Overview
After decades of civil war, Cambodia has now entered upon a phase
of reconstruction. This requires adequate jobs, income opportunities
and qualified workforces. Wathnakpheap aims to promote the construction
of Cambodia by means of educational projects that primarily target
to children and young in rural areas.
Community non-formal education (pre-school, primary school, library
& literacy) feeds children to public education and to access
skill training. Scholarship project was set up to support girls
to continue to secondary education.
Young people who are thoroughly trained in skills not only acquire
a personal source of income, but further support to the local economy
and economic development of their region. Life skills and small
business trainings have been integrated in the skill training curriculums
since 2002. Job Counseling has been introduced in late 2004 in
the Svay Rieng province curriculum.
In addition, Wathnakpheap helps parents of these children to improve
generating income through agro-related training that enables them
to improve food security and generate more income. Community saving
and loan systems provide families with low interest credit to build
small businesses, use their skill knowledge and gain an independent
livelihood.
Social welfare and child rights aims to render the village communities
enough strength to care for their weaker members, awareness about
child rights and primary health care. With this aim in mind individuals
are trained in social and health work.
The supportive position of Wathnakpheap is to promote people own
comprehensive development that allows strengthening the entire village and improving children and youth's chance of receiving an education.
Wathnakpheap Organization works on the following areas:
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| Child & Youth Rehabilitation & Development |
Education & Skills Training
- Access to education
- Skill training
- Life skills & job Counseling
- Capacity building to teachers & instructors.
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Social Welfare and Child Rights
- Awareness raising on social welfare issues.
- Child rights Awareness, enforcement & advocacy
- Psychosocial Counseling.
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| Community Development |
Income Generation
- Village-based economy skill training.
- Community owned micro-financial services.
- Village-base small business enterprises.
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Community Organization
- Capacity building in management of local development at village
and commune level.
- Improvement of rural infrastructure.
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Education and Training
Wathnakpheap supports community pre-school, primary schools, and literacy
classes in villages where government schools are not available.
We provide capacity building to community teachers and parent committees.
In addition, mobile libraries support literacy and technical agriculture training.
Wathnakpheap supports skills training for under 18's from disadvantaged
families in communities, private workshops, collective business
& at each NGO center. There are 18 courses, focused on marketable
skills.
Social welfare and child rights
Wathnakpheap promotes awareness raising on issues of education,
primary healthcare, child rights, child trafficking and prostitution,
and HIV/AIDS. Volunteers are trained to raise awareness of problems
related to child abuse and neglect in their community and can
refer specific cases to human rights agencies
We also advocate for children's rights at a provincial and national
level, promoting public debate on issues relating to child sexual
abuse, trafficking and law enforcement
income-generating activities
Wathnakpheap supports income-generating activities, including
agricultural training and communities-owned micro-finance services.
Savings groups, endowment funds and rice banks are promoted to
help generating additional income. Graduates from our training
qualify for endowment fund loans.
We also support seeding farms to provide good quality animals
and seed to communities. In addition, 'Community Villas' provide
opportunities for apprenticeship, employment and villagers to
sell handicrafts and agricultural products.
Community Organising / Institutional Development
Wathnakpheap strengthens the capacity of community-based self-help
organizations to manage their own development activities.
We support the development of groups such as Village Development
Committees, Social Welfare Fund Committees, Community Watch Teams
and Parent Committees at the community level.
We provide training on mobilising resources, planning, budgeting
and managing village based development projects.
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