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. 

ANTI - HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND SAFE MIGRATION CAMPAIGN

Pursat province, Bakan District - On Wednesday 3rd January 2018 from 7.30am to 11.30am the CHOICES (Child Health Outcomes Improved through Community Empowered Solutions) for Children project of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Cambodia in Pursat Province organized a campaign under the topics of “Anti-human trafficking/Safe migration, including proper complementary feeding to children 6 to 59 months old in migration” and “Tobacco of Health (TOH)”

The CHOICES for Children project of ADRA Cambodia was funded by the ADRA Australia and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), with getting support from local authorizes has made the campaign event in Snam Preas Commune, Bakan district, under the Chair of Deputy District Governor, Mr. Seun Saksaran.

A total of 273 participants joined in a march through Snam Preas commune, calling slogan “THE ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND SAFE MIGRATION MUST BE STARTED FROM YOU”

“WE ALTOGETHER COMBAT AGAINST THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING” and appealing to community members to stop illegal labor migration to other countries. The illegal migration makes you illegal and losing your rights. You will get harm from illegal labor migration.

Calling slogan “STOP SMOKING! THE BAD IMPACT ON HEALTH AND MONEY IS FROM TOBACCO USE”. Smoking makes you wasting your money on tobacco products that destroy your health. Participants, including school students, school teachers, village and commune facilitators, policemen and local authorities, carried banners displaying related key messages and slogans of migration and safety, tobacco or health. They wore t-shirts and distributed posters with messages about safe migration, bad impact of tobacco use and tobacco destroys lives.

Mr. Rith Saray the CHOICES project Manager and the Representative of ADRA Cambodia in Pursat, in his address during the event, the ADRA Cambodia Representative read a summary report relative to the topics and he appreciated RCFs, local authorities, ADRA staff that often promote the anti-human trafficking/Safe migration and the bad use of tobacco in Pursat, especially in Bakan`s villages.

Mr. Seun Saksaran, the deputy district governor of Bakan, showed the willingness of local authorities to work closely with ADRA, CHOICES for Children project to make awareness on anti-trafficking/Safe migration and on bad impact of tobacco use. On the occasion, he appealed all people to have legal migration by filling documents, searching information and getting passport, etc. in order to get safe in migration. He appreciated to ADRA and said strongly support to the activities of CHOICES for Children project, the local authorities have strong commitment to work with ADRA to reduce the victims from human trafficking and migration and people who use tobacco.

During this event the one woman and one man who used to do illegal migration to Thailand, both said they lost their rights, did hard works, often escaped from Thai policemen and authorities and had wage cheat by employers, then they returned homes with the empty hands. They came back homes without money. They promised to share to other people to make migration with the formal documents. As well, the Deputy District Governor said he is trying to stop smoking in this few weeks after he smoked for 39 years (since 1978). He said this event encouraged and helped in cease smoking. He promised to stop smoking from now.

 In 30 minutes before the end of event, there was asking the participants to answers to the quiz and they got the prize when they gave the correction answers.

ADRA Cambodia believes that this TOH and anti-trafficking/Safe migration campaign will help to reduce the victims from human trafficking/migration and smoking throughout Bakan district and in Pursat of Cambodia and promote a healthy life during and after migration, including without SMOKE.

RLU LTP Learning Discussion

Celebration on Putting altogether on RLU # 2 LTP topics

After finished in 10 topics on LTP #2 Learning Through Play discussion, on 21th December 2017 staff and CS Group 8 conducted putting altogether topics celebration in Pnov village by performing role plays by each topic with practice as a model of good mother and good relationship with their children.  49 participants (33F) participated.

Staff introduced the celebration process to participants



This is a Role play of mother and daughter demonstrate how to practice clothes washing ,(it is in  topic the  Sense of self and relationship between mother and daughter )

 

 

 

 

MANDALA Garden Propose

Training over facilitator (TOF) on RLU #10 were complete successfully to 17 Reflect Circle Facilitator men, women, and child facilitator in 5 villages: Prasat, Kampong Kdei, Rong Takok, Kon Thnout, and Damnak Trach. However, all the trainee were glad to obtain the new key message as well as the content in 5 topics in this unit roll out. Meanwhile, we are particularly understand the new technique of designing the new mandala garden for the better growth of cash crop during dry season and the rainy season.

Within 3 days we are focus on the brief discussion on the theories and objective, divided into group discussion to compare between old practice and the new practice in agriculture field work. in contrast, we have made an agreement to practice our Mandala design one at our trainee house in order to show what to prepare and how is the Mandala gardening look alike. Than the last day of the training were compromise to prepare the stuffs and the place to build the garden.

However, Khim Sreymao house have been propose and select to do this garden. In the meantime, our trainee were glad and enjoy together to build up the structure of Mandala garden. And the special part of this training is all of our trainee are able to do very well on their post-test and they’re can be able to facilitate to their group members the impact of getting involved with reflect circle group discussion.

Animal Husbandary Training

Rice harvesting time were done to many of our Reflect Circle member, it is a good time to learn new thing to improve the knowledge. Besides doing rice planting, many of the farmer seeking for the technique of raising chicken as an extra family income during the free time. As we can see that natural chicken meat having a great demand in the local market with the constant price between $3.50 to $4.25 per Kg. However, even though the local market having the great demand of natural chicken every day, still the farmer cannot raise on time to supply according to this demand.  Agriculture team having a great pursue to fulfill this lacking point over this issues. We are concerning to any struggle which is harmful to our member who lack of motivation in raising chicken for the extra income during this free time. Many farmer were losing their courage to raise chicken again just because they’re don’t know what to do while encountered chicken sick and die too many time. However, agriculture component try to put our eyes on this issue and try to figure out for any possible way to help out so that our farmer able to try again.

Likewise, 2 animal husbandry training have been proposed to 5 villages in Snam Preash commune, Bakan district, Pursat province. This training held for 3 days started from 19 to 21 of December 2017, within 3 days all the trainee should get to understand the first start and the introduction of how to get start in field of chicken raising and can be able to select the good chick to start raising, able to build the chicken house, able to make their own chicken feed, able to clean up hygiene around the cage, able to cure diseases as well as doing vaccine by themselves. After complete this training successfully we are strongly believed that all of our trainee able to work very well on animal raising at home and we also hope that they’re can be able to earn the income from raising chicken every month.


Trainer indication the technique of using vaccine CHOLERA to trainee

Our RC member were thrilling to be workout by themselves