Cambodia Tomorrow began its work in 2002 when a small group of parents returned to the US from adopting their children in Cambodia. After meeting the wonderful children of Kompong Speu Orphan Center, this group of parents wanted to find a way to make a difference in the lives of the children.  Pol Sok Ly, orphanage director, suggested that providing English language education would provide them with great opportunities when they were old enough to leave the orphanage. 

Cambodia Tomorrow board members sent a plea to their friends, family and other adoptive families and soon had sponsors for the majority of the children. In December 2002, the group officially incorporated as an organization.

As the English School Project grew, there were changes happening in Cambodia. The UN’s World Food Program cut funding for the orphanages in Cambodia. In response, Cambodia Tomorrow started raising funds specifically for basic needs. By the spring of 2003 Cambodia Tomorrow had provided new beds, medical assistance, formula and 9 tons of rice to Kompong Speu Orphan Center.

In the Spring of 2003 Catherine MacNeal shared her personal journey to adopt an older child from Kompong Speu Orphan Center on the Discovery Health Channel’s series Adoption Stories. Many viewers contacted Cambodia Tomorrow to see how they could help. By late summer of 2003 43 school-aged children at the Orphan Center were enrolled in English school, paid for by their American sponsors.

Today, Cambodia Tomorrow, through the generous donations of our sponsors, supports 75 children at Kompong Speu Orphan Center, one young man at mechanics school, and three young men at University in Phnom Penh.  We continue to provide some of the basic needs funding to Kompong Speu as well. 

We were able to make a significant difference in the lives of the children at Cham Chao orphanage in Phnom Penh as well.  Over a two-year period prior to its closing, Cambodia Tomorrow provided on-going medical care and basic living supplies to 18 children.  We were also very fortunate to team up with another NGO to open a pre-school, The Future Hope School.