Ray Durr

One of CUSP’s goals is that our graduates would be able to give back to their community. I’d like to share a story about a CUSP graduate, Tann Pean, who did that for her niece Lysean. Here they are pictured… Read More »Giving Back

From December 3-10, I visited CUSP students in Phnom Penh, Kampong Thom, Banlung and Siempang together with Dr. Yaren, the head of CUSP in Cambodia, and Tan Pean, CUSP staff. Banlung and Siempang are very remote. In Phnom Penh we… Read More »CUSP TRIP DECEMBER 2024

Northeastern Cambodia can be very beautiful but it’s a long journey from a remote rural village to get an education that leads to a job. Rural students from the Kavet minority group must often make a hazardous journey from their… Read More »NEW FIELDS/ NEW STUDENTS

Here is another success story. CUSP was started in 2006 with the goal of helping poor but bright rural Cambodian youth escape poverty and reach their full potential as adults. Theam is another CUSP student who has made that journey… Read More »CUSP: The next generation. Theam’s story.

Dan (pronounced Don) comes from a remote village in northeastern Cambodia. She is pictured here to the right wearing glasses. She is Kavet (a minority group located in a mountainous region in Eastern Cambodia). She lived with Anne Thomas while… Read More »Dan’s story: A remarkable journey in remote Cambodia

Here is another story of a CUSP student who lived in our dorm, graduated from high school and then went on to graduate from college. She is now working as a high school teacher. Sreykea grew up in the village… Read More »Sreykea’s story

This student profile is about Pean, a CUSP sponsored student who graduated from college in 2019. Here is Pean graduating from university. Pean grew up in a rural Cambodian village. She was raised by a single mother in a village… Read More »Pean’s Story

Welcome to CUSP’s annual newsletter where we review the highlights and progress made during 2022.  This year is the 14th year of pursuing academically bright and promising rural youth trapped in poverty. 2022 by the numbers University and Vocational School:  27 Cusp students were supported as they studied at College… Read More »2022 Year in Review