Milestones

• The Early Years
• The New Millennia

The Early Years

1995 New community in Koh Kor Island provides homes for 15 families

1996 Hagar On Time (then known as Hagar Crafts) starts with the vision to provide women from the Hagar Shelter income generating opportunities. 23 women are employed.

1997 Construction of the new shelter in Phnom Penh

1998 Hagar Catering and Hagar Soya begin operations; soya milk which is sold from hand carts in the city, Phnom Penh.

1999 Hagar begins installing water filters in rural communities. Over 30,000 filters have since been installed, ensuring families have access to clean water, drastically reducing disease.

The New Millennia

2000 House of Smiles, a residential care facility for disabled children, is established.

2001 Hagar On Time is commercialized

2003 Four foster homes are built specifically for children

2003 Opening Ceremony of Hagar Soya., Ltd

2005 Aftercare centre for girls who are victims of human trafficking for sexual exploitation is opened, providing them with specialized care and a safe home.

2005 Hagar establishes a catering & facilities management business which has grown rapidly, now serving nearly 50,000 meals each month

2006 Hagar establishes a Community Learning Center (CLC), a school that provides “catch-up” education to serve children who have fallen behind their grade level including children from the surrounding community

2006 Implemented a Nutritional Fortification Program of Soya Milk targeting the Social Sector Market (School Feeding Programs)

2007 Nestle Co., Ltd donates a factory to Hagar Cambodia, Career Pathways program is implemented, an innovative approach to job training and work placement. Hagar’s children’s department instigates the Community Based Care program which seeks to place children in foster families within the community.