A Corkman walked into a Cambodian bar, and twenty children’s lives changed forever. When Cork-based builder Martin McHenry walked into Momo’s Bar in Sihanoukville, Cambodia in search of a shisha pipe, little did he know that this would be the start of a friendship that would see up to twenty Cambodian street children educated and fed [...]
Momo, the founder of Anita's Children's Home, with Grek, Ah Cheng, Chay and Ek, who is deaf. Their rent and school fees are paid for through fundraising in St Luke's. Photo: Rory Coomey This Thursday, the Anita's Children's Home committee in St Luke's, Cork, will hold an event in Henchy's - Grab a Guna - [...]
Inside the Man Ou garment factory. Photo: Rory Coomey. A hectic two days deserves more than a brief blogpost, but time is tight and we have a 5.30am start tomorrow to meet some kids from Anita's Orphanage at their schools. Can't get your kids up for school at 9.30? Try sending them to school [...]
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