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Missione Possibile Hong Kong vs "F. O. C. U. S." (Focus On Children's Understanding In School)
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Missione Possibile Hong Kong
"F. O. C. U. S." (Focus On Children's Understanding In School)Key details
- Effective date
- 26/06/2015
- 06/09/1998
- Charity number
- 91/14188
- 91/5178
About
- Description
- Missione Possibile is an Italian NGO operating in Cambodia since 1999. We guarantee education to around 600 unprivileged children, from ages 5 to 20. The non-profit organization was set up in 1999 by Gerry Testori, Missione Possibile’s founder, when he was travelling across Cambodia with a mobile clinic to help villagers in need. The country was in a desperate state after the genocide perpetrated by the Khmer Rouge Regime. Gerry and his team landed in a poor village in Takeo Province, where he noticed there were no school facilities available. Hundreds of children confronted the possibility of growing up with no education, generation after generation, facing a future of illiteracy and destitution. Gerry took the decision to fund a class run by a local teacher and Missione Possibile was born. After a few months, the village sold some land to Missione Possibile to build a school. The first brick was placed, and the journey began. Thanks to the generosity of many supporters, the first building with four classes was completed in 2006. To date, a Primary and a Secondary school educating over 500 students have been set up in this poor rural region of Cambodia about a two-hour drive from Phnom Penh. The catchment area for the schools covers six villages in Takeo Province.
- For over 25 years FOCUS has been a trusted resource for Hong Kong parents, educators and medical professionals seeking to learn how to better support the academic and social lives of children with mainstream learning differences. FOCUS aims to improve educational and life outcomes of children with AD/HD and SpLD by expanding understanding and raising awareness of what it means to have a mind that learns differently Our mission is is to improve the education of mainstream students who are challenged by Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD) and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD) by providing accurate evidence-based information, practical strategies and support to parents and professionals in education and healthcare and by improving understanding of how learning differences impact youth both emotionally and academically.
Contact
- Address
- To date, a Primary and a Secondary school educating over 500 students have been set up in this poor rural region of Cambodia about a two-hour drive from Phnom Penh. The catchment area for the schools covers six villages in Takeo Province., Missione Possibile Hong Kong
- Rm 617, 6/F, One Island South, 2 Heung Yip Rd, Wong Chuk Hang, HK
Status
- Subvented
- No
- No
- Subsidiary
- No
- No
Categories
Target beneficiaries
Governance & transparency
- Annual report on website
- —
- No
- Financial audits on website
- —
- No
- Board of directors on website
- —
- Yes
Sustainable Development Goals
- SDGs
- —
- SDG4: Quality Education
Social links
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