Causes: Community & Neighborhood Development, Economic Development, Human Service Organizations, Human Services, International, International Development, Unknown

Mission: To improve health, food security, education, and economic development in rural Cambodia in ways that are self-sustaining by the individuals and communities we serve.

Results: Our four program areas—health, food security, education, and economic development—represent a well-rounded strategy for not just giving our partner communities a proverbial fish, but helping them learn how to live in ways that are self-sustaining. Trailblazer Foundation chooses our projects based on an annual local government assessment of village needs. We are honored to be one of only a handful of NGOs invited to this annual meeting. Through this bottom-up process, the villages themselves identify their needs. Their requests, in turn, direct our annual activities, which are “developing ripples of sustainability through community water projects. "

Target demographics: Trailblazer Foundation works with the poorest communities in Cambodia's Siem Reap province, location of the world-renowned Angkor Wat. Without technical and financial support, these village communities cannot develop beyond a level of subsistence, and remain in a state of poverty where survival is a struggle.

Direct beneficiaries per year: With financial support from hundreds of individuals, foundations, Rotary clubs and businesses, by the end of December, Trailblazer directly benefited more than 4,700 people in 2017.That is how many rural villagers in Cambodia’s Siem Reap province now have a better quality of living because people around the world wanted to help. Such a simple act that has such powerful results.

Geographic areas served: Siem Reap province, Cambodia

Programs: Our four program areas—health, food security, education, and economic development.