Tabitha Foundation is a non-profit organisation seeking to help suffering families in Cambodia.


Family Development	Cottage Industry	House building	Wells	School building

Tabitha's aim is to reach out to the despairing in their communities and help them to address their own needs in a holistic and sustainable way. Community development is achieved by encouraging personal savings, providing employment and income by teaching and selling Cambodian handcrafted items, and house-building by volunteers for families who cannot afford a home. Thereby transforming lives to fruitfulness with dignity!

100% of donations are applied to the programs in Cambodia - ZERO overheads!

Latest News

Alternative Schoolies Now that I’ve had time to reflect on my Cambodian trip, I feel obliged to share with you some of the experience so that you can better understand the impact of your generous support. After the long build up and anticipation of our trip I was ready to get stuck into our project.

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Janne's News - Nov 09 Dear friends and partners, This week marks the end of the first UN held Khmer Rouge trial of Duch – the infamous head of Toul Sleng – a torture and death chamber of more than 14,000 Khmers. Duch has said he is guilty and he has said he is sorry, but these words have little meaning for the survivors for he also says “I was just following orders”. There is no remorse.

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"PRICELESS" - PLC Sydney In contrast to the freedom and adventure which we discovered in Vietnam, Cambodia was an entirely different experience. Having been warned about the increased levels of safety we needed to uphold, our first day in Phnom Penh began with

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Taxi Girls in Cambodia I was recently sent an old email from Janne Ritskes in Cambodia, which I thought I should share. Dear friends and supporters, I keep thinking that I have seen it all; that nothing will shock me anymore but as usual, I am wrong.

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Relocation Ethics Recently, a TFA supporting Foundation asked Janne for her perspectives on "the ethical issue of whether NGOs should provide services to relocated communities as a human rights imperative or whether by NGOs undertaking this they actually ‘legitimise’ relocation policies". Here is Janne's insightful and typically interesting response....

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"Focus on Scopus" (Mount Scopus Memorial College, Vic) For the first time in Mt Scopus history, 14 year 9 students, under the supervision of Mr Morris and Mrs Wolters, embarked on a journey to Cambodia that had the potential to change their view of the world. The aim of the project was to supply materials and hands on support to families in a rural community and to the children of a Phnom Penh orphanage. Preparations began early in term 2 when the students involved had to come up with ideas

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Building in Battambang (William Dove) I yelped in pain as the hammer struck my left thumb for about the hundredth time. It was now a bloody pulpy mess. My left forefinger also bore evidence of hammer wounds, the nail blackened and bleeding. The pain was intense and I swore under my breath, struggling to understand how it was that I could hit my thumb and finger with such precision and power, while the clout I was attempting to strike was standing proud and unscathed in the middle of the digit carnage.

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Janne's News - Sep 2009 Dear friends and partners, I am sitting here in my office listening to the patter of rain – rain and more rain – this summer has been the summer of rain. Since we returned to Cambodia in August, the rains have fallen in a steady, weeping fashion. For some of our families, the rain is a blessing – the rice will grow well this year if it doesn’t flood. For others.....

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Welcome to TFA's website

Tabitha programs impact an amazing number of desperately poor children, women and families. We are not aware of any other program that is as effective for your contribution, delivering measurable results in alleviating poverty.

We hope that you find the site informative and interesting. The site will provide up to date news, stories and information on future events.

Don't hesitate to contact us if you have information to share or would like to find out more about our programs.

Vincent Moran
Tabitha Director

"Australians have embraced the plight of Cambodian families with passion and energy. For this we are truly thankful"

Janne Ritskes
Tabitha Founder

"We don’t view our contribution as a donation but rather as an investment - and we were left with the feeling that Janne and her team were well placed to invest our contribution in an efficient and productive manner"

Mark Cubit
Cubit Family Foundation