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The deportations of Cambodian Americans began in June 2002.

Some experts believe there could be over 1,400 Cambodian Americans deported.

Korsang staff came to America as small children after fleeing the Khmer Rouge. They were political refugees with “permanent status” as Americans.

Their families came to America seeking the American dream. Many of them ended up on state aid in America’s ghettos.

Korsang staff were first  survivors of American war, then products of American society and now byproducts of America’s post 9-11 policy.

Every few months groups of 10-15  Cambodian Americans are handcuffed, shackled and flown to the other side of the world, leaving behind their parents, partners and children.

So what do you do when you’ve been
unjustly deported from your home?

YOU CREATE A HARM REDUCTION PROGRAM!
 

Korsang staff have been trained and are inspiring Harm Reduction Educators, HIV Prevention and Outreach Workers.

In depth Harm Reduction Training
Vein Care Training
HIV 101 Training
Basic First Aid
Advanced First Aid
Case Management
Hep C Training
Overdose & Naloxone Training
 

Attended CDC SE Asian Injection Drug Users Conference, Siem Reap, Cambodia

Presented to Vietnamese Government Officials, Da Lat, Vietnam

Presented at The National Harm Reduction Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana
 

Attended AHRN Harm Reduction Workshop, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Had 4 Abstracts accepted two years in a row to IHRA International Conferences

Are preparing to visit a Harm Reduction Methadone project in Iran in August 06’

Cambodia is in the midst of an HIV pandemic and an explosive drug use crisis.

Cambodia's health care system is unprepared for the HIV and drug use crisis that is no longer looming on the horizon, but is now a reality.

Injection drug use is on the rise in Phnom Penh, with a user trend of switching from smoking Yama to injecting heroin. 

Many of the city’s heroin users are undereducated and homeless.  Korsang’s outreach team meets them where they are and provides them with the information, skills and tools they need to reduce their drug related harm.

There are currently no statistics on the number of drug users in Cambodia, what their risk behaviors are or what the HIV rates are among them.

Not to mention the nonexistent data concerning Hepatitis C or Overdose.

KORSANG SERVICES:

Overdose Prevention Trainings & Naloxone Distribution for drug users

Needle Exchange and Needle Pick-up

Street Outreach

Case Management
Peer Education
Medical Treatment
Advocacy

Store-front drop-in center for drug users to access harm reduction education and educational materials and supplies, eat meals, shower, wash clothes and rest, arrange for HIV testing, counseling and referrals.

Training & Technical support for local and regional agencies, CBO’s and NGO’s in Cambodia  and SE Asia.

Empowering drug users to reduce their drug related harm, find hope for their future and to offer hope to the Khmer community.

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Current Funding:
UNAIDS contracted through WHO
UNICEF direct funding to Korsang
USAID contracted through KHANA