Taom is a small village about 60 km west of Siem Reap town. In this village is the ruins of an old church built in 1910. Locals said that there used to be a big Catholic community in this village. The church was deserted in 1970 because of war in Vietnam and problems in Cambodia.
In 2004 the leaders of the village gave back the old church to the Catholic Bishop of Battambang. In the same year a learning centre was built behind the old church as a centre for activities for poor children. Now there are two catechists working in this village and running some learning centers for poor children in Taom, An Longsar and Botrong. In these learning centers there are programs like pre-school, value education, rice soup for the poor children, English classes etc.
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