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Children in School

The Reaching Out Project
operates mainly in Cambodia

providing opportunities for children to education

Our Five Year Mission

is to improve and transform the lives of impoverished and vulnerable children in Cambodia and beyond. The core of our mission is to help and support children to continue school and reverse the phenomenon and extended trend of children drop out of school in Cambodia and Region, ensuring that children stay in school. Poverty, lack of transportation and mental health disorders are the primary reasons that children in Cambodia and the wider region permanently drop out of school.

Our cause is rooted in the fundamental belief that education is the only path towards a better life, out of poverty and mental health disorders.
The Reaching out Project, mission focus and helps thousands of vulnerable children and their families, and creating a pathway to escape a world of permanent poverty and forced labor, through education, enhancing living conditions, educational opportunities, and mental health support.
We support Children, Schools and Communities to break this poverty cycle and improve mental health as a Global Call for Action, to succeed our cause.

A safe, secure, and sustainable environment, education and child-friendly schools (as a National Call from Government) are the key factors ensuring that children stay in school and grow up sustainably.

“The Reaching Out Project” is our heartfelt initiative and signifies our commitment to leaving behind a better world.

We choose to live in a world hat help and support have no borders, no race, no religio.

Whoever they are Wherever they are Whatever the country

@TheReachingOutProject is here,
is everywhere, it’s all of us, it’s you

Mrs Eleni Ioannidou
Dr Thomas Theodorakopoulos

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Currently we support:

5

Schools

1000

Children

7

Communities

Schools & Communities

353 Children, 14 Teachers, 6 Grades + Kindergarten

We cover all the expenses of these 353 poor children, living in a very poor community and covering school needs for quality education.

97 Children, 5 Teachers, 5 Grades

We cover all the expenses of these 97 poor children in mountains including water supply. School and communities condition are not suitable for children and need improvement.

112 Children, 3 Teachers, 6 Grades + Kindergarten

We cover all the expenses of these 112 very poor children and supporting their families. We cover all school needs to improve educational conditions.

Stories to tell

One Bicycle Matters

Every morning some lucky children ride their bicycle with a smile of happiness toward to school. Unfortunately most of them are not lucky and they walk around 7 Km every day in dangerous, flooding and muddy routes. As a result they drop out school. This daily hard reality was the reason that “One bicycle Matters” program was born. On 28th of September 2023 we delivered, among others, 53 bicycles to students of Wat Sdei Primary School, in Kampong Klheang Cambodia.

Take Action

“Educated children is the only path towards a better life. With your help we make a direct impact in children lives”

The Reaching Out Project

Donation

Either one or more bicycles, backpacks, notebooks, stationery and food (rise) for the family, all donation scales encourage a child or children to attend school and not drop out and have a great impact in their lives. Donate just for yourself or in honor, memory or birthday of your beloved persons, or just simply make a gift to the person you want. Donation are covering our Mission Projects mainly in Cambodia.

Sponsor

Sponsor a child. Covering child basic needs expenses you help family and community to encourage young kids continue school instead going to forced low labor work. Sponsor a complete basic need sub-project like clean water for school or community. Sponsor a school. Take the chance to help in school scale and be proud of the impact you made in such a big group of children. Sponsor a community. Be part of a complete supporting experience by changing lives to many families.

Sponsor

Sponsor a child. Covering child basic needs expenses you help family and community to encourage young kids continue school instead going to forced low labor work. Sponsor a complete basic need sub-project like clean water for school or community. Sponsor a school. Take the chance to help in school scale and be proud of the impact you made in such a big group of children. Sponsor a community. Be part of a complete supporting experience by changing lives to many families.

Support

Support Schools and Communities to mentoring children and passing the Khmer traditions and culture to this generation. Support our School Programs to encourage children attend school. Support our Community and Parents’ Training Programs that will feed the seed to families of importance a child being at school. Support our “Shoulder to Shoulder” program which focus on real problems with families and teachers to the field.

Support

Support Schools and Communities to mentoring children and passing the Khmer traditions and culture to this generation. Support our School Programs to encourage children attend school. Support our Community and Parents’ Training Programs that will feed the seed to families of importance a child being at school. Support our “Shoulder to Shoulder” program which focus on real problems with families and teachers to the field.

Partners

Become a partner on our initial 5-year strategic mission plan.

Make your company part of this bigger community and make the change together with us. Among our Partners is only trust, loyalty and commitment to our aim and vision.

“To make this world better for children”

Grants

Schools that need support and willing to cooperate with our organization to help children continue school and make it a Child Friendly School are welcome to apply to our organization. Communities and Schools go together. Poor Communities that need support to help children continue school, always in compliance with schools, are welcome to apply to our organization.

Explor our Latest News

| School Building Project
Announcement
17 Oct 2025
by The Reaching out Project Team
| Newsletter
Announcement
2 Oct 2024
by The Reaching out Project
| Donation Call
Action
2 Oct 2024
by The Reaching out Project

What Others
Say About Us

The Reaching Out Project has taken shape and form thanks to two remarkable individuals: Eleni and Thomas. They have embraced children in Cambodia, and through their actions, they bring hope for a better life and countless smiles to these little angels!

Dionysis Sourpis
Baritone from the Greek National Lyric Stage

We are in awe of both Eleni Ioannidoy and Dr Thomas Theodorakopoulos, founders of the “Reaching out Project”.  After their Journey to Cambodia and sawing the extreme poverty of children couldn’t stand idle.  Though they both have busy careers they decided to spearhead the Initiative with fundamental belief that children’ education is the only way out of poverty.  They have cut out the middleman, do all the work. We support them and encourage everyone to contribute to this wonderful cause.  Every little bit helps.

Susan and John Andrews
Greek Community in Toronto, Canada

Through my participation in The Reaching Out Project, I felt the joy of being a global citizen. It provides us with the opportunity to practically extend our solidarity to children, who represent the fragile future of humanity, even if they are in a distant country like Cambodia.

Sophie Bachtalia
Working in the Art field

There are some bright fellow humans among us who, when they witness hunger and destitution, feel compelled to say, “We must do something,” even if they are on the other side of the world. Thus, The Reaching Out Project was born. We are all called upon to contribute to this noble mission and have the privilege of feeling that with a simple gesture here in Greece, we can change the lives of children in a distant country like Cambodia. Because human lives hold equal value everywhere.

Nikos Kekridis
Shipbuilder and Shipowner