| Taking a Gap Year in Cambodia is one of the | | | | volunteering opportunities in Cambodia on offer |
| fastest growing gap year destinations in Asia. | | | | range from teaching English in orphanages and |
| There are some amazing gap year programmes | | | | caring for street children, to backpacker tours. |
| available in Cambodia for you to have a trip of a | | | | The literacy rate in Cambodia according to |
| life time! | | | | UNESCO is below 70 per cent, making it among |
| A predominately Buddhist country, Cambodia has | | | | the bottom 50 countries in the world for |
| a population of over 15 million people. Cambodians | | | | education. With renewed political stability since |
| consider themselves to be descendents of the | | | | 1998, the country is starting to develop. Recently |
| ancient Khmer Empire, a powerful kingdom that | | | | English has become the official second language in |
| dominated Asia during the middle ages. | | | | Cambodia which means that English volunteers are |
| The geography of Cambodia is shaped by the | | | | in high demand. |
| Mekong River. The country is hot and humid | | | | Taking a Gap year in Cambodia will offer you the |
| during the dry season with tropical monsoons | | | | unique opportunity to witness all of the culture |
| during the rainy season. Cambodia has a lot to | | | | and scenery in a much more meaningful way. Also |
| offer to the traveller. One of the main attractions | | | | it will give you the opportunity to make a |
| in Cambodia is Angkor Wat. These 800 year old | | | | difference in the lives of the unfortunate ones. |
| temples in Siem Reap are a wonderful sight and | | | | Living below the poverty line and plagued by |
| well worth a visit. Siem Reap is also a great | | | | disaster the people of Cambodia are remarkably |
| destination for volunteering so you can combine | | | | very friendly and welcoming to foreigners. |
| your volunteer work with great sightseeing! | | | | Torn apart by civil war and living beneath the |
| Known as the Pearl of Asia, Phnom Penh is the | | | | world poverty line, Cambodia is a place in need of |
| capital city of Cambodia and the main destination | | | | aid. A Cambodian gap project is far more than |
| for gap year programs. The city has a great | | | | just a volunteer holiday, it is a chance to make a |
| mixture of Khmer and French architecture. Phnom | | | | difference to the lives of many children, young |
| Penh is the main destination for gapyear trips and | | | | people and adults in communities and rural |
| is a great city to be in whilst having a year out. | | | | settings. |
| Volunteer Holidays are the main year out | | | | Cambodia has a lot to offer for a gap year |
| opportunities in Cambodia. This can be in Phnom | | | | experience so better go now before it becomes |
| Pen, Siem Reap or in the countryside. The | | | | too crowded! |