BSDA - Buddhism and Society Development Association, Kampong Cham, Cambodia, is supporting the poor amongst the poorest, especially focusing its efforts on reaching the truly impoverished, street children, orphans and vagabonds and educating them on important life issues, violence prevention and social and Buddhist morality in Cambodia, which is also stretching into the educational programs made available for teenagers and adults.

The history of Buddhism in Cambodia.

See also: http://www.countrystudies.us/cambodia/

Missions :

* Establishing school of Vipassana (Insight Meditation) to instruct and guide all Cambodian Buddhists to do good, avoid all evils and cleanse their mind according the way of Lord Buddha in order to have patience and calmness for themselves individually. This could lead all of us prosperity and peace in our society.
* Organizing and disseminating the messages of enhancing social ethics and harmony through:
a). Explaining and interacting directly.
b). Preparing the mini classes for everybody in either inside or outside the Center.
c). Forming the initiative works by sending educated Buddhist monks to abroad and welcoming all foreign visitors who wish to practice meditation in our center.
* Offering alms food to monks, nuns and laypeople who are practicing Meditation in the Center.
* Building a nursing home to take care and give healthy aids to both domestic and international associations, communities and institutes in order to treat those people who wish to study Dhamma.
* Establishing a Talent Pali and Sanskrit Language School, and also national and international literature.

Buddhist portal of Cambodia. The website presents such sections as: Temple Events, Buddha Relics, Monks Pray, Dhamma Talk, Dhamma Text, Dhamma Library, Meditation Center, Meditation Group, Buddhist Radio, Buddhist TV, Buddhist Music, Wat Khmer.

The meditation center offers meditation instruction from 2pm to 5pm, from 6pm to 9pm (instruction in Khmer only). The 15 nuns and 5 monks resident at the center can offer overnight stays there.

Life and Hope Association is a Cambodian non-profit, non-governmental, non-political organization. Monks of Wat Damnk and friends established it in 2005.

Buddhist monastery headed be Venerable Nal Chhum.