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Founded in 2003, Action Pour Les Enfants (APLE) is a leading child‑protection NGO in Cambodia. We began as a front‑line response to street‑based child sexual abuse and exploitation, helping police investigate crimes and providing legal support to child victims and their families. Over two decades, APLE has expanded its work to deliver integrated protection across prevention, investigation, victim support and policy change.

  • Our vision at APLE is a community with robust social and legal justice in which all children are free from sexual exploitation and abuse. Our goal is to uphold children’s rights, dignity, and potential, free from exploitation and abuse.
  • APLE’s mission is to strengthen national social and legal mechanisms for the protection of children at risk of, or affected by, sexual exploitation and abuse. The APLE approach is centered on collaborative efforts with government agencies, NGOs, and local communities. Our strategies include awareness campaigns, training, victim support, justice assistance, policy advocacy, and sustainable solutions through strategic partnerships.
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WHAT WE DO

Inter-Connected Pillars

APLE works through four inter‑connected pillars to prevent abuse, protect victims, and hold perpetrators to account.

Advocating for Policy & Legislative Reforms

We use research, evidence and the voices of child survivors to influence laws, policies and national plans. APLE partners with government bodies, ministries, national committees and law enforcement, to improve legal protections, child‑friendly procedures and coordinated national responses to online and offline exploitation.

Strengthening Criminal‑Justice Responses

APLE conducts proactive investigations, builds forensic evidence, and works closely with the Anti‑Human Trafficking and Juvenile Protection Units and international law‑enforcement partners. We train police, prosecutors and judicial actors on victim‑focused practices and have established child‑friendly interview rooms in police and social‑welfare offices.

Comprehensive Survivor Protection & Support

Since 2005 we have provided integrated social and psychosocial care, medical referrals, legal representation and reintegration support. Our teams prepare and accompany children through investigations and court proceedings to reduce re‑traumatization and improve access to justice.

Prevention & Community Engagement

We run awareness campaigns, community training, school programs and targeted industry engagement (tourism, volunteer groups, digital platforms). APLE operates Cambodia’s only INHOPE‑linked internet hotline for reporting child sexual abuse material and provides 24/7 bilingual support for reports and advice.

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Challenges We Address

Child sexual exploitation and abuse is evolving. Offenders exploit travel, voluntourism, new digital platforms and poverty‑driven vulnerabilities. Cultural stigma, and limited resources remain major barriers. APLE focuses on high‑impact, sustainable interventions to meet these challenges.

Disrupting Harm Cambodia (2022) found 11% of internet-using children faced OCSEA risks. APLE identifies and detects via its Internet Hotline, analyzes URLs, preserves digital evidence, issues INHOPE notice‑and‑takedown, escalates to police/ISPs, supports survivors, and prevents harm through training, parental guidance, knowledge dissemination, and campaigns.

OCSEA

Identifying, Detecting, Preventing, and Responding to Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse

ECPAT’s Global Study documented SECTT in 100+ countries, with offenders increasingly domestic. APLE strengthens criminal justice capacity by training police and justice professionals, conducting joint operations, evidence-led case building, and industry reporting via The Code. APLE helps to secure victim-centered prosecutions and coordinates cross-border cooperation.

SECTT

Strengthening Criminal Justice Capacity to Combat Sexual Exploitation of Children in Travel and Tourism

In Cambodia, 77% of children in residential care have living parents (MoSVY/UNICEF, 2017), and unvetted volunteering increases grooming risks. APLE trains communities, NGOs and tour operators on screening and codes of conduct, establishes reporting lines to police, monitors access to children, and runs campaigns discouraging orphanage visits and promoting The Code compliance.

Voluntourism

Promoting Collective Actions against Child Sexual Exploitation in the Context of Voluntourism