Wat Opot Children's Community

Sina is the second wife of Ly… his first wife died of AIDS related causes and left him with a young girl to care for. Ly was also HIV positive but knew if others found out about it, it would be very difficult to find another wife… and so he kept it a secret.
Sina [...]

As you read in the post “The Banyan Tree“, Alfred Banze and Christine Falk came to Wat Opot to make a film with the children. We now can show you this video on our very own site… Enjoy!

Every month Partners in Compassion Cambodia distributes rice to its members. We have been doing it now for over eight years and it is one of the key factors to the success of our program. In the beginning we would buy the rice ourselves in Phnom Penh and deliver it to the homes of our [...]

The Banyan tree grows in many parts of the World and wherever they are found there is usually a lot of folklore surrounding them. Here in Cambodia they are mostly found on the grounds of the Buddhist Wats. The Buddha found Enlightenment under one of these trees and so I guess it makes sense [...]

A new gallery has been added to our site. Flashes from the past: photos of Wat Opot in 2005-2006 by Bennett Stevens.