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Kampong Speu (October 10, 2013) – Commune Councilors, District Governors, members of Kampong Speu provincial committee for disaster management (PCDM), and representatives from non-government organizations working on disaster risk management met today at a workshop to launch a new book “Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan (EPRP)” in Kampong Speu provincial town. Continue reading “LWD, disaster management committee launch a new book “Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan””

Aoral district, Kampong Speu province (August 27, 2013) – Three Cambodian private generous benefactors donated a bicycle, a dozen of notebooks and pens to a school girl from a poorest family late last week. Continue reading “Cambodian generous benefactors donate bicycle, books and pens to poor student”

Phnom Penh (July 08, 2013) – LIFE WITH DIGNITY (LWD), a leading local NGO in rights-based empowerment, received “The ASEAN Leadership Award on Rural Development and Poverty Eradication” at the ASEAN Forum on Rural Development and Poverty Eradication, held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia on 4-5 July 2013. Continue reading “LWD receives ASEAN Leadership Award”

Kampong Speu Province (June 21, 2013) –Life with Dignity (LWD) today inaugurated 3 new concrete school buildings worth US$156,580 in three different remote villages in Aoral district of Kampong Speu province. Continue reading “LWD inaugurates three new school buildings in Kampong Speu province”

Kampong Speu (June 21, 2013) – Commune Councilors, District Governors, members of provincial committee disaster management (PCDM), and representatives from non-government organizations working on disaster risk management met today at a Disaster Risk Reduction Forum to discuss the planning for disaster preparedness and response in Kampong Speu provincial town. Continue reading “Disaster experts discuss planning for community-based disaster risk management”

Phnom Penh (June 20, 2013) – Twenty participants were trained at a 3-day capacity building workshop on land rights, held in Phnom Penh from 19-21 June 2013. Continue reading “Social land concession working group trained to be trainers”

Battambang (May 21, 2013) – Representatives from LWD, Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction, Social Land Concession Working Groups at the provincial and district levels, and CEDAC met today at a half-day workshop to present the achievements and challenges and share experience from the 2-year implementation of the social land concession project at Battambang town of Battambang province. Continue reading “LWD, partners meet to present achievements and share experience in implementing social land concession project”

Phnom Penh (March 27, 2013) – The Women, Hope and Growth project was aligned to the Cambodian Millennium Development Goals, National Strategic Development Plan, 5-year Strategic Plan Neary Rattanak III of Women’s Affairs Ministry and contributed to poverty alleviation and promoting gender equality in the country, according to the preliminary findings of amid-term evaluation on the implementation of the project presented at a half-day workshop today. Continue reading “Findings: Women in Hope and Growth Project strengthens women’s capacity, improves their living standard”

Phnom Penh (February 26, 2013) – Representatives from three Non-Government Organizations and government line agencies working on Social Land Concession Projects met to share achievements, lessons learned and challenges of the project implementation at a joint workshop held on February 26-27 in Phnom Penh. Continue reading “Accomplishments and challenges in implementation of SLC project presented at joint workshop”

Kampong Speu (February 21, 2013) – Life With Dignity (LWD) presented its achievements of 2012 and development plan in 2013 at an annual partnership workshop held on February 20-21, 2013 in Kampong Speu town of Kampong Speu province. The workshop also aimed to share best practices and challenges from the implementation of the program, andfurther strengthen the cooperation and partnership between the Ministry of Rural Development (MRD), line government agencies, related NGO partners and local authorities at all levels. Continue reading “LWD presents its achievements of 2012 and development plan in 2013”