Month: December 2012

Living in uncertainty on a small land belonged to a farmer in Reaksmey Sameakki commune of Aoral district in Kampong Speu province since 2002, Mr. Mao Vanna and his family, who migrated from Takeo province because of owning no land, encountered countless sufferings in their lives. Continue reading “Building a new life on new land”

Women in rural Cambodia, especially women from poor families, have less access to get higher education which limited their opportunity to become leaders in senior positions in community based organizations, civil society organizations, companies, or the government. Continue reading “Women Empowerment: From a vet to become a commune chief”

Walking back and forth from home to Ponleu Thmei Primary School in his village along a 2 km soil road, which usually turns muddy in the rainy season and dusty in the hot season, Sim Sanh, oldest child from a poor family of seven, faced many challenges in his study. However, Sanh, who started his first grade late at the age of nine in 1998, overcame the challenges and every endeavor he has made for six years in his childhood, he at last successfully completed his primary school level. Continue reading “Bicycles are necessary means of transport for rural poor students”

The establishment of community-based micro credit structures such as village banks, self-help groups, agricultural cooperatives, or other forms of social saving creates favorable conditions for the rural poor to seek for financial support. It would also be able to help them move out heavy debt through the reduction or halt in the use of high interest rate loans from the bank, especially from the private lenders. Continue reading “AC plays important roles in improving the poor’s livelihood”