Pond Progression Report

Pond has been proposed for RC interest group who finish vegetable short course training. This contribution aims to provide massive benefit for any member encountered less water supply for daily use as well as for irrigation system link to agriculture work. However, as we plan to seek for 15 beneficiaries for 15 pond in 2 commune: Tranpang Chorng, SnamPreash. We have found 10 beneficiaries in Trapang Chorng and 5 beneficiaries in SnamPreash. This plan were set out to finish before the end of June 2018. From up to date we have finish 10 ponds in Trapang Chorng commune. The other 5 were on processing and ready to start digging, we hope that it will be complete before the end of this June.

The benefits of permaculture garden

Mr. Khut is 55 years old. He is developing his home gardening after he has joined in the permaculture training in a village supported by the project. After he has made the garden for his own family, he was also able to share to his neighbor the techniques and its benefits who then adopts them and make a garden out of it. 
Please check out the video story below to learn more:

A visit to the mandala garden

Permaculture training has been proposed to conduct in the beginning of July 2018, as the result there are 59 trainee were completely participate and able to conduct and implement at home. From 4 days training the participants were able to learn about the principles, ethic, and how permaculture link to earth as well as the design of different type of gardening.

Mandala garden in Koh Krasang village

The trainees were able to learn the benefits of creating harmony earth and how gardening could help them access safe vegetable and herbs by rehabilitating the soil and created abundance food around their home either use their free land to fill with variety of cash crop and vegetable for food. As the result, most participants from the training have been making their own mandala garden and premium keyhole bed at home for family food security.

Mandala garden with banana inside

Kate from ADRA Australia visited the garden on her planning visit

Kate from ADRA Australia visited the garden on her planning visit

Permaculture Short Course Training

4 days of Permaculture short course training were done with total of 59 trainees from 9 villages in Snam Preash commune. However, within 4 days we have done many activities and lesson learn from both the trainer as well as the trainee. For the final gift for PDC training we have conduct implementing 1 mandala garden and 1 premium keyhole right there at the training venue. All our trainee were glad to join in this training and they’re were commit to make one each of keyhole and mandala garden at their home for family safe food and to improve their kid nutrition through good vegetable and animal raising.

Free ground with grasses before making keyhole bed.

4th Days of training trainee creating keyhole bed

Complete keyhole bed gardening

Complete Mandala Garden in Koh Krasang village, Bakan district, Pursat province.

Changes of behaviors and practices of Cigarette smoking and feeding the children at risk of dietary deficiency.

I`m Lek Sarorn 55 years old married my wife 53 years old. Living 5 with three grandsons (aged 1 months years, 6 months, and 2 years) and because sometimes grandsons` mother went to work at sewing factory and father went to work at private company`s cassava farm.

Before I became a RC member and assistant RC facilitator, I smoked cigarette for 10 years and drank alcohol for 30 years. I had career as farmer with rice planting; grow vegetables and some animal raising. Recently my family is ID poor 2. I never helped house`s works, but just does the man`s task outside of house. I frequent created domestic violent. My family had small amount of income from the farming.

I joined ADRA in 2015 as a male RC member and then became an Assistant RC Facilitator in February 2018. My wife also become as a RC member in year 2015 until now. I learned in RC discussions with topics of hygiene, nutrition, Learning Through Play, social marketing and bookkeeping, home gardening, facilitation skills, smoking cessation program, PD/Hearth program, etc.

My family received a discount voucher for a water tank and was able to purchase one. I learned RIP (Rice Improvement Program), and my wife learned chicken raising from ADRA. Now, I grow vegetables and chicken raising and the income is increasing from these careers. I completely stopped smoking and alcohol drinking for 4 months and I do not need to spend money for it anymore. I stopped domestic violence since I learned LTP in 2016. My health is stronger and I can do harder work. My wife and I learned PD/Hearth and I brought my malnourished grandson 2 years old to join in Hearth sessions and continue feeding at home with regular weight follow-up. Now he is rehabilitated and non longer malnourished.

My family will continue to grow vegetables and chicken raising, and give proper feeding to children as I known and I learned and share these skills to my relatives and to the neighbours when they are interested it.

I appreciate to ADRA team and ADRA`s donor for helping to my family and to my village.

This change is important to my family. We can help and support each other to make families healthy. I decide to continue this change now and in the future. I will encourage my friends to learn from my new habits. 

Stop smoking for healthy family!

Mr. Moeun Pich, aged 56 years old has stopped smoking after he joined in our project group discussion and learned about the harmful affect of tobacco. He now has quit smoking successfully and is healthy and happy within his family. His livelihood is also getting better as instead of spending time smoking, he spend time working!

Mr. Moeun Pich and his family

Cross visit of the chicken raising interest groups to a model agriculture Prod site

Cross visit of the chicken raising interest groups to a model agriculture Prod site

 On June 27, 2018 the Staff of CHOICES for Children project facilitated the trained chicken raising interest groups to a cross learning visit at a model agriculture Prod site in Koh Svay village, Snam Preah commune. The interest groups from 8 villages participated and shared together what they have learned and succeeded from real practice at homes.

The purpose of visit is 1) the groups learn from each other of experience and skills in households` chicken raising what succeeded or failed; 2) the groups reviewed technical, controls, best practices and changes in successful chicken raising; and 3) the groups developed plan for ongoing practical coaching and technical support.

The pictures below show the activities in cross visit sessions

The participants had been divided in small group discussion:

The representative of each small groups presented the discussion result to big group:

Sharing on best practices and changes of a successful interest group member living in Anlung Mean village, Snam Preah commune. She learned chicken raising from ADRA for one year. She recently feed 50 hens and more than 30 chicken.  She gave vaccination to all chicken and fed them as the instruction in training. Very few chicken died in each season. She spent 300,000 riels (=$75.00) in foods and caring to those hens and chicken. She sold hens and getting 700,000 riel (=$175 in 3 months). The income`s leftover from consumption in family. She saved 40,000 riels (=$10.00) in each month. Her husband and children are strongly assisting and supporting her chicken raising.

At the end of sharing session, all participant visited a chicken raising site of an interest group member next to the meeting location in Koh Svay village. The area of chicken house is clean, large and feed more than 100 hens/chicken. The owner made similar income the same to the one female interest group member mentioned above.

Community Saving - Loan - Share services

The District Saving Federation Committee (DSFC) was elected and installed in May 2018, which the structure of this DSFC has been divided into different 4 groups such as Advisory and Supervisory group, Monitoring and Evaluation group, Credit group, and Education/Social marketing group. Including an additional Adviser group recruited from the district officers.

 The CHOICES for Children project of ADRA Cambodia collaborated with the Cambodian Community Foundation Network (CCFiN) Organization provided first training to the DSFC on 25-26 June 2018 in purpose to develop the saving policy or guideline. The topics discussed in training are 1) objectives of DSCF, DSFC`s business, DSCF`s job descriptions, Internal regulations, saving and policies, savings and loan records, credit and records.

The pictures below show on training sessions:

 

Ponds for areas with greatest irrigation need and opportunity

The CHOICES for Children project of ADRA Cambodia has been facilitating pond digging by voucher discount system to support the vulnerable households in CHOICES `s coverage villages.

 The pictures below shown on the activities of pond digging in Thmey village on June 18, 2018 done by a pond contracting supplier. This pond belongs to the beneficiary as a RC member named Khem Yeab 31 years old, her husband named Bun laikee 36 years old-farmer, living with 5 children (1F eldest, 4M)- 7 days old, 3 yrs. old, 6 yrs. old, 8 yrs. old, and 14 yrs. old female. The pond size is 10 meters wide by 12 meters long with 3 meters deep. In purpose the beneficiaries use pond water to grow vegetable, using in family and for animals and etc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Water, hygiene and Sanitation (WASH)

The pictures below shown about the training of facilitator (TOF) on RLU #11 WASH topics and the environment cleaning campaign on June 21, 2018.

This picture a commune supervisor gave learning facilitation on WASH topics to the RC facilitators, which was organized in Poliyum village, Trapeang Choung commune, Bakan district. Those learning topics are 1) clean water, 2) personal hygiene, 3) general sanitation, 4) hand-washing with soap, 5) clean environment and 6) gender.

 

 

 

Second picture shown that the RC facilitators practiced hand washing with soap in order they would bring these learnings and skills to help their RC members in changing hand washing behavior and practice.

 

 

 

At the end of learning sessions, the RC facilitators developed schedule and activity plan, prepared materials and documents for the women and men RC discussion on WASH topics at their villages.

 

 

 

 

 

After the training sessions completed, all participants and villagers altogether walked throughout  Poliyum village with picking up rubbishes and collecting wastes then disposed it in the safe place in village. 

 
 
 

 

PD/Hearth Session Conducted by RCFs in Beung Prey Village, Bakan District, Pursat

June 15, 2018 the Reflect Circle Facilitators and the mothers in Beung Prey village conducted PD/Hearth NERP to rehabilitated one severe malnourished girl and other seven malnourished girls and boys. This is hearth session in second day the mothers together learned how to prepare and cook foods for malnourished children.

The mothers and RCFs weighted children again to note the weights of children before they start rehabilitation in PD/Hearth sessions. RCFs helped the mothers to identify children`s nutritional status by weigh-for-age.

The mothers and child caregivers learned topics in the meanwhile the cooked food was kept to be cool or warm.

The children had been facilitated by a RCF to learn at separate place when their mothers were learning about hearth topic.

 

After hearth topic the mothers and child caregivers washed hands with soap and then they coaxed their children to eat the cooked food.



Smoke Cease Program (SCP) and Nutrition Campaign

In the morning of June 14, 2018 the RCFs in Lvea village, Trapeang Choung commune with getting support from project staff and commune supervisor, they conducted SCP and nutrition campaign. 33 women and 25 men participated in the event.

 

During the meeting, a 53 years old man told about his life he smokes cigarette for 35 years (since he was 18 years old). He took out a package of cigarette and a lighter from his pocket and shown to other participants. Then he crushed all cigarette in the package in front the people and promised that he will stop smoking from the day of this campaign.

 

 

Nine participants answered the quiz regarding to smoking and nutrition. Most of them gave right answers, and then they received the present such as soap and T-shirt.

 

 

 

 

At the end of event, participants received a piece of soap for each person and got some posters of cigarette smoking and nutrition. They took photograph together right before they backed homes.

 

Most Significant Change Story - Increased livelihood income skills and opportunities for poor and vulnerable households.

My name Keo Sarean 45 years old living in Beung Chhouk village, Knar Toteung commune, Bakan district. I was a monk and learned for 12 years in pagoda. I got marry with my wife name 26 years old learned in school for 5 years. I have 3 daughters the first one is 11 years old leaning at school for 6 years, the second one is 9 years old learning at school for 5 years and a youngest one is 2 years old.

Before ADRA came to develop in my village, my family was in ID Poor 2 and without real job. My family was famer planted rice on a small land, grew rice with unknown technic and got very small income. After rice season I made labor migration to Thailand. It was the informal migration and I could not make good money, then returned home with small amount of money. I smoked cigarette for 10 years since I was a monk.

When the ADRA started activities of CHOICES for Children project in my village at year 2014, my wife and I became the RC members. Later on, the ADRA team promoted me to be a man RCF up to now is for 2 years. My wife and I learned in RC discussions about hygiene and sanitation, nutrition in children under 5 years old, nutrition in pregnant women, PD/Hearth, LTP, and etc. My wife also learned about home gardening in last year, I also learned about chicken raising and rice growing in last 3 years, which those trainings conducted and supported by the ADRA/CHOICES project. ADRA sent me to learn haircut from a skills barber in last 6 months. Now I have job as a man RC Facilitator and a barber in my village. I could make money about 10,000 riels ($2.50) per day, about 400,000 riel ($100.00) per month. My wife works in a drinking water factory and she can make income 10,000 riels ($2.50) per day, about 400,000 riel ($100.00) per month too. These income could afford for foods, for study of my children and for health care, and it makes better living in my family.

My wife and I are the saving group members. I could save some amount of money in saving group, then I could have chance to borrow money to make the haircut profession in my village. I am very happy that I have joined in activities of CHOICES for Children project. My family received a water filter from ADRA. I could build a latrine. I stopped cigarette smoking for 2 years since when I joined in the cease smoking campaign conducted by ADRA.

“I`m thankful to ADRA team and ADRA`s supporters for the trainings I have received as well as for the development activities that have been happening in my village and my community so far” Keo Sarean said with smile and happy to us.

 ADRA make me and my family changed in knowledge, stop smoking, facilitation and job skills, behavior changes in child feeding and child caring, make good income and available money for illness treatment. Now my family is living in better hygiene, use clean water, less sickness, could have regular saving money, and living in better lives.

The changes in living of my family and change in my job are very important because I could share my experience and my best practice to other men and other poor families through the RC discussion and the meetings. They can learn from myself about haircut if they like this job.

Most Significant Change Story - Increased livelihood income skills and opportunities for poor and vulnerable households.

Beungbot Kandol commune, Robang Romea village, December 2017 - I`m Hou Khon 57 years old married with my husband named Khem Ngon 58 years old. He has left leg sciatica for 10 years, and terygium removed with decreasing vision from both eyes for 5 years. We have 3 sons, the last one aged 21 years living in family and now he migrated to Thailand, no daughter. Other 2 sons live with their wives at separate houses. I had career as selling of vermicelli or Khmer noodle. It is hard work in doing by hands and by traditional tool. We could produce only in small amount in each day about 15 kilogram of vermicelli per day with would get income 20,000 rile = $5.00 (earned 10,000 riel = $2.50) per day, about 30 clients per day. This income was not enough to feed the daily need of the family. When someone got sick, there was no money to spend for treatment. My family has no rice field, but we grow home gardening vegetables and grow some fruit trees around the house.  

I have become a RC member for almost 2 years and my husband has become RC member for more than one year so far. We always attend in the RC discussion every week. My family has become a
saving member sine year 2016 and I put saving 2,000 Riel every month.

I learned topics in RC discussion such as hygiene, nutrition, learning through play, social marketing and bookkeeping, hygiene and home gardening.

My family received budget support $71.80 (=287,200 Riel) from ADRA, then I bought 2 machines (one to crush rice to be powder, and other one to make powder to be noodle), and could buy other materials for vermicelli production. Since using machines we can produce 25 kilogram of vermicelli per day and could get income 40,000 Riel = $10.00 (earned 20,000 Riel = $5.00) per day. The number of client increased to 40 to 50 persons per day. As well, some days the amount of vermicelli production is increased to 50 to 70 kilograms when some people in villages ordered vermicelli for the ceremonies. That`s the income 60,000 Riel (= $15.00) to 80,000 Riel (= $20.00) per day.

My husband and I feel so happy with having machines and materials for vermicelli production. It is manual assistant to the hard work and it could get better income from this career. The living condition in family has been changed, such having money for illness treatment, foods, and materials (last few months I bought new blanket, mattress and cupboard). My family will continue this job as it is mainly making income for the family, and/or we would share this skills to my children and/or to the neighbors when they are interested it. “I`m thankful to ADRA team and ADRA`s donor for helping to my family and to my village so far” smilingly said by Hou Khon.

Most Significant Change Story - Improved gender equity and rights for poor and vulnerable women and children through empowered planning, decision making, and care.

Mrs. Oeur Theakong 54 years old living in Aren village, Snam Peahl commune, Bakan District married her husband named Soth Polounh 48 years old. They have 4 daughters and 2 sons, the youngest one is 10 years old. Main career in family, Theakong made palm cake and sell in village and her husband made palm juice and produced palm sugar. Polounh was drunk almost every day and he often beat his wife Mrs. Theakong from jealousy with other men. The family was in debt of the neighbor.  Polounh and Theakong used to migrate to work in Thailand but did not success.

Theakong has become the woman RC member since year 2016 and she regularly joined learning topics in RC discussion such as gender equity, LTP, child protection, nutrition, breast feeding, etc. She also attended chicken raising training conducted by ADRA staff in year 2016. It`s lucky her husband Mr. Polounh has become a man RC member since the beginning of year 2017 and he learned on gender equity, LTP, child protection, nutrition and etc. in RC discussion. 

Now Soth Polounh completely stopped alcohol drinking and he stopped beating his wife. He continues participation in RC discussion. He has changed habits and behaviors in doing of house`s works such as cook foods, take water from well, find fire wood, look after children, including feed chicken and plant vegetables, etc. In the last home visit by ADRA staff, saw that Polounh has good communication and delight talking with the monitoring team.

Theakong said, Since her husband has become the man RC member he helped in house`s works and did outdoor hard works for the family. Now the family is not in loan or debt. Career of chicken raising is improving the family living. Chicken/hens do not die like in the past. She is happy with getting income in the average per month 20,000 riel from chicken sale, 15,000 riel from taking care of neighbor`s buffalo, and some income from vegetable sale. Her family plans to expand chicken raising, and make home gardening to be farming gardening. “I`m thankful to ADRA team and ADRA`s supporters for the trainings I have received as well for the development activities that have been happening in my village so far” Theakong smilingly said to us.