Currently, we are working closely with Disability Development Services Program (DDSP) in Pursat, Cambodia. In 2024, Advancing Education worked with students from East Tennessee State University and successfully raised nearly $3000 to purchase a new tuk-tuk which is used similar to a school bus in the US by transporting students and parents to the school. Samnang Pheng, Executive Director, stated "the tuk-tuk arrived at a great time of need as the students missed a month of school because there was no way to transport the students."
In 2025, Advancing Education plans to work closely with DDSP to help students with disabilities to complete their education, grow programming to educate more students, to meet their goals. DDSP desires to grow their programming reach and create more inclusive settings, and help create more financially programming.
To learn more about the work being done at DDSP go to www.ddspcambodia.org