Nutritional PD Hearth Program helps improve my grandchild health

Hear our caregiver Mrs. Ry Hon talked about how she got to join with our project CHOICES for Children and helped improve her grandchildren nutrition status:

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

"Home garden is our hope! Thank you ADRA!"

Check out some lovely pictures from our staff who made a visit to one of our beneficiaries this week and has experienced seeing their smiling faces with their lovely vegetable home garden supported by our project. The family is very thankful to ADRA and the donors who have supported them with this home gardening and others in the community. They said that the garden is the hope for their family since they could earn the income and sustain the family's livelihood.

Mrs. Korn is very happy and proud with her crop growing

Mrs Korn's family is happy with his home garden

checking the garden

checking the garden

working together at the garden

working together at the garden

Happily working together at the garden

The spring for the garden

The spring

The vegetable seeds of the garden

A very happy and successful couple at their lovely garden

A very happy and successful couple at their lovely garden

A very happy and successful couple at their lovely garden

Photos: Phano Kong

Practicing new Rice improvement program!

We are in the rainy season here in Cambodia, and it is a right time for community members to start to grow and transplant their rice! Supported by our CHOICES for Children project, we have introduced the Rice Improvement Program for better yield and savings...! These techniques have been introduced in our Reflect Circle Group meetings followed by some ongoing training for those who are interest called Interest Groups. Below is a summary of the 12 key SRI practices:

1. Apply natural fertilizer (especially compost). 

2. Transplant only healthy seedlings.

3. Wider spacing between hills.

4. When transplanting, softly uproot seedlings to avoid trauma, especially to the roots.

5. Transplant young seedlings, ideally less than 15 days old.

6. Transplant fewer seedlings per hill; preferably one seedling (maximum of three).

7. Shallow transplanting.

8. Transplant seedlings quickly and carefully.

9. Transplant seedlings in a square pattern.

10. Maintain lower level of water in the rice field.

11. Weed frequently to improve soil aeration (2-4 times).

12. Level the soil of both the seedbed and rice field.

Here are some pictures showing our project team working with the farmers practicing the new techniques:

Raising chicken will support my family.

Chom family receiving chicken shelter & material for raising chicken to support her family.

Sewing cloth is my favorite! Thanks to ADRA that supports me!

Channa at the sewing training practicing sewing the new item design.

Channa at the sewing training practicing sewing the new dress.

Channa at the sewing training learning the dress and sewing design from the trainer and our staff.

Channa is very happy and pleased with her new dress sewed by herself she learned in the sewing training supported by CHOICES for Children project.

Channa is also happy and proud with her new products made by herself she learned in the sewing training.

Channa is now happily running her small business store selling the cloths and her sewed cloths. She is earning some money to support her family.

Channa is now running her small business store selling the dress. She is happy when there is customer come and buy her cloth. She could earn some money to support her family. She is pleased and proud she had made it after the training. She is thankful to ADRA who has supported her so far.