Gender Equality Cambodia Project #3961

Help Destitute Moms with AIDS Care for Their Kids

by Kasumisou Foundation

Project Report | Jul 14, 2025
Summer update on the FSP

By Barbara Rosasco | Secretary & Treasurer

Members from our FSP

Very little has changed in our FSP ( Family Support Program, the working name for our program ) in recent months. The FSP continues to face a critical funding need. As we had reported in March, some of our loyal small donors are retired and cannot afford to continue their support.

Although headline inflation in the US remains steady, worries over the political impact of policy changes on future inflation has caused a general cutback in donations.
Relevance: this means that scarce donor dollars are frequently directed toward local or disaster projects.
Job loss and early retirement of donors has impacted donations

Our FSP has, for 25 years, provided compassionate care to fragile families impacted by HIV status and extreme poverty. For over 10 years, as Cambodia's economy has improved, we have worked tirelessly to "place" individual participants with family members if at all possible. We now support 24 legacy participants: 7 children and 17 adults, of whom 4 are elderly, age 75-85. Most, if not all, of our participants without our support, would be homeless. Most of our remaining participants are legacies of participants who have passed away, leaving fragile or elderly family members with no means of support. Our support was often most of the support for the entire family as those remaining family members either themselves had a serious medical impairment or were elderly and unable to work.

Our monthly funding need is estimated at $2600 to support 24 participants

How we use your donations

All donations are used only for direct program expenses and to supervise the participants. . Mark and I do not, nor have we ever, received any salary. There are no offiice expenses and we personally pay for things like subscription costs like Constant Contact to create Kasumisou Foundation newsletters. We are very careful with your funds and we feel strongly that it is our duty to safeguard against any potential loss of funds.

July 16 is a GlobalGiving Bonus Match Day

There will be a proportional match will be added to donations of $100 to $ 1000 on July 16. GlobalGiving has set aside $125,000 for this campaign.

We are hopeful that you will consider joining us on July 16 to give your donation dollar an added boost!

We are deeply grateful to you , our donors, for your continued support.

Barbara & Mark Rosasco

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Mar 25, 2025
Helping when there is no one else...Little by Little Matching campaign March 25-28

By Barbara Rosasco | Secretary & Treasurer

Legacy FSP Family with Son

2025 Little Donor Match Campaign

March 25 through March 28.

Matching Funds of $125,000 USDavailable first come first serve

Donations up to $50 USD per donor per organization will be matched at 50% while funds last

Mark's Visit to Cambodia

Mark was in Cambodia last week. During that time he met with all of the FSP participants.The current status of the program is one of maintenance. We have fragile individuals and families who would be utterly destitute without our support, but we are not taking on new participants, except in an exceptionally challenging circumstance..

Most of the participants in our program live in the greater Phnom Penh area, but for those who do not live locally, we pay for a tuk-tuk ride into the city. We feel that it is extremely important that we meet with each participant at least once per year, and preferably more frequently.It is an opportunity to catch up on any changes in life circumstances as well as to verify the physical and financial condition of each participant. It allows us to look objectively at their hardship and to understand what is working and what may be needed. Your support provides food, housing, education, access to medical support .

You, our kind donors continue to enable fragile individuals and families impacted by extreme poverty to live a life of quite,but impoverished dignity. While this is a sad, but depressing truth, we provide a basic lifestyle that enables dignity, rather than subjecting people to a life on the street.

Your kind support helps a grandmother care for an orphaned young adult man with severe developmental disability, who at first glance seems to be an ordinary person, but who in reality requires constant adult supervision. You kindness also supports orphaned children, whose mother died from HIV to stay with loving family members, but who without our support, could not afford to keep them. The husband, blind from birth makes clay pots to support the family but without our support, could not afford to keep these orphaned children.

Each one of the fragile individuals that we support would be homeless without your support.

We are deeply grateful to you for your kind and generous support!

Barbara & Mark Rosasco

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Dec 31, 2024
Every time a bell rings....

By Barbara Rosasco | Secretary & Treasurer

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