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 The Khmer-Buddhist Education Assistance Project (KEAP) was founded in 1988 to assist Cambodian Buddhist temple communities and institutions following the near-destruction of Buddhism in Cambodia during the 1970s.
KEAP assists with education and learning needs while also promoting research on Buddhism and its social impact in Cambodia. We initially worked with the Buddhist wats (temple-monasteries) in the Khmer refugee camps along the Thai-Cambodian border. In 1992, with the repatriation of the refugees under a UN-sponsored peace plan, KEAP has worked inside Cambodia.
Our main ongoing activity has been distribution of Buddhist, cultural, and community development-oriented printed and taped materials to temples in Cambodia as a basis for re-opening temple libraries and community learning centers.
From its home base in Crestone, Colorado (USA) and field office in Phnom Penh in the Kingdom of Cambodia, KEAP is a "Friends of Buddhism in Cambodia" humanitarian organization, serving as a bridge between Buddhist and non-Buddhist donors abroad and struggling Buddhist educational groups and initiatives in need of support in Cambodia.
In this manner, KEAP seeks to help promote a meaningful culture of peace, Khmer/ Buddhist self-esteem, and social renewal for a people and society devastated by decades of war, genocide, and social upheaval.
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