Cambodian Handicraft Association

Can be found at the House, Phnom Penh, Baray Tukvill Souvenir Handicrafts Shop, West of Siem Reap town (about 2 Km. from Siem Reap Airport ), Preah Dark Village (about 16 Km. from Siem Reap town) at the same premise of Banteay Srei Souvenir Handicrafts Shop - The road to Banteay Srei Temple Siem Reap.

We set up newly formed workshops in Siem Reap with the other outlets and commercialization of handicrafts that are socially and environmentally friendly.

Cambodian Handicraft Association (CHA) is staffed by graduates of the Skill Training Program for Landmine and Polio Disabled.  The participants spend an additional 12-month period improving their tailoring, weaving skills and gaining additional management experience to run business.

PROJECT:

Cambodian Handicraft Association, established in January, 2000, is the working place for Landmine and Polio disabled Cambodians.  Based within the compound of AFS (Association Francaise De Solidarite, Siem Reap), our primary objectives are to teach the skill of Traditional Handicrafts, Tailoring and Weaving subjects in a one-year course, train in small business and help trainees to make a sustainable small business plan for when they graduate from the workshops and go home to their villages with their profit shares and tailoring, weaving skills.  As important as the skill training is the promotion of self-confidence, independence and integration into Cambodian Society.  The tailoring workshop will work closely with the weaving component of CHA workshops in producing silk handicrafts to be sold in the CHA showroom and the weaving workshop can produce silk fabrics and silk scarves ordered from the ministries, companies, NGOs and for export.  In selling handicrafts through the CHA showroom and export in foreign countries, trainees have the opportunity to earn profit share that they invest when  they leave CHA Workshops.