The Cambodia Academy

We're glad you're here! We are a 501c3 educational charity operating a school in rural Cambodia for more than 300 students in grades 1 through 9.

The school was founded in April, 2004 by Foster City, CA Rotarians Hans Eide and John Barrett. Both men had been working on a separate Rotary project to deliver wheelchairs to the region and were touched by the genuine kindness of the locals. Mindful of the widespread poverty and the scars that still exist in the aftermath of the Vietnam War and Khmer Rouge era, they believed that education was the surest way to help deserving children break out of the cycle of poverty they were born into.

Over the past 18 years, the school has grown and thrived thanks to worldwide support from Rotary clubs and individual donors who share the vision that education is the key to success.