NEW HUMANITY IDENTITIY
Our organization background
New Humanity is an international N.G.O. supported
by P.I.M.E. (Pontificio Istituto Missioni Estere -
Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions). Our
organization is legally registered in Italy, and also
approved by the Royal Government of Cambodia.
In April 1992, New Humanity addressed a written
statement of intention to the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs–International Cooperation in order to open
our head office in Phnom Penh and to start
operations in Cambodia.
Thus on October 23, 1992, our first agreement was
signed with the Ministry of Education. Since then we
have signed several other Memorandums of
Understanding (MoU) with the Ministries of
Education, Social Affairs and Agriculture.
In 2009, we renewed our agreement for a project
supporting People with Disabilities in Kompong
Chhnang and Kandal provinces. The same year, we
signed a new MoU about a project on Agriculture
Development in Kompong Chhnang province.
In 2010, we have established two new agreements:
one for a project on Early Childhood Care and
Education and another one in favor of Primary
Education and Basic Health care for Indigenous
Children, both in Kompong Chhnang and Mondolkiri.
Our Vision and Mission
We envision a society where everyone can receive
education and care, according to his/her needs and
abilities, and participate to the development of
his/her own rural or urban community.
Therefore, the main mission of New Humanity is to
promote education in order to contribute to the
fight against all forms of poverty and exclusion,
affirming the dignity and rights of every human
being.
Our core values
In order to accomplish this mission we want to
promote subsidiarity, reciprocity, co-responsibility
and cooperation, inspired by values of:

Fraternity, mutual confidence and open
dialogue.

Respect for the value of life, the dignity of the
human person and its culture.

Concern towards the poorest.

Solidarity, conceived as “strong determination to
work for the common good of every single
person”.
Our commitment in 2010
New Humanity contribution in Cambodia is based
mainly on 2 programs: Education and Disability.
The program related to Education is at the same
time subdivided into 3 different projects: the first
one is Early Childhood Care and Education located in
Kompong Chhnang and Mondolkiri Provinces; the
second one is a project of Sponsorship for primary
school students in Mondolkiri; and the third one is a
Master program in Anthropology-Sociology at the
Royal University of Phnom Penh.
The program on Disability is mainly focused on the
development of Community Based Rehabilitation
Centers located in Kompong Chhnang and Kandal
Provinces. These centers are opened to all kinds of
people with disabilities; however, most of our
beneficiaries are people with intellectual disabilities.
In order to respond to the needs of our
beneficiaries, New Humanity has established 3
components inside both main programs: the first is
linked to health care and sanitation to improve and
monitor the health condition of our beneficiaries;
the second is linked to agriculture development to
ensure food intake and income generation; and the
third component aims to respond only to emergency
cases related to basic health, nutrition and housing.
Our activities in 2010
Education: establishment and management of 19
pre-school classes, sponsorship of primary school
students who are mainly from the Phnong ethnic
group in Mondolkiri, and support to Master program
at the Royal University of Phnom Penh.
Disability: establishment and management of 5
Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) centers to
provide special education, physiotherapy,
occupational therapy, health monitoring and
parenting skills.
Health: health education and care for children and
their families involved in our education and disability
programs, teacher's basic health training, children's
hygiene and health monitoring as well as referral.
Agriculture: mobile training for agriculture
development skills on rice cultivation, gardening,
natural fertilizer, livestock, poultry, fish and cattle
rearing. Some parents of our 2 main programs are
part of this component.
Emergency relief: Response to unforeseen situations
of distress caused by natural disasters or poverty.
 NEW HUMANITY STAFF 2010 (78 people)

EDUCATION & HEALTH PROGRAMS (32 people)

CHEUNG Veasna NGOY Sovannarem SOK SOcheat WONG Lucia

Program Manager Training Officer Program Officer Education Advisor

AGRICULTURE
PROGRAM
(4 people)

MOP Phoeun AGATEA Stefania NHEK Chamroeun

Program Officer Health Advisor Program Officer

DISABILITY PROGRAM (28 people)

CHENG Chandy LIM Heng EK Samboun OP Vanna NICOT Mathilde

Program Manager Program Officer Project Officer Psychologist Speech Therapist

DIRECTION & ADMINISTRATION (14 people)

LEGNANI Franco ROQUEPLAN Hervé AYALA MOREIRA René CHHY Sophearith

PIME Representative to NH Country Director Assistant Director Monitoring & Evaluation
Officer

CHHIM Sok Eim CHUM Vey KONG Sothearith SOM Sopheak OURN Chanthy
Finance Officer Administrator Admin. & Finance Admin. & Finance Secretary &
Assistant Assistant Accountant
NH Cambodia
 CAMBODIA INDICATORS

Demographics
Population (2009) 14,805,358 Female 51.36%
Population Growth Rate (2009) 1.5 % Age Structure (2009)
Population Density per Square Km. 75 Under 18 33.7 %
Urban Population (2008) 19.5 % Under 5 10.2 %
Average household size (2008) 4.7 Over 65 years 4.2 %
HDI (Human Development Index) in 2005 Rank: 124 on 169 countries (UNDP)
Ethnic Groups Khmer (90%), Vietnamese, Chinese, Hill Tribes, others.

Education
Literacy rate (15 years old +) 2010 87.5 % Quality & efficiency in Primary Education (2009/2010)
Pupil-Teacher ratio in Primary 2008 49 Pupil-class ratio at Primary Education 38
National Budget for Education 2010 16.40 % Teacher-class ratio 0.78
Enrolment ratios1 2010 GER NER Pupil-textbook ratio at grade 1-3 (1 set:3) 2.8
Pre-primary 46% n/a Repetition rate 7.1%
2
Primary 96.1 % 93.4 % Dropout rate 8.7 %
2
Lower Secondary 56.6 % 33.9% Survival rate 91.3%
2
Upper Secondary 33.2 % 20.8% Completion rate 85.3%

Health
Life Expectancy (2008) 62 years Under-5 Children underweight 2009 29%
Total fertility rate (15-49) 3.4 Infant Mortality (per 1,000 live births) 2009 68
HIV Prevalence (per 1000 adults 15-49) 8 Under-5 Mortality (per 1,000) 2009 88
Population using safe water 61% Population using sanitation facilities 29%

Economic
GDP 2009 $ 9.87 billion GNI per capita 2009 $ 610
GDP Growth 2009 -1.9 % Inflation rate 2009 5.1%
Contributions to GDP 2009 Population by sector 2009
Agriculture 35 % Agriculture 74.2 %
Industry 23 % Industry 7%
Services 42 % Services 18.8 %
Population below poverty line (2007) 30.1 %

Disability
Population living with disability (2008) 1.4%
Disability by Type of impairment
Vision 29.97 % Mobility 40.83 %
Hearing 7.93 % Mental 21.59
Speaking 8.68 %

Sources: National Institute of Statistics (NIS) for demographics, UNESCO for Education, Ministry of Education Youth
and Sport (MoEYS), World Bank, and UNDP.

1 Percentages of children in school are represented by Gross Enrolment Ratios (GER) and Net Enrolment Ratios (NER). GER is the number of pupils

enrolled in a given level of education regardless of age expressed as a percentage of the population in the theoretical age group for that level of
education. NER is the number of pupils in the theoretical age group who are enrolled expressed as a percentage of the same population.
2 According to EFA Global Monitoring Report the dropout rate for school year 2007/2008 was 46%, survival rate 54%, and completion rate was 48%.
 EDUCATION & HEALTH
Early Childhood Care and Education
Despite of great achievements with a net enrolment
ratio in primary education of 96.1% for 2010,
Cambodia's education needs improvements on
repetition (7.1%) and dropout (9%) rates, according
to the last figures given by the Ministry of Education.
A strategic approach to decrease these rates lies in
Early Childhood education, a program recognized by
the Royal Government of Cambodia as an important
means of promoting enrolment rates and reducing
repetition rates in grade 1 and 2, thus minimizing
the possibilities of dropouts caused by earlier
failures.
In this regard, NGOs working in this sector are
implementing preschool programs to bridge the gap
of early care and education services in rural areas
and remote communities where the lack of or total
absence of preschool services remain a challenge. It
is in this context that New Humanity is attempting to
give its contribution to ensure preschool children
enrolment in grade 1 by collaborating with the local
authorities and communities.
Our results in numbers for the School Year 2009/10

In the school year 2009-2010, there were
altogether 19 pre-school classes: 14 classes in
Kompong Chhnang province (KCN) and 5 classes
in Mondolkiri province (MDK).

We got a total of 518 children (female: 257)
enrolled in the 19 pre-school classes: 383
children in KCN and 123 children in MDK.

By the end of the school year 506 children
(female: 254) completed the year. Therefore the
dropout rate equals 2.3%.

In average the attendance rate in the 19 pre-
school classes was equivalent to 76.1% of 198
school days attended. In KCN the attendance rate
was up to 82.6% while in MDK it was only 69.6%.

Children developed their skills through activities
regarding Social Responsibilities, Sensorial
Development, Language Development, Early
Mathematics and Gross Motor Skills.

All children received health and hygiene
monitoring during the school year. Therefore the
percentage of children with very good hygiene
condition increased from 72% at the beginning to
85% at the end of the school year.

All children received daily breakfast; thus, the
percentage of children with healthy weight
increased from 86% to 94% at the end of the
school year.

Parent's contribution, for the daily breakfast,
reached 63% of the total expected amount of rice
for this school year (1kg/month/parent).

76% of parents also contributed in the preparation
of the breakfast, thus 37% of them came more
than once a month, and 39% came just once.

Regarding parent's involvement, 79% of them, in
average, attended the 108 meetings on parenting
organized by NH in both provinces. Meetings on
Mother and Child health care issues (90 meetings)
were attended by 90% of the parents.

One of the most relevant impacts of our basic
health training for parents was the use of mosquito
net, the number of families using this device
properly increased from 52% to 89%.

Concerning capacity building for the teachers, all of
them have had external and internal training. The
external training was given by organizations like
Krousar Yoeung, Save the Children Norway, and
Aide & Action. Besides, in order to broaden their
vision, there was an exposure trip to Hong Kong.
The outcomes of these trainings are monitored
and coached by our education advisor and training
officer.
School Year 2010/11

For the new School Year 2010/11 we have open a
new pre-school class, giving a total of 20 pre-
school classes (15 in Kompong Chhnang Province
and 5 in Mondolkiri Province).

We got a total of 580 children (female: 302)
enrolled in the 20 pre-school classes: 439 children
in KCN and 141 children in MDK.
Problems found

New local teacher recruitment and retention of the
staff already recruited due to the constant search
for better income generation.

Disinterest for proper personal and family hygiene
behavior.

While parents have brought an important
contribution in feeding their children, program's
expectations are still to be fulfilled in order to get
closer to sustainability.

Partial interest of local authorities to disseminate
information about the program among all villagers.
 Laying the foundations for tomorrow's education in rural Cambodia

Ms. Sopheap is a Phnong preschool teacher in Krang Tes Village, Mondolkiri

Province. She is 24 years old and she has been working for NH since 2008.
“When I started to work for NH as preschool teacher my teaching skills were not
good, because I had difficulties in understanding how to prepare and use lesson
plan, arrange teaching materials, and I did not have really experience in teaching
methodology. I felt upset with the results I got, I was sure that children were able
to do better.
Through training, experience and support I started to prepare better lesson
plans, teaching activities, teaching materials, and my teaching methodology has
improved a lot. Another important thing I learned is about the nature of the kids,
how they think and what is important for them. Now I am more empathetic with
them … my behavior and attitude towards the children have also changed. I love
my work with the children. The more energy I put in my commitment, the greater
achievement and satisfaction I have and the high attendance rate is one, which is
always almost 100 percent.
Some parents of former pupils have approached me to show their satisfaction and gratitude for the good results
obtained by their children in primary school. They told me that my students are progressing quicker than those
children who never attended preschool classes. I am very happy to hear about these good results.
Although I gained lots of experiences, I have faced some problems in encouraging all parents to be involved in our
activities like meetings and breakfast preparation. This happened especially during planting and harvesting
seasons. Sometimes I do not know what to do, I know that they have to ensure their food first. But when farming
season is over, I do my best to encourage them to participate in our activities".

Ms. Ya Teh, is a widow 33 years old and a mother of a 5-year-old girl, Nhel
Theara who is currently attending the NH's pre-school class for the school year
2010/2011.
“We are 4 members in my family; my daughter, my parents and I. I was divorced
when I was pregnant. My main occupation is selling groceries at home. Since my
daughter started to attend preschool, I noticed that she is able to recognize the
Khmer alphabet and numbers. She also knows how to read some words learnt at
school. I am very happy with what she can do. I am very grateful that she can go
to preschool because not only my child can learn but also I have time to do my
work.
I am sure that for the next year I will send her to primary school and if possible
finish high school so she can help to improve our living condition in the future. I
have tried to be faithful in attending all the monthly meetings. I found them
useful because we can learn about health care, hygiene, common diseases, and especially understand what our
kids are able to do at this age. My favorite topic is about health, I learned about the symptoms for most common
diseases and what to do in case getting one of them. For example when my daughter has fever, I give her
something against the fever, but if she doesn't get better I brought her quickly to the health center".

Yoe Koe is a 5-year-old boy of Pnong minority. He is studying in Leng

Chhung Preschool in Mondolkiri Province. His parents are farmers.
“I like the school very much because I have "bobo" (rice porridge)
every morning. I like to eat because it is so delicious. I am also happy
to play with my friends and learn Khmer letters, numbers from my
teacher. We also draw and sing. Next year I would like to come again
to this school, I’ve made a lot of friends and I like my teacher, I also
want to be teacher".
 EDUCATION & HEALTH
Primary Education and Basic Health Care for
Indigenous Children in Mondolkiri
While primary education in general has seen evident
improvements, the situation in remote areas, where
most indigenous groups are located, is not as
encouraging as the rest of the country. There is still a
lack of qualified teachers who are keen to be
assigned in these remote regions. This fact makes
the education system in these places extremely
poor. According to the current reports of the
Ministry of Education, the attendance of students is
poor, teachers are often absent and textbooks not
always available. It is in such context that NH is
currently implementing a program on Early
Childhood and Primary school in Mondolkiri,
especially among indigenous children. The program
aims to increase enrollment rates and retaining
students at school by providing them with studying
materials and feeding program while improving
school facilities and ensuring additional training for
the teachers.
Achievements in numbers

After a campaign for school enrollment in
Mondolkiri, according to school directors and
teachers, the number of students enrolled in this
new school year has an increase of 9% compared
to that of last school year.

Our sponsorship program for primary school
students is currently reaching a total of
1,117 children. However, non-sponsored children
in the same schools also benefit from the
program. Therefore, the total number of
beneficiaries rises to 2,620 children in the
provinces of Kompong Chhnang (733) and
Mondolkiri (1,887).

We have provided studying materials and school
uniforms to a total of 2,445 students (female:
1,119), 1,712 students from Mondolkiri and 733
from Kompong Chhnang.

Regarding school improvement, 6 wooden
kitchens were built in 6 schools located in
indigenous communities and the classroom
floors in one primary school were cemented.
Local community was involved in all these
activities of school improvement, mainly through
labor contribution.

In order to tackle teacher absenteeism, a system
of monthly merit-based incentive grant of 20 US
Dollars for teachers and school directors was
established.

With the aim to make school libraries more
functional, we recruited 6 local people who have
received a training to become school librarians in
Mondolkiri.

To facilitate the access to safe water, we
distributed 69 Ceramic Water Purifiers (CWP)
among families in 2 villages. Other 26 CWP were
given to 6 schools. Besides, wells in bad condition
within the school were repaired to ease school
feeding activities.

In regard to hygiene behavior, 6 workshops were
conducted, reaching the participation of 1,327
students and 17 school teachers. Other 6 trainings
on hygiene were held, with the participation of 85
mothers.

Within the framework of health care, 1,825
students received a health check-up with the
collaboration of local Health Department staff. In
addition, personal hygiene stuff was provided to
141 pre-school students.

To ensure the daily breakfast for children 8 cooks
were hired for 6 schools in Mondolkiri. Thus,
currently 694 students are receiving daily meal, a
number that is expected to double by the next
year.

In the frame of community development, 15
trainings on agriculture were conducted for
members of 13 villages. The trainings reached 592
villagers interested on rice intensification system.

After consultation with local population, 2 rice
banks were established within the schools of
Poulung and Srae Khleng village. NH has
contributed to these new rice banks with 6 tons of
rice. To this point there are 150 villagers registered
as members.
Problems found

Local committees for quality education are difficult
to establish and once done, it is even more
complicated to make them functional.

Concerning teacher training for quality teaching in
Mondolkiri, NH agreed to provide technical
support to all teachers of primary school during
regular meetings organized by the provincial office
of education. However, due to communication
issues, so far such an input has not yet been put
into practice.

NH proposed to villagers the use of dry pit latrines
for a better sanitation; however, this idea was not
approved by most of them.
 Inclusive education for indigenous children in Mondolkiri

Mr. Chan Thoeun, has been working as the school principal of

Pou Loung primary school since 2002.
“I am very happy since NH has started working in my school.
This year I got an important support of materials for the
children's hygiene. Most importantly, the construction of the
kitchen for school feeding and the community rice bank
storage, the receiving of ceramic water purifiers and books for
our existing library, the repair of the school well in the school
compound. All these enormously improve the school facilities.
I am very grateful with the fact that my students can have a
good breakfast every morning. That is essential for their
health especially here in Mondolkiri as parents do not have
enough rice to feed their children before coming to school.
Here the kids feel very happy when the time for breakfast comes, after that they are full of energy and eager to
continue their school activities.
Before the well was repaired, my school didn’t have enough water to use. Now we have enough water for cooking
the breakfast and for the latrines. Sometimes some villagers who live around our School also get water from this
well.
My teachers have also received technical support from NH’s staff through training and monitoring. That is very
helpful for me and besides they are improving their quality of teaching. According to what I observed, the
students’ attendance is better than before and the dropout has been decreased remarkably. I hope that all this will
go on until the end of the school year".

Ms. Swem, 40 years old, is a widow living with 5 children. 3

are going to Pou Loung School. They are in Grade 6, Grade 3
and preschool class.
“Thanks to the support of NH, my children are very keen to go
to school. They feel proud in their new uniforms and learning
materials. This support also helps me reduce my expenses for
their study. I decided to join the turns for cooking the breakfast
for my children and all the students 3 times a month.
I think that education is very important for my children and for
my family. Sometimes I feel worried about the studies of my
children at school. I am concerned when their progress is not
good. Every day I try to encourage my 3 children to go to
school because I want them to be able to read and count, I want them to have a good job in the future".

Dina is a 13-year-old Phnong girl, studying in Grade 3 at Leng Chhung Primary

School. She has 2 brothers and her parents are farmers.
“This year I got a school uniform and study materials for the first time. These
materials really help me in my studies. I am very happy because I have a new
uniform to come to school, books, pens, and my own bag... my mother needs not
buy these things for me.
I enjoy eating my rice porridge every morning because after eating I am not
hungry anymore, so I can listen to my teacher attentively. In my classroom we
have a container where we can take safe drinking water. I really like to come
here, I like to learn and become doctor one day, because here in my village we do
not have doctors to cure us when we are sick".
 EDUCATION & HEALTH

Higher Education: Master program of Until 2010 New Humanity has achieved to support 3
Sociology-Anthropology intakes since October 2004, promoting a total of 54
master degree holders. According to our impact
According to the last updates given by the Ministry
survey among the students from the 2 first intakes, we
of Education, education in Cambodia has shown
know that most participants of the first batch were
progresses at all levels, from preschool to higher
involved as university staff which, a logic trend,
education. In quantitative terms higher education
knowing that the main targeted group at that time
currently counts with 91 state and 34 public
were the lecturers of the Sociology Department. In the
institutions. However most of them (57) are located
case of participants of the second batch, most of them
in Phnom Penh and the rest distributed in 18
graduated students of social sciences, found work
provinces. Currently there are 12,887 students
rather in NGOs. Both trends are equally important,
taking Master degree program, of this 18.8% are
thus lecturers can ensure the transmission of
female students. The government's goals for this
knowledge and practice about social research, while
sector involve quality and capacity improvement but
NGOs workers can help to develop more adapted aid
also a focus in the development fields such as
program within Cambodian context.
education, anthropology, health and agriculture.
In 2004 NH started to
implement a Master Current Job of Former Master's Students
degree program with 60%
54%
major in Sociology-
Anthropology, with 50%
the aim to strength 41%

the capacity building 40%

of lecturers at the 27% 27%

30%
Royal University of
Phnom Penh and 20%
18%
15% 15%15%15% 15% 15%
students of social 11% 10%
8% 8%
sciences. The 10% 5%
objective of this 0% 0%
program was to 0%
Government staff University staff International Company/Private NGO staff Other
support and agencies staff sector staff
encourage scientific
research in the fields 2004-2006 2007-2009 All
of sociology and
anthropology, skills
relatively new in Cambodia's context. The third intake was the last year of New Humanity's
involvement at the Royal University of Phnom Penh
after 16 years of partnership. Through
Current Field Research of Former Students
the collaboration of New Humanity, in
35% 1994 the Department of Sociology was
31%
established and Department of
30%
26% 26% Philosophy restored. Later a research
24% training program was conducted from
25% 21% 21% 21%
2000 to 2004 in order to reinforce
20% 18% 18%
16% 16% 16% qualitative research approach, and finally
15% 13% a Master Program was designed to
11%11% 11%
strengthen Sociology and Anthropology
10%
within the spectrum of social sciences in
5% Cambodia.
0% 0%
0% Our presence in RUPP was valued by the
Rural Ethnic Migration Social & Education Other Academic authorities and government
Development groups cultural
underlining our achievements and
change
commitment.
2004-2006 2007-2009 All
 EMERGENCY RELIEF FOR PEOPLE IN DISTRESS
For families in situation of distress we set up a
component to tackle emergency cases like disease,
food scarcity, housing, and water access. Thus, in
2010 we collaborated in the construction of 15 new
wells for families and students in the public schools.
We also repaired 3 old wells, so people can have
easy access to drinking water. Thanks to this
concrete intervention, 76 families as well as 1,024
students in 2 different public schools are now
secured with safe water source.
In case that a member of a poor family experiences a
severe type of disease and need urgent intervention,
the program brings hope to the sick person by
providing immediate referral to adequate health
care facilities. This year, 91 people benefited from
this intervention. Among them, 63 were completely
relieved and 28 are still under treatment.
We also extended our hands to 10 families who
were not able to repair their modest houses. We
provided some basic materials so they could finish
their repairs. These 10 families were composed by a
total of 64 members who are now living in a safer
house.
One of the newly built houses
Many families in our targeted areas have not enough
food to feed their children, and then prevalence of
malnutrition among children and mothers is very
high. We try to tackle this problem only among the
poorest families. In 2010 we supported 27 families
with rice. Each of these families received a ration of
20 kilograms per family. Because of this support 174
children were able to eat a portion of rice. This
support was also extended to young children by
providing them with powder milk for their normal
development, thus 5 babies received this monthly
contribution.
3 underweight babies in February 2009 and in December 2010
Recovering hope
PhimThol, 43 years old, is a farmer living in Chak
village in Kompong Chhnang Province. She is married
with 2 children.
“One of my children is attending New Humanity's
preschool class in Svay Kal Primary school. I attend the
parents
meeting about
health issues
organized
every month.
Once, during
the health
training, I had
the chance to
discuss with NH
trainer about
my health
condition, and
then I mentioned about the pain I have had for a long
time. Sometimes I was not able to sleep because of the
pain. The trainer advised me to go to the health center
and asked for an ultrasound. Therefore, one day I
decided to have this ultrasound and finally the doctor
told me about a tumor in my ovary. After knowing my
illness, I lost my hope and when I arrived home, I told
my husband that maybe I would die soon. Fortunately,
I met Ms. Saokea, a health field worker working for
NH. I told her about my situation and she immediately
arranged a surgery at Preah Kosamak Hospital in
Phnom Penh. Before going for surgery, I stayed at
Elizabeth Sick Shelter in Phnom Penh, a place hosted
patients from the countryside while under treatment
in PP. With NH’s co-ordination, I stayed there until the
day of the operation.
After my surgery, I felt much better. I would say 80
percent better than before. I am very grateful to NH.
Without its intervention I could not have been able to
cover the costs of such an operation and pay for the
treatment… because I am very poor and my husband
never care about me. New Humanity really supported
me when it was urgently needed. In my last visit to
the doctor I was very happy to be informed that there
was no sign of cancer. The doctor added, "You are so
lucky”. Listening to these words
my hope was completely
recovered".
 DISABILITY
Community Based Rehabilitation Centers
Currently the total population of people with
disabilities, according to the last General Population
Census of Cambodia 2008, is 1.4%. With the aim to
respond and integrate this segment of the
population, the Royal Government of Cambodia has
passed two major legislations: a policy on Education
for Children with Disabilities (2008) and the law on
the protection and the promotion of the rights of
People with Disabilities (2009). These policies
attempt to increase awareness and acceptance of
people with disabilities, to develop early
identification and intervention, and to provide
quality education and care.
Several organizations in Cambodia are currently
assisting people with physical disabilities, a group
that has drawn most of the attention in the past
years, due to their link with victims of landmines.
However, although the more low profile group of
people with intellectual disabilities has not yet
captured fully the attention, some organizations
have started to work seriously on the identification
and assessment of children with this type of
disability. Nevertheless this sector is still lacking of
care and specialized service to improve their lives
and their inclusion in their own communities.
It is in this spirit that New Humanity has
concentrated its efforts to welcome children with
intellectual disabilities in our Community Based
Rehabilitation (CBR) Centers, and provides them
with physical and psychological care.
Currently we have 5 centers and a home-based care
program in Kompong Chhnang Province in order to
reach as many beneficiaries as possible.
Beneficiaries by main impairment in 2010
Moving difficulties,
27
Psychological
Speaking
difficulties, 10 difficulties, 1
Hearing difficulties,
2
Achievements in 2010

In 2010, we reached a total number of 98 (females:
48) persons with physical and intellectual
disabilities. Among them, 68 (females: 32) are
receiving services in our 5 CBR centers, and the
other 30 (females: 16) receive similar services
through Home Based Care.

In regard to teaching activities, we have 74
beneficiaries who are learning multiple subjects,
while 14 of them are learning just one subject due
to their limited capacities. Because of age and
condition of their impairment there are 10 children
who do not participate at all in any of those
activities.

Our physiotherapy activities are reaching 50
(females: 23) beneficiaries who suffered some kind
of physical impairment: 37 (females: 14) are
coming to our CBR centers and 13 (females: 9) are
part of the Home Based Care project.

About referral for sick people, 72 out 98
beneficiaries were referred to the hospital or
health care centers. 62 of them were cured
relatively fast while the other 10 are still under
treatment.

Concerning counseling activities, 22 out of 98
People with Disabilities received counseling. Each
one of them has received 4 individual sessions in
average. In the case of parents, 59 have received at
least 2 counseling sessions. Our special needs
teachers have also received counseling by group
and individually. Thus in 2010, 33 group sessions
were conducted and each teacher received 5
individual sessions in average.
Learning
difficulties, 45
People who have
Other, 4 fits, 6
Seeing difficulties,
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 DISABILITY

Thanks to a developed networking with other
organizations working in the sector of disability,
30 out of 98 beneficiaries received assistive
devices such as prosthesis and wheelchairs from
Cambodia Trust and other 3 beneficiaries
received hearing aid devices from the Jesuit
Service. Another outcome of networking
activities is the acknowledgment by the Ministry
of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth
Rehabilitation (MoSVY) of our centers as model
for CBR centers' best practices and place for staff
exposures.

In the spirit of self-help group, we organized a
total of 23 home visits. The families of our
beneficiaries received the visit of other children
with disabilities, some parents, and other
members of the community.

Regarding sustainability and parent's
involvement, we organized a total of 33 meetings
for parents of children going to our CBR centers.
The aim of these meetings was to provide
information about disability and basic health
training.

In terms of poverty alleviation we have provided
agriculture training for home gardening to 68
families with children with disabilities so they can
improve their livelihood.

A propos of inclusive education, we have ensured
the integration of 20 out of 98 beneficiaries into
local public schools for the school year
2010/2011.

Activities of raising awareness about disability,
we supported the participation of 15 children to
be part of the Special Olympics Games for
persons with intellectual disabilities at the
National Olympic stadium. We also facilitated the
participation of 25 children to the 28th
International Day for Persons with Disabilities on
December 2010 in Kompong Chhnang. A total of
175 people with disabilities attended this event.

A research called "Intellectual Disability in Rural
Cambodia: Cultural Perceptions and Families'
Challenges" should be finalized and published by
the mid 2011. Besides, another small survey was
conducted in order to determine prevalence of
children with disabilities in public schools of
Kompong Chhnang Province. Finally we
conducted a baseline survey to identify the
prevalence of people with disabilities in 25
villages of the same province. Through this
survey, we found 123 PwDs in need.

Capacity building for our staff is crucial for quality
service delivery in favor of our beneficiaries. It is in
this line that NH provides internal and external on-
going training to our special needs teachers and
staff in charge to deliver physiotherapy.
Problems found

Because of constant responsibility towards
children with intellectual disabilities our staff are
frequently stressed, a problem that is partially
solved by counseling sessions. This counseling
facilitates their quality work and empathy towards
our beneficiaries.

The body of knowledge and practice of on-going
training is not rich enough due to the lack of
professionals in the sector. Therefore, the staff
improve their skills slowly. This fact also has an
impact in the accuracy of monitoring and
assessment of the condition of our beneficiaries.

Involving parents in the project activities is one of
our aims; however, the outcomes so far are
limited, with few parents deeply committed.

In rural Cambodia, hygiene is a permanent
challenge and risk for our objectives on basic
health care as parents do not fully grasp its
importance. Our staff is permanently monitoring
our beneficiaries and their homes to encourage
this behavior.
Some of our Research's Recommendations

Family members of the children with intellectual
disabilities should have more access to information on
how to care and deal with their children’s situation.

The cultural approach should be considered in the
dissemination of information and in trainings.

More programs and trainings should be developed and
provided to school teachers that introduce them to
special curriculum and techniques on how to teach
children with intellectual disabilities

More health care providers need to be specialized on
maternity care as well as on intellectual disability.

Mutual cooperation between government and non-
government institutions must be supported and
reinforced

In the framework of a program for children with
disabilities, each child with intellectual disabilities
should be treated as unique.

Service providers, parents, relatives and the community
in general must learn to recognize and advocate against
acts of discrimination inside and outside their
communities
 The challenges and joys of living with people with disabilities

Pang Raden, 53 years old, is a widow and mother of 3

children. Hang Somaly, her daughter, is autistic and has
problems of epilepsy.
“I can remember that the CBR center of New Humanity
welcome my daughter in 2009. Externally the condition of
my daughter has not changed since then, but I can
recognize some changes like the frequency of convulsions
she used to have decreases. She had attacks 2 or 3 times
per week but now I see her more calm, and convulsions
occurred just 2 or 3 times per month.
Sometimes, when I have time, I go to the center to observe
how my daughter and other children with disabilities are
cared for. I learn from the patience, and attentiveness.
When my daughter and other children have health problems, they are referred to the hospital in Phnom Penh. We
can go with them to discuss with doctor directly about our children.
I learn from my visits to CBR center that people like my child should not be mistreated, abused or even avoid
offensive words towards them. When there is a meeting I do not miss the activity because I know that I need to
learn more about how to deal with my daughter.
Since the first time my daughter attended the center I have had more time for farming, besides my daughter
receives food, care, and education, this has become a real support for me and for my family".

Mr. San Tith is a 24-year-old Special Needs Teacher in

our CBR Center of Chak village.
“I have been working with NH in this CBR center for
almost two years. For me, this work is very important
because if there is no CBR Center here, children with
disabilities will not have the opportunity to get these
services. I think that most people with disabilities do not
receive enough care from their relatives. Very often I
found them not clean and neglected, and here in the
center we try to change that.
To care a child with disabilities adequately is costly. That
is why most parents cannot afford all the expenses. Our
CBR centers support medical expenses, transport cost,
and regular food for these children. The current
condition of children in our center will not be the same
with just their family support.
I believe that our work here is helping people with disabilities to develop their abilities. Since we provide them with
regular physiotherapy, their mobility is stable and for some their original condition has improved visibly. Frankly
speaking, when some of them came for the first time here, their condition was alarming, no movement, no energy,
no life but now they are more active. Some are even able to play with others in group.
I love my work. I really want to continue this work with NH in the future as I want to help more people with
disabilities. When I saw children with disabilities in the village, I wish I could help them to play and be happy
because most of the time they stay isolated. I still need to get more experience and knowledge to improve my
service but I feel confident that in the future my skills will become more effective".
 A typical day in our CBR Centers

Early morning we are brought

to the centers by our Tuk-Tuk
and we enjoy the ride.
As soon as
we arrive we
start to study
… the big
ones, can
you see
them?

… some others received

Not everything is very
formal, we have also
moments to share our
friendship and play
together…
physiotherapy, they feel cool!
After the teaching we have some
other activities like occupational
therapy…

After lunch we take care of

our personal hygiene
And then, we can have a rest…

Before to leave
the center, we
play once more
together…

So, are you ready to

come and visit our CBR?
 AGRICULTURE

Mobile Training for Community Agriculture
2 additional agricultural trainings were conducted
Development (MTCAD) in 2 public schools, reaching 97 students.
According to the last Cambodia development figures
A total of 14,000 booklets were published, 2,000
in 2010, we are still among the poorest countries in for each subject training given to our trainees and
Southeast Asia, with one of the highest prevalence other villagers interested.
rates of undernourishment and child malnutrition.
Although economic growth is following a rapid pace,
better nutrition, unfortunately, is being left behind.
Besides the population growth rate is increasing
while income per capita do not showed signs of
augmentation. Therefore, our objective is to target
actions that can improve the income per capita, thus
families and especially children can ensure daily food
intake and reduce malnutrition.
As all the beneficiaries of New Humanity live in rural
areas, our targeted action was to respond to the
concerns of the villagers on how to improve food
production and take advantage of it. Thus, we have
been implementing a project linked to agricultural
training. This project aims to support the
transmission of agricultural techniques and coach
villagers in putting into practice everything that was Impact of agriculture training on peoples' livelihood
acquired during the training sessions.

According to our impact survey 76% of
Achievements in 2010 respondents have partially applied all what was
taught during the training, while 14.6% have fully

122 meetings with local leaders were organized applied the knowledge acquired.
in Boribor and Tuek Phos Districts (Kompong
Chhnang Province).
81.3% of them expressed that their income has
increased due to agriculture activities. In average

After these meetings we received 159 the increase, compared to previous year, was
applications from different villages. equal to 534,000 riels (133 USD).

Therefore we delivered 118 agricultural trainings
Because of extra income 114 out of 261
out of 100 initially planned. respondents (43.7%) could buy a new mean of

There were 7 subjects within the frame of the transportation, in most cases a bicycle.
training: rice intensification system, vegetables,
Because of agriculture improvements 78% of
natural fertilizer, cattle, livestock, fish, and respondents said that their daily food consumption
poultry. is a "little better", while the 14% stated that food

These trainings reached a total of 2,655 villagers, security is definitely "better" than before.
of whom 1,722 were female.

Number of training by topic

n=118

Vegetable Natural fertilizer,

Rice cultivation,
cultivation, 7 10
10
Fish rearing, 4

Cattle rearing,
12

Pig rearing, 18 Poultry rearing,

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