The Plight of Children...

According to the United Nations Secretariat for Children and Armed Conflict, in addition to over a million children killed in armed conflict in recent years, 6 million have been rendered permanently disabled and up to a quarter of a million children are exploited as child soldiers. In the last few years in Africa alone, over 100,000 children have been used as soldiers.
Contemporary terrorism is another adult act of violence that increasingly adds to the suffering of so many children. Those who survive conflict and acts of terror can be physically maimed for life and/or emotionally haunted.
Our Foundation helps to renew the human spirit of such children.
Your support is crucial: We need your help to heal the hearts of child survivors of war and terrorist violence.
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Programs

Currently, Renew the Spirit Foundation has partnerships with

  • The Karen Women’s Organisation (KWO). The KWO runs children’s educational programs and women’s projects in the mai La Oon Refugee camp on the Thai-Burmese border.

  • CamboKids. Cambokids has over a decade of experience in running play therapy programs for children in Cambodia. Although the bullets have stopped being fired in Cambodia in terms of armed conflict, the devastating violence of the Pol Pot ‘Killing Fields’ is transferred into future generations. RTSF seeks to help reduce this inter-generation violence in Cambodia.

  • The People Improvement Organisation (PIO) in Cambodia. The PIO runs various programs for children from impoverished families with a focus on programs for girls. RTSF supports a PIO school for children who live and work at the Stung Mean Chey Rubbish Tip community in Phnom Penh.

  • With YKIP in Bali (Humanitarian Foundation of Mother Earth). YKIP run various programs for poor and marginalised children but also with child victims and families of the Bali terrorist bombings. RTSF will support YKIP provide creative arts healing programs for these children.


Please see the photos page for images from the refugee camp and CamboKids.