Our Story

In 1993, fifty-year-old Geraldine Cox was adamant to help a group of displaced war orphans living in appalling conditions close to the Cambodian-Thai border. 

 

With very little resources, Geraldine gave everything she could to provide care for these kids, giving them food, a safe place to call home, the opportunity for education and the nurturing love of a mother. Within a short period, Geraldine was able to build outstanding rapport with the local community. As her charity work expanded, so did her vision, and she aspired to focus on rebuilding lives through sustainable community development.

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Sunrise Cambodia has now grown to support whole communities with healthcare, material aid and education so that families can prosper.

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Today, Sunrise Cambodia is a registered Australian charity founded in 1993, which provides a home and residential care for more than 60 orphaned, abandoned and at-risk children and education for hundreds of children from poor communities. The children that come to us have often been trafficked into prostitution, slave labour, begging rings, illegal adoption rings, are victims of domestic violence due to parental alcoholism or drug dependency, abandoned in hospitals by their families, disabled or live on the streets to survive. As a result, they are in great need emotionally and physically when they arrive at Sunrise.