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 The mission statement:

Lotus’ mission statement is to help disadvantaged communities, mostly in developing countries, concentrating on women and children in the poorest communities.

 Lotus becomes involved in projects which are managed and operated by local independant NGOs and which have one or more of the following characteristics:

  1. They improve the abject poverty of the poorest remote communities.

  2. They help support self help community based projects.

  3. They cover the basic needs of a community, such as, water infrastructure projects and rice banks projects.

  4. They primarily educate, provide accommodation and generally support children and young people

  5. They work on improving the environment in which NGOs operate.

In each location Lotus will only work with local NGOs who have a proven record in their field of operation.  The local NGOs will have operated their projects for a period of time and require support to either expand their existing projects into new communities, or to add new elements to their existing projects.

Lotus website is intended to provide information on Lotus and its activities in developing countries, especially Cambodia, its local partners and to provide third party donors with online information on 'their' projects.

The website will be updated on a regular basis (at least once a month) and will serve as a communication platform between Lotus, its donors and its related partners in its countries of operation.

The ongoing information from our Co-ordinator in Siem Reap, Sandra Berard, can be found on our 'Current News' for general information and 'Donors' Projects' page for current information on each project which has been funded/co-funded by donors.

 

Current Focus:

Lotus' current focus is on projects in Cambodia, and apart from being involved directly in projects with its own funding, it now also wishes to further assist its local partners by acting as intermediary between donors and local NGOs.

In the case of community development/livelihood projects, if needed, Lotus will provide 10-20% funding for a project from its own funds.  Lotus will also (together with its Co-ordinator and the local NGOs) identify the communities most in need and it will monitor the progress of each project throughout its duration.  Additionally Lotus will focus on the development of Water Infrastructure projects, as water is the ultimate resource for most remote disadvantaged communities, and on the development of community Rice Banks, as these not only assist families when food is scarce, the most cricital time usually being between August-October, but they also help the communities slowly get themselves out of debt.