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Many
abandoned Cambodian children who are struggling to survive have received
help from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
As part
of Pacific Partnership 2012, the Church donated medical supplies and
hygiene, injury and school kits to help the Cambodia Children’s Fund
Rescue Center. The center is located near a garbage dump where many
children live and have grown up.
During
Pacific Partnership 2012, nearly 100 Latter-day Saint professionals took
a leave of absence from their various practices and donated a
significant amount of time and skills to help heal people who don’t have
access to medical care.
This is
the fourth year that the Church has been involved with the United
States Navy’s Pacific Partnership projects. Latter-day Saint Charities
provided 96 volunteer doctors, nurses, dental specialists and medical
technicians to Pacific Partnership 2012, a four-month long U.S. Pacific
Fleet humanitarian and civic assistance project that brought together
U.S. military personnel, host and partner nations, nongovernmental
organizations and international agencies. The operation ended on 11
August. In 2011 and 2009, LDS Charities volunteers assisted aboard the
USNS Comfort during the Continuing Promise missions.
The
project, which made stops in Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and
Cambodia, evaluated and treated more than 49,000 people and performed
887 surgeries. The project also completed 104 community service
projects, which included donations of 244 pallets of supplies (139,848
pounds, worth more than $435,000). The Church donated 104 of those
pallets (including hygiene kits, newborn kits, blankets, and toys) and
20 wheelchairs.
Twelve
Latter-day Saint Charities volunteers stayed for the entire project;
others came for two- to six-week periods. Most are from the United
States, with a few others from Canada and the Philippines.
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