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.