Cambodian Association of Illinois (CAI)

2831 West Lawrwnce Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
773-878-7090 phone
773-878-5299 fax
cai@cambodian-association.org
www.cambodian-association.org

Area of Inerest:
Organization - Social services

Ethnic Community Served:
Cambodian

Description:
The Cambodian Association of Illinois (CAI) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, social service organization founded in 1976 by a group of Cambodian refugee volunteers in order to respond to the needs of Cambodians fleeing the tyranny, brutality and torture of the Khmer Rouge regime and resettling in Chicago. In 1980, CAI was formally incorporated as an independent non-profit organization.

All Cambodian clients are refugees or the children of refugees who escaped the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge's "Killing Fields" in which two million people perished. CAI is the only service provider in the Chicago Metropolitan area which provides bilingual programming to addresses the interrelated social and economic needs of the Cambodian American population.

Staff:
Kompha Seth, Executive Director
Ty Tim, ESL Coordinator
Chan Nem, Senior Homecare Assistant
Sen Chey, Citizen Program Coordinator

Source:
http://www.cambodian-association.org/about.htm

Submitted by:
AIA Staff

New - 03/10/03