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COVID-19 response: Part 1. Hygiene and awareness.

The year 2020 has brought new challenges to humanity. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all the spheres of human lives. Even though the situation in Cambodia is relatively safe, the country has also suffered from the virus. It is especially visible in rural communities where people have limited opportunities for access to information and income generation. On 6^th June we went to our target area in Prek Chrey commune to speak with KCD field staff and some beneficiaries to reflect on our activities related to response to COVID-19. Read more “COVID-19 response: Part 1. Hygiene and awareness.” →

Miscellaneous

Looking for “M&E Consultant (IEPD project)” and “Community Education…

Kindly be informed that now Khmer Community Development (KCD) is looking for the qualified persons to fill two various roles with KCD, are “M&E Consultant (IEPD project)” and “Community Education Consultant”. You are asked to submit your CV and Letter of interest to KCD if your capacity is found fits to our requirement. Please click the link below to get more information.
Read more “Looking for “M&E Consultant (IEPD project)” and “Community Education Consultant”” →

Miscellaneous

Looking for Consultant

KCD are looking for who support to KCD staff in making role play to produce film relate to the topic “hygiene and sanitation as part of the information and training provided to reduce the risk of spread of COVID19” through online.

Please click the link below to get more information. Read more “Looking for Consultant” →

Miscellaneous

KCD’s response to COVID-19

Due to the situation with COVID-19 in Cambodia and for safety reasons, from 23.03.2020 KCD has switched the office staff from Phnom Penh to work from home.

We have called all our Phnom Penh staff back from the field in order to avoid any kind of misunderstanding, canceled all the activities that require numbered participants and are now revising our strategies to respond to the situation.

We urge all our staff, beneficiaries, stakeholders and partners to stay safe and take measures to prevent the spread of infection.

We are deeply concerned about the spread of fake news about the virus in social networks, therefore, we have decided to take action to provide true information to everyone interested. Please find time to check and subscribe to our Facebook page to access the accurate information and latest updates about our work.

Keep Calm and Stay Safe!

KCD team.

Miscellaneous

Big success for KCD staff

Today we are extremely happy to congratulate two KCD staff to be selected for participation in Bread for the World Development Volunteer Service South-North Program. Horng Kimmuoy – Child Rights Fascilitator and Meng Long – Community Development Project Assistant have successfully passed through the tough selection process and were granted an opportunity to spend 13 months volunteering in Germany at one of BfdW’s partner NGOs. Read more “Big success for KCD staff” →

Forum Theatre

Register for free Forum Theater training on 18-20 February

KCD is excited to announce our second free Forum Theater training for Cambodian NGOs, which are interested to learn about using theater as a tool of social change.

Forum Theater is a tool to encourage social change through promoting empathy between different groups in Cambodia. This approach can be used to empower communities, including minority groups and youth, teach them to express themselves, build understanding for each other. Click here to learn more about Forum Theater and the Course.

Our next free training will take place on 18-20 February (3 days) in Phnom Penh (place will be announced to registered participants later). Each NGO can register up to two persons. Deadline for registrations is 13th February. Early registrations will be given priority.

The course is absolutely free, including venue, lunch and snacks.

Child Rights

From Child Club to future teacher. Story of Leaknak…

March 2018: Leaknak Phat (orange T-shirt), Child Club Vice-Chairman during International Women’s Day in Prek Chrey

Six years ago, a 13-year-old girl member of Prek Chrey Child Club named Leaknak Phat became a “small teacher”. From Monday to Saturday, she was collecting 5-12 years old children who had to drop-out from school. Around 15-20 children were coming to her grandmother’s shopping stall or the bottom of her family’s house every day. She was teaching them Khmer, Mathematics, and basic English with the educational materials provided by KCD.

She is the eldest daughter among three daughter siblings in her family, her farther passed away in 2018, now she lives with her mother and siblings in Prek Chrey Village, near the border between Cambodia and Vietnam, the target area of KCD. Her mother makes a living working as a farmer and sometime selling cakes, food and drinks at Prek Chrey school to support the family.

Leaknak is now 19 years old, the former Vice-Chairman the Child Club (2017-2018). She passed the National High School Diploma Examination in 2019 and started her University life in Phnom Penh. She has also passed the Primary School Teacher examination in her home village in the same year and now is getting ready to become a teacher. Read more “From Child Club to future teacher. Story of Leaknak Phat.” →

Forum Theatre

Join our upcoming Forum Theater Trainings

KCD is happy to announce that on 29-31 January we will be offering our first Forum Theater training to NGOs from Phnom Penh, who are willing to learn about this methodology. To learn more about training course, click here.

Unfortunately, there are no more spots for training course in January. However, if your organization is interested in learning about Forum Theater and its’ implementation as a tool of social change, we will be offering 3 more free workshops from February to March 2020. Trainings can be conducted in Phnom Penh or in province, depending on interest of the participants.

To register for workshop, please send an email to youth_kcd@hotmail.com, or fill in the contact form.

Hope to see you at the workshop soon!

Child Rights

Say Visal – KCD Project Officer in Germany

Experience exchange is becoming more and more important in contemporary NGO world. Sharing ideas and experiences, conducting study visits and work exchanges – all of these is a powerful tool for young professionals to increase and improve their capacities as well as for experienced specialists to share their knowledge and experience.

Today we are bringing you a remarkable example of KCD’s young professional – Say Visal, a former Child Rights Project Officer, who is doing his experience exchange placement in Germany for already 4 months, being a part of the volunteer exchange program sponsored by Bread for the World.

Forum Theatre

What is Forum Theater?

You might have probably noticed that in our articles we refer to Forum Theater (FT) as one of the primary methods for our project work. You would probably wonder what FT is and how does it work? Today we want to talk more about FT, its history, methodology and how it is implemented by KCD.

In a nutshell, Forum Theater, also known as “Theater of the Oppressed” is a type of theater that relates to encouraging the audience to engage and influence the performance on stage, thus becoming “spect-actors” with a power to stop and change the performance. The spect-actors can either suggest different actions to the actors, or come on stage themselves to become a part of the drama and perform they own solutions to the situation. Issues dealt with in FT are often related to areas of social justice with aims to explore solutions to oppression featured in the performance.

Read more “What is Forum Theater?” →