in are impoverished, rural areas where rice paddies flourish during the rainy season. We will experience Cambodia during the dry season when cooler temperatures and fewer mosquitos prevail.

Vaccination Information: Wondering what immunizations you’ll need for the mission trip? Please refer to the Centers for Disease Control website.

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