Projects

CARE's projects in Cambodia all include a focus on at least one of the groups we work with: urban women who are marginalised by occupation, rural women who are denied multiple rights, and women and girls from ethnic minorities.

 

Current projects

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• Ethnic Minority Education

         The Ethnic Minority Education project aims to increase students enrollment and retention               rates in primary and lower secondary schools by improving the quality of education, school

         conditions and inclusive child-friendly learning environments, particularly for ethnic                         minority girls.

• Know and Grow_McCleskey Fund

         The overall purpose of McCleskey is to empower marginalised ethni minority adolescents, 

         especially girls, so that they have expanded life choices in multiple spheres including 

         economic, social and health including sexual and reproductive health.

• Enhancing Women's Voice to Stop Sexual Harassment (STOP)

This project, Enhancing Women’s Voice to Stop Sexual Harassment, is working in four countries in the Mekong to address sexual harassment in the garment industry. The project will develop, test and adapt workplace models for the prevention of and response to sexual harassment in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam.

• Regional Artemisinin Initiative 2 Elimination (RAI2E)

To reduce the incidence of malaria to less than 1 infection per 1000 peoles at risk in each operational district and elimate plasmodium Falciparum including multidrug resistance by 2020.

• Chat! Contraception

Chat! aims to improve the health of garment factory workers though empowering women and men to make healthy sexual choices, access reliable reproductive health services, and prevent unplanned pregnancies.

• Healthy Food, Healthy Workplace (HFHW)

In this project, CARE is working to improve workers’ knowledge of nutrition behaviour so they can make informed decisions about their diet.

• Sewing for a Brighter Future (SBF)

A project focusing on improving the knowledge and skills of young migrants working in garment factories.

• Know & Grow

Know & Grow aims to empower marginalised ethnic minority adolescents, especially girls, so that they have the opportunity to learn 21st century skills.

 

A selection of previous projects

 

• Implementation of Social Accountability Framework (ISAF)

• Education for Ethnic Minorities 2

• Expansion of Secondary School Facilities in Cambodia

• WASH in Schools, Health Center and Community Improvement 

• Agro-Climate Systems in South-East Asia (ACIS)

• Communication for Education and improved school Governace(C4E&Governance)

• Female Construction Workers (LRCW)

• Partnering to Save Lives (PSL)

• Healthy Women, Healthy Workplace (HWHW)

• Personal Advancement and Career Enhancement (PACE) in the Community

• Safe Homes, Safe Communities (SHSC)

• Local Economic Leadership (LEL)

• Protections for Marginalised Urban Women (PMUW)

• Village Savings and Loans Association (VSLA)

• Improvements in Health Service Delivery in Remote & Marginalised Communities(GSK rural)

• Safe Workplaces, Safe Communities (SWSC)

• Education for Ethnic Minorities 1

• School Governance for Quality Education
  Learn more about the successes of this project on its own interactive website >

• Educate a Child - Ethnic Minority Children in the Cambodian Consortium for Out of School Children project

• WASH in Schools and Communities to elevate ethnic minority women (WISC)

• Bending Bamboo         

• Technical Assistance to the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) on Child Friendly Strategies for Ethnic Minority Communities

• Highland Community Education Program (HCEP)

• Saving Lives, Building Futures

• Global Fund

• Personal Advancement and Career Enhancement (PACE) in Garment Factories

• Promoting the Safety of Women Workers in the Beer Industry

• Safe Migration and Reduced Trafficking (SMART)

• Young Women in Business (YWIB)

 

 

Read about the successes of previous projects:

 

Watch videos about CARE's work in Cambodia