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HEALTHCARE 
CENTER 
FOR 
CHILDREN 

# 115A, Street 141, Veal Vong , Khan 7 Makara , Phnom Penh, Cambodia 

Po.Box : 1438, CCC Box: 234, Phone/Fax : +855 23 212-133 Mobile Phone: +855 12-855-052 
E-mail: hcc@sccf-hcc.org, Website: www.sccf-hcc.org 

Press 
Release 

4th 
Annual 
Australian 
Charity 
Concert 
To 
Raise 
Funds 
for 
Disadvantaged 
Children 

Since 2003, 
the Healthcare Centre for 
Children 
(HCC) 
and 
the Save Cambodian 
Children 
Fund 
Australia, 
HCC’s 
Australian 
Support 
network, 
have been 
hosting 
annual 
Charity Concerts 
throughout 
Australia. 
Each 
year 
some of 
Cambodia’s 
most 
popular 
musical 
artists 
are invited 
to perform 
and 
help 
raise desperately 
needed 
funds 
to support 
the work 
of 
HCC. 
The 4th 
Annual 
Australian 
Charity Concerts 
will 
commence on 
the 
24th 
June 2006 
and 
over 
the following 5 
weeks, 5 
concerts 
will 
be held 
in 
Australia’s 3 
largest 
cities. 

HCC 
provides 
support 
to 
young 
women 
and 
children 
who are vulnerable to trafficking 
and 
sexual 
and 
labor 
exploitation. 
Through 
the 
‘Good 
Day Centre’
, 
HCC 
is 
able to provide 
practical 
support 
for 
over 
100 
vulnerable children 
each 
year. 
In 
addition 
to supporting 
basic 
needs 
the centre 
also provides 
healthcare, 
counseling, 
educational 
support, 
vocational 
training, 
and 
social 
and 
economic 
development 
to ensure that 
each 
of 
these 
children 
can 
look 
forward 
to 
a 
bright 
future. 
All 
money raised 
through 
this 
year’s 
charity 
concerts 
will 
go towards 
supporting 
the ongoing 
work 
of 
HCC 
in 
helping 
poor 
and 
unfortunate children 
and 
families. 

The concerts 
that 
have been 
held 
since 2003 
have been 
well 
attended 
by the community in 
Australia, 
with 
extensive press 
coverage 
in 
Cambodia 
and 
Australia, 
including 
Radio Australia. 
Each 
year 
the support 
by the 
Cambodian 
Community in 
Australia 
has 
been 
overwhelming 
and 
the number 
of 
people supporting 
these 
concerts 
has 
continued 
to increase. 
It 
has 
been 
very exciting 
for 
those involved 
to 
see Australia’s 
Cambodian 
community, 
which 
numbers 
more than 
30,000, 
getting 
behind 
these events 
to 
help 
raise 
funds 
for 
those 
Cambodians 
who are less 
fortunate. 

It 
is 
also 
a 
great 
opportunity for 
these communities 
to see some of 
Cambodia’s 
best 
musicians, 
and 
they will 
not 
be disappointed 
with 
this 
year 
line-up 
that 
includes 
Mr 
Preap 
Sovath, 
Miss 
Meas 
Sok 
Sophea, 
Miss 
Snguon 
Srey 
Nuch, 
and 
Mr 
Meas 
Raden. 
The group 
will 
be 
accompanied 
by the Akki 
Band 
(Fire Band)
. 
The caliber 
of 
these performers 
cannot 
be 
understated, 
for 
example Mr 
Preap 
Sovath 
is 
one of 
the most 
popular 
singers 
in 
Cambodia, 
he has 
appeared 
in 
many karaoke videos 
and 
his 
CD’s 
and 
DVD’s 
have sold 
extensively 
throughout 
Cambodia, 
USA, 
Canada, 
France and 
Australia. 
One internet 
survey concluded 
that 
over 
40% 
of 
all 
Khmer 
internet 
users 
owned a 
CD 
or 
DVD 
by this 
popular 
artist 
making 
him a 
huge draw-card 
for 
these 
concerts. 
Furthermore, 
Mr 
Preap 
Sovat 
has 
recently 
been 
named 
as 
the Goodwill 
Ambassador 
for 
Wildlife 
Conservation 
in 
Cambodia. 

The Director 
of 
HCC, 
Ms 
Terri 
Ly 
says 
“this 
fund 
raising 
concert 
is 
part 
of 
HCC’s 
strategies 
for 
its 
long-term 
survival. 
The concert 
allows 
HCC 
not 
just 
to raise fund 
and 
sell 
the products 
made 
by the children, 
but 
it 
also 
allows 
HCC 
to be exposed 
to the Cambodian-Australian 
community, 
allowing 
them 
to support 
the work 
we do 
in 
Cambodia. 
It 
is 
also the 
cultural 
exchange for 
the Cambodian 
pop 
stars.
” 
Mr 
Preap 
also expressed 
how 
happy he was 
to be able to be part 
of 
such a 
great 
humanitarian 
and 
enjoyable event. 
“
I 
am 
very excited 
to be able 
to participate 
in 
this 
fund 
raising 
concert 
to help 
the 
vulnerable children 
in 
HCC’s 
care. I 
have 
visited 
the HCC’s 
shelter 
and 
it 
broke my heart 
to meet a 
girl 
who had 
become mentally impaired 
because of 
her 
abuse. 
It 
gives 
me great 
pleasure to be able to assist 
HCC 
in 
their 
work 
with 
this 
girl 
and 
other 
vulnerable children.
” 

The singers 
and 
their 
band 
will 
depart 
Phnom 
Penh 
on 
Tuesday the 20th 
June for 
their 
five 
weeks’ 
tour 
of 
Australia 
that 
will 
see them 
perform 5 
concerts 
in 
Australia’s 3 
biggest 
cities: 
Melbourne, 
Sydney 
& 
Brisbane. 

The concert 
dates 
are as 
follows:
Melbourne: 
24th 
June 
& 
22nd 
July. 
Sydney: 
1st & 
8th 
July. 
Brisbane: 
15th 
July.


If 
you 
have friends 
or 
relatives 
living 
in 
these 
cities, 
then 
we would 
ask 
that 
you 
encourage them 
to support
these charity events. 
For 
more information 
on 
HCC 
or 
the concerts 
please contact 
HCC 
in 
Cambodia 
on
+855-23-212-133/+855-12-855-052 
or 
SCCFA 
in 
Australia 
on 
+61 
408-395-734 
or 
email
hcc@sccf-hcc.org 
or 
Australia@sccf-hcc.org.