33 Pageviews Read Stories
- EIN 52-2264546
- (860) 542-1116
- Po Box 164 Norfolk CT 06058 USA
- www.khmerculture.net
- Add to Favorites
Promote This Nonprofit
Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Arts & Culture, Arts, Culture & Humanities, Cultural & Ethnic Awareness
Mission: Friends of khmer culture, inc. (fokci) works with cambodian and international scholars, artists and institutions to preserve past achievements and encourage new vitality in art, literature, scholarship and the performing arts. These fields are central to its mission to enhance awareness and appreciation of khmer culture both within and beyond cambodia.
Programs: Architectural conservation - projects have encompassed architectual and materials conservation. Fokci's first such project funded the restoration of 2 pavilions at angkor wat. At banteay chmar, fokci funded the restoration of one-half of the east causeway. At that site, fokci funded a conservation study.
scholarship and cultural education - fokci funds individual scholars through student aid, travel grants, fieldwork and research grants. Fokci also supports the publication of udaya, an online open access scholarly journal of khmer arts and culture with articles in khmer, french and english. Fokci supports other projects that educate cambodians, inclusing those of limited literacy, about their own culture through such means as comic books, and a journal written in khmer("khmer renaissance"),published both on the web and in print, for the non-scholarly community. Fokci also provides funding for conferences on various subjects involving khmer architectural conservation and culture.
Donor & Volunteer Advisory
This organization's nonprofit status may have been revoked or it may have merged with another organization or ceased operations.