Women’s Club seeks money to rebuild school in Cambodia

The Strathmore Vanderbilt Women’s Club in Manhasset is looking to help rebuild a school in Cambodia and will hold its annual Philanthropic Fundraiser on Saturday, Nov. 16.

Surprising what little money it takes to change the world.

In Cambodia, it would take just $15,000 to rebuild a school that had been destroyed in the 1970s. Pol Pot, leader of the Khmer Rouge regime, ascended to power and murdered 25 percent of Cambodia’s population from 1970-1974 and destroyed schools and polluted waters.

In full: https://theislandnow.com/community-news/manhasset-cn/womens-club-seeks-money-to-rebuild-school-in-cambodia/

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