Founded in 2014 (and currently still being headed by the founder Mr. Sinn Meang, a Cambodian local), Volunteer Building Cambodia (VBC) provides impoverished families in rural Siem Reap Province with sturdy homes, wells, solar systems, toilet facilities, and bio-sand water filters.

Since our inception, we have progressed from constructing simple wooden-framed houses to the current steel-framed structures. Using a concrete base, and modern sturdy, long-lasting materials we can provide a family with a new life-changing environment in which they can prosper and grow.

2024 is our tenth anniversary, and we hope to make this a very special year – so please help us to achieve this.

VBC is primarily funded by volunteers who wish to participate in building a house or toilet. We are also grateful for donations from anyone at any time. 

Approximately 80% of Cambodians live in rural areas where a staggering 85% are without access to adequate sanitation facilities and 35% do not have access to safe drinking water. Many of these families live on less than a few dollars a day. Owning a sturdy home that can protect from the elements gives these families a much-needed helping hand. This allows them to focus on making an income and raising their families. Similarly, having access to safe water sources and sanitation facilities improves the health of these families. This allows them to be more productive and also happier.

We do thorough assessments to ensure those most in need receive our houses and undertake follow-up assessments at 6 months, 12 months, and 24 months after a family receives a house to monitor how the family is doing.

VBC views education as another step on the ladder out of poverty. Therefore, using funds raised through its building program VBC has set up VBC Community Centre (VBCCC), which runs free daily Computer and English language classes for 200 enthusiastic students. The VBC Community Centre provides for those who are motivated enough and lucky enough to live near it. In the future VBCCC hopes to provide classes in vocational and soft skills in addition to classes for parents.

VBCCC is proud of the fact that the majority of those attending are female, despite being in a rural area where educating females has never been seen as a priority.

To date, VBC has built 457 houses, provided 211 water wells, and installed 299 toilets, 201 solar panels, and 119 clean water bio-sand filters. 

In providing safe secure housing, sanitation facilities, and education VBC hopes to help break the poverty cycle and support its families on their journeys to self-sufficiency.