Reasonable Cause Inc. is a high impact, low overheads charity that assists disadvantaged young Cambodians advance their education. We partner with carefully selected elite high performance charities that have low overheads, stable finances, highly effective programs and service delivery, and outstanding key people.

Reasonable Cause Inc is itself a low overheads charity. We have no payroll whatsoever, with the administration and all aspects of the charity being conducted on a purely voluntary basis. This ensures that more than 95% of any donation goes directly the beneficiaries of our programs. Donations of two dollars or more are fully tax deductible in Australia.

We offer our own Reasonable Cause University Scholarship program to help break the cycle of poverty. This can include full university fees, a motorbike to ensure easy transport to and from campus, a laptop computer and smart phone and may include a living allowance. Sievhong (pictured left) is currently studying for a Bachelor of Pharmacy degree. We have other students studying Information Technology, Industrial Relations, Tourism, and Marketing as well as other courses. 

We have a joint project agreement with  Opportunity Cambodia Inc. We fund university scholarships for disadvantaged young people to attend university in Siem Reap. Sieng (pictured right) is one example of our university scholarship holders. Sieng did very well at school but his family was unable to afford further education. Reasonable Cause Inc has ensured Sieng received an opportunity, and he is now studying for a Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree.

Reasonable Cause Inc has a joint project agreement with the Liger Charitable Trust to facilitate an Information Technology curriculum at the Liger Leadership Academy. This academy is an elite boarding school for highly gifted Cambodian high school students from disadvantaged backgrounds. The academy has its own specialised curriculum approved by Cambodian government to cater for gifted students. There is also an emphasis on entrepreneurship, social change and leadership. The philosophy of the Liger Leadership Academy is that by focusing on educating the gifted few, change can be effected to the benefit of many.

Cambodian Children’s Fund and Reasonable Cause Inc. have a joint project agreement to fund a Digital Literacy Program for disadvantaged children at Prek Toil Primary School. Prek Toil is in the Steung Meanchey district, the site of a former large scale rubbish tip. It is amongst the poorest of districts within Phnom Penh. Prek Toil Primary School is a feeder school for the Neeson-Cripps Academy. This non-selective school is run by Cambodian Children’s Fund. In recent years, 87% of the Year 12 cohort have won university scholarships. Our joint project gives primary school aged children necessary skills and knowledge before they move to the next stage of their education.

The men of “Good Blokes Golf” together with Reasonable Cause Inc. and This Life Inc. conduct a joint project to fund disadvantaged young Cambodians to obtain a government recognised trade qualifications as motorbike mechanics, or “Moto Doctors.” These young people come from poor backgrounds with families who could not afford for their children to complete high school. Some them may have had a brush with the law and been referred to the program in lieu of suffering sterner punishment. The program leads to viable stable skilled employment. There are also opportunities for “seed money” to graduates to start their own motorbike repair businesses.