The poor

Poverty policy and regulation

STT identifies 191 poor areas in Phnom Penh

A new Sahmakum Teang Tnaut (STT) survey shows there are 191 locations with houses where 19,539 poor families comprising 89,879 people live in Phnom Penh. ...

Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501360709/stt-identifies-191-poor-areas-in-phnom-penh/

UNICEF launches campaign to tackle online sexual exploitation

UNICEF Cambodia has launched “Let’s Chat”, a digital campaign to prevent online child exploitation. The initiative, a partnership between UNICEF Cambodia and the Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation (MoSVY), could reach over two million young individuals. ...

Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unicef-launches-campaign-tackle-online-sexual-exploitation

Gov’t releases $1B pay-out to poor, vulnerable households

The Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation (MOSVY) has released more than $1 billion in payouts to Cambodian poor and vulnerable households during Covid-19 in 13 rounds that are divided into 35 times as of Wednesday this week. The 13th round began its ...

Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501297077/govt-releases-1b-pay-out-to-poor-vulnerable-households/

NSSF’s health provision with one million cases in first quarter of 2023

According to the National Social Security Fund (NSSF), members had access to medical treatment and care services at partner hospitals, with more than one million cases in the first quarter of this year, an increase of more than 30% compared to the same period last ...

So Cheata
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501266175/nssfs-health-provision-with-one-million-cases-in-first-quarter-of-2023/

Education minister, health facilities in educational institutions are very important for students and teachers

The Minister of Education Hang Chuon Naron, stated that health facilities in educational institutions are very important for students and teachers to receive primary health care and to provide physical, mental, reproductive and sexual health counselling. ...

So Cheata
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501266230/education-minister-health-facilities-in-educational-institutions-are-very-important-for-students-and-teachers/

NSSF to study coverage of agricultural workers

The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) and the Group For Research and Technology Exchanges (GRET) inked a Memorandum of Understanding with the French Development Agency (AFD) for a feasibility study to extend social security coverage to agricultural workers in Cambodia, who are among the most ...

Taing Rinith
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501244569/nssf-to-study-coverage-of-agricultural-workers/

MLVT to upgrade livelihood of 1.5M poor families

The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training (MLVT) is finalising strategies to develop human capital, promote better work conditions, and enhance the livelihood of about 1.5 million poor and vulnerable families. ...

Hong Sovannary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501244397/mlvt-to-upgrade-livelihood-of-1-5m-poor-families/

Social protection scheme bolsters nation’s healthcare

The social protection program plays a significant role in promoting the healthcare service sector and reducing the cost of living, which leads to improved socio-economic status. ...

Meas Molika
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-social-protection-scheme-bolsters-nations-healthcare

NSAF removes unqualified families from IDPoor scheme

After two years of implementation of the National Social Assistance Funds (NSAFs), authorities have decided to delist nearly 50,000 families across the country. ...

Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501234523/nsaf-removes-unqualified-families-from-idpoor-scheme/

Cost of a basic food basket in Cambodia declined by 2.7 percent in December 2022

According to the World Food Programme (WFP), United Nations World Food Programme in partnership with Agricultural Marketing Office of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’  Market & Seasonal Monitoring Update, in December 2022, the cost of the basic food basket  (BFB) in Cambodia had ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501222367/cost-of-a-basic-food-basket-in-cambodia-declined-by-2-7-percent-in-december-2022/

Cambodia offers cash handouts worth $46 million to 360,000 families affected by inflation, floods

Cambodia on Saturday began to provide cash handouts to almost 360,000 households with about 1.3 million people affected by inflationary pressures and recent floods, a senior official said. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501200349/cambodia-offers-cash-handouts-worth-46-million-to-360000-families-affected-by-inflation-floods/

Authorities plan digital payment for cash aid programme

In an effort to deal with officials misusing cash aid programme, the authorities are planning to make digital payment available for the beneficiaries, a top official at the Department of Social Welfare has said.   ...

Yim Sreylin
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501200695/authorities-plan-digital-payment-for-cash-aid-programme/

Prince Foundation gives a helping hand to children’s healthcare in Cambodia

Prince Foundation, via a donation by Chen Zhi, Chairman of Prince Holding Group, has contributed $200,000 to Cambodia Kantha Bopha Foundation (CKF). This will aid the ongoing operations of Kantha Bopha Hospitals, which provide free and quality health care to children in the Kingdom. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501191288/prince-foundation-gives-a-helping-hand-to-childrens-healthcare-in-cambodia/

Gov’t prepares to launch inflation relief programme

Prime Minister Hun Sen said that Cambodia is proud to have supported the poor and vulnerable with cash payments through the dark time of the Covid-19 pandemic. To date, the government has disbursed about $40 million a month to assist people affected by the virus.​​ ...

Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-prepares-launch-inflation-relief-programme

Government implements new procedures for IDPoor

New procedures for qualifying for the ID poor programme were announced at the Hyatt Regency, Phnom Pehn yesterday that will provide assistance to impoverished people who have come under increasing financial pressure due to the Covid-19 pandemic, natural disasters, and events occurring outside the country. ...

Chhun Sunly
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501167528/government-implements-new-procedures-for-idpoor/

Cash scheme to decrease inflation burden

The government will launch a social protection scheme to give cash to those impacted by rising inflation. ...

Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/cash-scheme-to-decrease-inflation-burden

PM grants 10-year Tier-1 IDPoor cards to Run Ta Ek

The government will issue Tier-1 ID poor equity cards to every family who has resettled in the newly-created Run Ta Ek village in Siem Reap. ...

Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501161046/pm-grants-10-year-tier-1-idpoor-cards-to-run-ta-ek/

Countries, including Cambodia, growing 70% of world’s food face ‘extreme’ heat risk by 2045

Blistering crop-withering temperatures that also risk the health of agricultural workers could threaten swathes of global food production by 2045 as the world warms, an industry analysis warned Thursday. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501152829/countries-including-cambodia-growing-70-of-worlds-food-face-extreme-heat-risk-by-2045/

Angkor Children Hospital to launch scheme to cover cost

Angkor Hospital for Children will launch the “Patient Contribution” scheme for medical services for children on July 7, but for patients from poor families, the hospital will still continue to provide free healthcare. ...

Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501103734/angkor-children-hospital-to-launch-scheme-to-cover-cost/

CARD, UN on nutrition drive

The Council for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), in collaboration with the UN World Food Programme (WFP), have launched a dissemination strategy for the SUN Business Network (SBN) – a key part of the global Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement – in a bid to ...

Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/card-un-nutrition-drive

Cambodian PM warns of global food crisis in 2023

Prime Minister Hun Sen and Chair of ASEAN for 2022, has expressed his concern over the global food crisis next year. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501082465/cambodian-pm-warns-of-global-food-crisis-in-2023/

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