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Sumner M. Redstone announced a grant of $500,000 to the Cambodian Children's Fund (CCF), a non- profit program that provides a wide range of critical health and educational services to impoverished and abused children in Cambodia's capitol city of Phnom Penh.
Founded in January 2004 by Scott Neeson, then an L.A.-based film executive, the CCF currently serves more than 250 children through three facilities that provide shelter, food, in-house health services, cultural classes, and a range of educational and vocational training, including English and Cambodian language training and computer studies. The majority of children served by the CCF lived and worked at Steung Meanchey, Phnom Penh's notorious garbage dump.
Sumner M. Redstone, said, "Until very recently I was unaware of the horrible conditions under which multitudes of children live in Cambodia. I am hopeful that, just as Scott has raised my consciousness about this intolerable situation, my contribution will bring awareness to others who may also seek to contribute to the important lifesaving mission of the Cambodian Children's Fund. This initial donation, which is the maximum amount that the CCF can currently absorb from one donor, is just the beginning of what I expect will be an ongoing program of support from the Sumner M. Redstone Foundation."
Mr. Neeson said: "Mr. Redstone's remarkable generosity brings an immediate new future to nearly one hundred of Cambodia's most impoverished and at-risk children. These children will now have what every child deserves: shelter, food, health care and education, all in a caring and secure facility. They will be provided with the chance of a productive, healthy life. Equally important, the children that pass through the Sumner M. Redstone Child Rescue Center will possess the ability to stop the inter-generational cycle of abuse, impoverishment and illness for their family and community, an issue that has plagued Cambodia since the reign of Pol Pot."

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