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About Us:
CAZ Foundation was
founded after a trip to Cambodia in December of 2005. Seeing how different life
was from that in the United States, it seemed evident that assistance was in
order. After seeing the lifestyle differences and a saddening recent history, more
needed to been done to help Cambodia. And as a result, CAZ Foundation was born.
Cambodia is filled
with beautiful nature and amazing remnants of its past Angkor kingdoms. Not
only does Cambodia offer wonderful scenery, its people are even more beautiful.
They are genuine, kind-hearted, and welcoming. Despite the long time hardships
of corruption and genocide, Cambodians remain strong. Unfortunately, the ways
of a saddening past has still to be erased. The living conditions for most are
far from favorable and the needs are great. Thus, CAZ Foundation was
established as a way to, not completely fix all the country’s problems, but to
help as much as it could.
CAZ Foundation was
originally intended to assist those in the Southeast Asian region. Prior to
being renamed CAZ Foundation, the foundation was known as Project SEA. However,
a marvelous incident happened and Africa was incorporated into the foundation’s
mission.
CAZ Founder on
Africa:
“I attended a
convention in Texas with my father in July of 2006. I was studying in the hotel
room when my father came in and told me a heart-wrenching story about a man
name Joseph. As my dad was walking through the hotel hallway he noticed a man
crying. This man, Joseph, asked my father if he would pray with him. He did.
Afterwards, Joseph told my father that he had just received word from his wife
that two of the girls in his orphanage had died due to HIV/AIDS related causes.
Joseph runs an orphanage dedicated to helping children who either have the
HIV/AIDS virus, or have been orphaned due to their parents dying from the
disease. When my dad told me this,
I knew Joseph was going to need help. I asked my dad if I could meet Joseph,
and the next day I did. Joseph told me that before he came to the America,
someone had promised him that if he came to the United States they could get
him on the Oprah Show. So Joseph sold his car and bought a ticket from Zambia
to the USA. Thinking that this would be the answer to solving all the problems
at the orphanage, Joseph came. His ticket cost as much as it would take to feed
his orphanage for a month. When Joseph arrived, the man who promised him the
Oprah Show was nowhere to be contacted. Joseph felt so depressed because not
only was he away when these two girls died, he had just wasted a few thousand
dollars on a plane ticket. This story touched my heart in a way that compelled
me to help. And out of this the Zambia Project was born.”
Since this time, CAZ has expanded its assistance to other countries in
Africa. It is our hope to continue to expand and reach many other areas of the
world.
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