Who We Are: 
Lotus Outreach Australia (LOA) is a Not-For-Profit organisation making a big difference in the lives of at-risk young women and children. Our programs have run successfully for more than twenty years in poverty-stricken areas of Cambodia.

Research has proven…if you educate a girl, you educate a family…and benefit an entire community'. Shashi Tharoor former UN Under Secretary

Our Work: 
Our work is to prevent the worst forms of child labour and trafficking by identifying at-risk young girls and offering them a compelling alternative - 'GATE' - Girls' Access to Education. 

Our Programs: 
We enable girls to stay in school and with their families. To be allowed to attend school, Cambodian children are required to have uniforms, shoes, school supplies and pay a tuition fee. GATE Scholarships provide all this, along with healthcare, and bicycles to cover long distance. Rice support for families in dire poverty can be the difference between a daughter forced into child labour in order to feed the family and a daughter in school getting a valuable education.

Many GATE girls, whose parents are destitute and illiterate, have now graduated high school and are doing tertiary and vocational training. 

Educating girls not only leads to their own financial independence, but they in turn help lift their families out of poverty, and make sure their future children will be educated too - potentially transforming entire communities.

Our Local Partners: 
We consult and work with respected Cambodian Government registered NGOs to identify the most vulnerable and marginalised young girls. 
Cambodian Women's Crisis Centre (CWCC), is a leading advocate for women and children; they work closely with LOA to ensure our programs are relevant and appropriately designed and implemented. 
• CWCC also works with Local Education Working Groups comprised of local elders, nurses, police and school principals, to identify girls most in need, monitor their progress, advocate for their rights and engage community support.