Background

CSC's Founder and CEO, Dr. Jim Gollogly, a British-American surgeon, first came to Cambodia in the early 1990s for a six-month assignment with the American Red Cross. After thirty years of war and genocide by the Pol Pot regime, in which the country's educated were targeted for execution, the medical system suffered tremendously. Upon arriving to Cambodia, Dr. Jim found that various disabilities and landmine injuries were rampant. Having made a few contacts during his assignment, he returned to Cambodia in 1998, following the UN-backed elections. CSC started as a small project to help victims of landmine injuries, many of whom were children, and has grown into what it is today.

Mission

CSC aims to improve the quality of life for disabled poor people by providing free rehabilitation surgery. Integral to this mission is a program of training local surgeons and health workers, focusing on the development of sustainable surgical services for Cambodians.