CAMOBODIA OUTREACH PROGRAM

Home page for Refugee Services of Texas' relief work for refugees and the displaced inside Cambodia.

Lance A. Rasbridge, Ph.D., Coordinator lance.rasbridge@sbcglobal.net; lrasbr@parknet.pmh.org

Access to grassroots health care and education is not only a fundamental human right but the most "durable solution" in preventing future refugee crises. Since serving as a voluntary election observer in northwest Cambodia in 1998, I have begun the Cambodia Outreach Program to assist the thousands of refugees, returnees, and the war-displaced in Battambang and Pailin Provinces, Cambodia.

As an applied anthropologist, I have sought to build bridges between these remote, vulnerable refugees and existing NGOs, like the Red Cross and the Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC). For four years I have teamed with a Battambang-based aid agency, Saboras, whose mission is to empower the poor, especially orphans, widows, children, and the handicapped. Together we have established several ongoing projects, such as the Elizabeth School near Pailin and the Neang Nuan Woodworking Apprenticeship in Battambang. The Cambodia Outreach Program also has joined a coalition to clear landmines in Battambang; our ongoing efforts have so far raised over $50,000 to clear mines in three villages.

Funding for the Cambodia Outreach Program is completely through private contributions, managed through Refugee Services of Texas, a non-profit refugee resettlement agency. 

Tax Deductible Donations:

Cambodia Fund
Refugee Services of
Texas
4113
Junius St.
Dallas, Texas 75246

Correspondence:

Lance A. Rasbridge, PhD
Refugee Outreach Anthropologist
East Dallas Health Center

Parkland Health and Hospital System
3320 Live Oak St.
Dallas, Texas 75204

214 266-1127

Newsletters:

Woodworking Apprenticeship Program

February1999

October1999

June2001

June2002

July2003

CAMBODIA LANDMINE REMOVAL PROJECT 2004

July2004

March2005

 

Personal:

Curriculum vita (Microsoft Word Format Here)

Refugee and Immigrant Health Book (Kemp & Rasbridge, Cambridge Press 2004)

Refugee and Immigrant Health Website

Dallas Morning News Article (6/28/04)