Center for Children's Happiness Center for Children’s Happiness in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, currently cares for 140 children who would otherwise be abandoned to extreme poverty, abuse, lack of education, and various types of exploitation.   Mr. Mech Sokha, a Cambodian man in his mid-forties, who was himself orphaned during the Khmer Rouge genocide of the late 1970’s, founded CCH in October 2002. Ms. Osanai Mieko, President of Japan Team for Young Human Power (JHP), provided Sokha with educational opportunities and financial backing necessary to begin to realize his dream of rescuing children from dangerous and oppressive labor at the infamous Steung Meanchey dump just outside Phnom Penh.
International support for CCH continues to grow because visitors are deeply moved by the loving spirits and graciousness of the children at the Center. Visitors quickly see that CCH is more than an orphanage. It is a place of hope, aspiration, and kindness.

Child Orphans in Cambodia---What is being done by Center for Children's Happiness to help children out of poverty, get them away from the Steung Meanchey dump, away from the risk of trafficking, give these children education and hope for the future:

Friends of Center for Children's Happines supports an extraordinary orphanage in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. CCH orphanage creates a loving home for orphans and other children who have worked at the Steung Meanchey Waste Disposal Dump, are AIDS orphans, were at risk for being trafficked, had parents die from landmine accidents, or otherwise have been victims of poverty. Cambodian staff offer the children love and hope through education, good nutrition, medical care, and instruction in Khmer, English, and traditional culture 0f Cambodia..