The poor

On 24 October 2021, the Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation issued a notification on the results of the implementation of the social protection program for the poor and vulnerable families during the fighting against COVID-19 for the third time of sixth round ...

On 09 June 2020, the Council for the Development of Cambodia issued a joint press announcement on the signing on Cambodia-Germany Technical Cooperation Agreement 2019. The signed Agreement on Technical Cooperation provided a total amount of 13.5 million EUR, equivalent to 14.6 million USD, in ...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport of Cambodia (MOEYS) will host the annual Global Child Nutrition Forum (GCNF) organized by the Global Child Nutrition Foundation (GCNF) and the UN World Food Programme Centre of Excellence against Hunger (WFP CoE), which will be held from ...

On 10 June 2019, the Ministry of Environment issued a press release expressing the significant contribution of non-timber forest producer groups and associations as social protection as well as their commitment to forest conservation and poverty eradication goals. About 68% of total rural households across ...

On 15 May 2019, the German Embassy in Phnom Penh issued a press release on the commitment of Germany to end poverty in Cambodia. Germany will provide a loan for rural infrastructure, a grant for nutrition and social accountability, and increase its capacity building efforts ...

On 25 November 2016, under Japan’s economic cooperation framework, the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security​ Projects (“KUSANONE” Grant), the Government of Japan has agreed to provide US$305,314 in total to 4 recipient organizations. The Grant Contracts have been signed  between H.E. Mr. HORINOUCHI Hidehisa, ...

On Friday 23 September 2016, in response to a request from the Royal Government of Cambodia and the World Food Programme (hereinafter referred as “WFP”), the Government of Japan has agreed to extend a Grant Assistance of two hundred and twenty million Japanese Yen (¥220,000,000), ...

On 10th August 2016, The Ministry of Tourism of the Cambodia has announced that the Royal Government of Cambodia has officially modified the new entrance ticket fees for Angkor Archaeological Site for all international visitors, and will be officially implemented from 01st February 2017. The ...

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) signed a host country agreement earlier this month with the Kingdom of Cambodia, the culmination of almost 20 years of support and investment in rural areas. Since 1996, over 1.2 million poor and disadvantaged rural households have benefitted ...

Announcing “Keeping Land Local,” the third issue of the Briefing Paper Series on Land Struggles by Focus on the Global South, the Global Campaign for Agrarian Reform, and Land Research Action Network. ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Japan are supporting a grassroots project to manage risks and reduce impacts from floods and other natural disasters in vulnerable communities in Cambodia. ...

The International Labor Organization’s (ILO) Better Factories Cambodia project, together with the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and Angkor Research and Consulting Ltd., today release a few summary results of the baseline survey for the “Study on the Impact of Food Provision on Garment Workers’ Health and ...

A new U.S. government program, NOURISH, will combat malnutrition among Cambodian children. On September 8, Deputy Prime Minister Yim Chhayly jointly with Denise Rollins, Acting Assistant Administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Bureau for Asia, announced the launch of USAID’s five-year, $16.25 ...