With its impressive temples, rich culture and beautiful beaches, Cambodia is fast becoming a tourist hotspot. In addition to the challenges facing other developing countries, Cambodia is burdened by its recent history of civil war and political turmoil and is in the process of rebuilding its devastated infrastructure. Although poverty has declined slightly over the past decade, one in three Cambodians lives on 50 cents a day, and children – who make up more than half of the country’s population – endure many obstacles to their development.  About a third of all Cambodian children do not complete primary education; one in 12 do not live to the age of five; and thousands have been orphaned by HIV and AIDS. Save the Children Australia has been working in Cambodia since 1979.