| Support for project and organization of sport |
| National Olympic Committee of Cambodia (NOCC), Khmer Amateur Athletic Federation
(Khmer AAF) |
Runner's Aid, a fund-raising activity triggers the establishment of Angkor Wat International Half Marathon. The Runner's Aid is one of the charitable activities started in 1994 that calls for runners to attend people's marathons in various areas in Japan. This activity aims to make prosthetic limbs in developing countries with a part of collected entry fee.
Not only the indirect fund-raising marathon in Japan, but a direct charity
marathon in Cambodia was conceived. From April 23 to 27, 1996 three staffs
from Sankei Sports went to Cambodia to research actual situation and ultimately
they succeeded in obtaining the pledge of authorities to "execute
the international half marathon as a national event."
Thus the first Angkor Wat International Half Marathon was realized in Dec. 22, 1996. Ever since the beginning, the marathon race has been carried out continuously to this day despite the outbreak of coup. |
Specified Nonprofit Organization, Hearts of Gold was established to support for carrying out the Angkor Wat International Half Marathon (AWHM) in 1998 and started the activity from the 3rd half marathon race.
HG supports the Angkor Wat International Half Marathon Steering Committee which aims at improvement to ensure enough manpower and development of organization to hold the AWHM.
AWHM is managed by an organization, AWHM Management Steering Committee (herein after called AMC). At present this comprises of two groups, Cambodia AMC and Japan AMC, called AMCC and AMCJ respectively. Hearts of Gold works in Japan and Cambodia supporting AMCC assigning technology to it and supporting its independence.
Outline of the AWHM
- Marathon entry fee is spent for supportive activities such as artificial limbs, rehabilitation and self-reliance for land mine victims as well as preventive education of HIV/AIDS to juvenile.
- A part of authorized/cooperative tour fee (\3,000/person) is used for promoting
sport in Cambodia.
- Aims to give courage and hope not only to able-bodied person but also to
the disabled through running together.
- Aims to express thanks for aid given so far through the marathon event and further calls for further support to Cambodia from all over the world to make Cambodia vigorous.
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First stage: 1996-2000
Development of human resources, enhancement of event management, etc.
Second stage: 2001-2005
Enhancement of organization, reinforcement of human resources and financial management, etc.
Third stage: 2006-2010
Increase in fund-raising, improvement of advertisement, etc.
Fourth stage: 2011-2015
Aims at independent event completely held by Cambodia side. |
Comprises 4 committees
- Central Committee (NOCC & HG)
- Executive Committee (AMC & HG)
- Installation Committee (Government of Siem Reap, APSARA (Authority for
Protection and Management of Angkor and the Region of Siem Reap), Police,
Army) 50-100 persons
- Control Committee (Khmer AAF、AMC、Athletic specialist from HG) 50-100 persons
- Volunteers (Local and international volunteers) 50-100 persons
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- Angkor Wat Walking (Organized by HG)
- Held on the day before the AWHM.
- Participants (participants of tour from Japan) walks around ruins communicating
with Cambodian children. (This is not a race.)
- Angkor Wat Bicycle rally & race (Organized by Village Focus International)
- Held on the day before the AWHM.
- Village Focus International (hereinafter called VFI) started the bike rally
going around Angkor ruins from the 11th AWHM in 2006 as the first organizer
together with cooperative management, AMC. VFI joined because they want
to develop the marathon event further and increase participants as international
supporters.
- Eve party (Organized by AMC & HG)
- VIPs such as honorable president of NOCC, State governor of Siem Reap, Japanese Ambassador, many runners, and participants of the tour from Japan attend this party.
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Activity Report 2008 (13th event)
Activity Report 2007 (12th event)
Activity Report 2006 (11th event) |
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email: coop@angkormarathon.org
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