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Cambodia is the poorest country in South East Asia, a place where poverty breaks up families. The vast majority of orphanages in Cambodia are made up of children saved from human trafficking, abuse, orphaned by HIV and children removed from destitute families.



At the age of 21, my dear friend Tara Winkler travelled through South East Asia and saved a small orphanage from a corrupt, and sexually abusive director. She raised the funding, opened a new residence and founded the Cambodian Childrens Trust.
In 2011, Tara was named as the NSW Young Australian of the year, and now in 2013, CCT has a range of programs to support vulnerable and underpriveleged children, from ages 2 – 22 year old. Tara invited me to come to Cambodia to teach the CCT kids drumming. My first reaction was "Yes! Of course! But we'll need a lot of drums!"

- THIS IS WHERE YOU COME IN! -

Please help me buy drums for the children at CCT to use as a resource for now and the future.

Then I will fly to Cambodia, to teach the kids and train another teacher to continue my work when I leave. With fun games and positive mentoring, performance pieces will be developed by the kids themselves, then performed in a community concert for friends and foster families. Cambodian Childrens Trust are 100% committed to incorporating drumming/ percussion lessons into their extra-curricular programmes so kids now and in the future can benefit from this opportunity.

- WE ARE ALL PART OF CREATING THIS LEGACY - I’d like to film everything, make a music video clip featuring the drummer-kids of CCT, and produce a mini-documentary to raise awareness about illegal adoptions, human trafficking and slavery eg: estimated 200 - 225 thousand people fall victim to human trafficking in South East Asia annually.

INVEST IN HOPE - your participation in this campaign will support a brighter future for a child whose smile you get to enjoy when you see the amazing performances shared on Youtube.

"Feel your fear and do it anyway!" - Tara Winkler, founder of Cambodian Childrens Trust
RISKS
1. Resourcing and purchasing drums in Thailand
2. Shipping drums from Thailand through Siem Reap airport, overland to CCT in Battambang

I plan to arrive in Thailand with enough time to handle any problems which may arise in the latter process. With officials demanding backsheesh every step of the way, Tara Winkler who speaks Thai, Vietnamese and Cambodian will meet me in Thailand, and accompany me and the drums for the entire journey to Battambang.