Introduction

Cambodia is struggling to fight his way out of being the poorest country in region. Although Cambodia's economy is growing, the country is still highly depending on foreign aid.

Many NGO's, charities, projects and volunteers are trying to help Cambodia by giving things away for free. Cambodia is past the stage of needing this form of Crisis-Aid and now needs to start building on it's own resources to prevent the next generation from becoming completely dependent on foreign support.

But how can they? In Siem Reap for example are more than 300 registered NGO's and 32 orphanages. Is this because Siem Reap is the poorest area of Cambodia? Is this because in Siem Reap are so much orphans. NO ! ! ! It's just because Siem Reap has so many tourists. Modern day tourists not only want to see the impressive Angkor Wat temple complex and the amazing Tonle Sap lake, they also feel the desire to 'Do Good'.

This phenomenon attracts two things:

• Commercialization on the givers end;
  - NGO's that care more about themselves then about helping people
  - VolunTourism organizations that make large sums of money buy selling the 'I've Done Good' experience.
  
• Commercialization on the receivers end;
  - Orphanages
  - Language School
  - Professional Beggars
  

As a result both the givers as the receivers of help get exploited. This is bringing severe damage to Cambodia on the long run and will never enable poor Cambodians to rely on their own resources.