from the Style Traveller – a summary
The Shinta Mani Foundation is a charity in Siem Reap, Cambodia. It started in 2004 and helps poor families in the countryside. The Foundation gives support through education, jobs, health care, clean water, and safe housing.
It works closely with the Shinta Mani Hotel. Local people can get jobs there, such as in cooking or guest services. The money from hotel guests also helps fund the Foundation’s projects.
The Foundation gives bicycles to children so they can go to school, and brings in dentists and doctors for free check-ups. It builds wells to provide clean drinking water and teaches people how to build them, so they can help other villages and even earn money.
The Foundation also helps women learn skills like making rattan mats to sell. It builds brick homes for families who need a safe place to live.
Young people can study at the Shinta Mani School of Hospitality, where they learn hotel skills and get jobs later.
So far, the Foundation has helped thousands of people and continues to give them hope and a better life.