Angels for the Journey

The site

What we do

• Keeps children in school: tuition, uniforms, exam fees, and supplies, with needs identified by local coordinators and every delivery documented and confirmed with families.
• Addresses short-term crisis: specific aid such as food staples and hygiene essentials for particular families at particular moments, including the escalation of the Cambodia-Thailand border dispute in July 2025.
• Opens doors after graduation: U.S. college application guidance for older students, including scholarship pathways explored with other organizations such as CETUSA.
• Builds youth-to-youth connection: free offline and Zoom academic support including 1:1 sessions, cultural-exchange workshops, and letters and language exchange.

My contributions

• Co-founded the organization in 2021 to provide biweekly tuition support and necessities to children in single-parent and low-income households in the Philippines, Cambodia, and Laos, funded in part by my Leaders Times internship income
• Work through local coordinators to deliver 189 student supports.
• Recruited and mentor 8 high school students who lead fundraising campaigns at U.S. schools
• Organized biweekly language classes and coordinated cultural exchange trips to the Philippines (Feb 2024) and Cambodia (Jun 2025)
• Build and maintain the organization’s website and YouTube channel.
• Met CETUSA’s Kimberly Carter in Seoul to explore possibility of opening J-1 scholarship paths for older students.

Impact

As of July 2026, the network has delivered 189 student supports across three countries. In December 2025, Chanra Hun of Kok Trach Village, Siem Reap, supported through her secondary education, was admitted to Reed College (Portland, Oregon, Class of 2030), and plans to study psychology and mathematics.

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