Kantha Bopha Foundation gets nearly $20 million in donations

Prime Minister Hun Sen launched the Kantha Bopha Foundation in Cambodia yesterday to support the Kantha Bopha Children’s Hospitals, announcing that the fund has already received nearly $20 million in donations. Speaking at the Peace Palace, Mr Hun Sen said the foundation received about $1.4 million in donations from 52 donors, including tycoons and ministers.

 

Mr Hun Sen added that the government, as founder and chair of the foundation, made an initial contribution of about $10 million as a reserve for the fund. Tycoon Kith Meng also provided a land plot worth about $8 million, Mr Hun Sen added. “We do not only want rich people contributing to the fund,” said Mr Hun Sen. “We also want contributions from our Cambodian people throughout the entire country, even just $1.25 per month.”

Prime Minister Hun Sen launched the foundation yesterday to support the Kantha Bopha hospitals.
KT/Mai Vireak and Ven Rathavong

Mr Hun Sen said that if two million Cambodian people contributed $1.25 per month, the foundation would get $2.5 million per month.

 

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