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People for Care and Learning in Cambodia

Singapore, Singapore

Poverty & HungerEducationChildren & YouthCommunity development
Faith-based organisationInternational reach
Profile last updated: July 22, 2026

About

People for Care and Learning in Cambodia is a faith-based organisation based in Singapore, Singapore working on poverty & hunger, education, children & youth +6 more.

People for Care and Learning in Cambodia (PCL) is a non-profit organisation that works to break the cycle of poverty in Cambodia and elsewhere in Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka. It combines training, education, farming, housing, social enterprise and disaster relief through five main project areas, serving children, widows and poor communities. Its programmes include children's homes, learning centres, a social-enterprise café, sustainable farming, the Build a City community project and the Critical Incident Response disaster-relief service. PCL describes itself as a faith-based organisation, and it operates from an international headquarters in Singapore with a US base in Mobile, Alabama.

Location

Singapore, Singapore

Organisation type

Faith-based organisation

Legal form

501(c)(3)

Focus areas

povertyeducationchildren's homesmicro-enterprisedisaster reliefCambodia

Languages

EN

Causes & programmes

Causes

Poverty & HungerEducationChildren & YouthCommunity developmentHumanitarian aid & Disaster reliefEmployment & SkillsHousing & HomelessnessWater & SanitationMental health

Works for

ChildrenYouthFamiliesWomen & GirlsPeople in povertyCommunities

How they work

Direct servicesCommunity programmesCapacity buildingEmergency responseVolunteer programmes

Programmes

Build a City

Housing & Homelessness · Cambodia

Develops a new community from scratch by building homes, roads, jobs and a community centre for families who lost everything.

Sustainable Farming

Poverty & Hunger · Cambodia

Micro-enterprise farming projects in villages, including the Takam Integrated Training Farm, pig farming, fish ponds, poultry, water filter technology and a rice bank.

Common Grounds Café

Employment & Skills · Cambodia

Social enterprise café in Siem Reap that hires men and women from impoverished areas and provides on-the-job training and English classes.

Learning Centers

Education · Cambodia

Teaches around 130 students each term in English, computer skills, job training and leadership, including the PCL Management Institute, which offers a free associate degree.

Children's Homes

Children & Youth · Cambodia

Family-style homes in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap providing care, education and support to children, followed by YWAM training and university or vocational pathways.

Critical Incident Response (CIR)

Humanitarian aid & Disaster relief · Cambodia

Disaster response providing meals, mobile showers and laundry services, and counselling and psychological support to affected communities.

Mushroom Project

Employment & Skills · Cambodia

Trains women, including widows, to grow and sell mushrooms as their own business.

Countries of operation

CambodiaSri LankaThailandMyanmarLaos

Funding & support

Funded by

Individual donations

Ways to support

DonateVolunteerSponsorship

Credentials & affiliations

Awards

Certificate of Excellence

TripAdvisorCommon Grounds Café

Partnerships

Habitat for Humanity, Asia Euro University, YWAM

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