DanChurchAid: Cambodia

Children also have rights

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:13:27 GMT

DanChurchAid and the local partners LICADHO and Legal Aid Cambodia have worked together since 2004 to improve the rights of children in Cambodia.

Multimedia - Prepared for the next disaster

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:25:34 GMT

Farmers in Cambodias Kompong Speu province are working to make their villages more resilient to the recurring natural disasters, such as drought or floods, hitting the area as a result of changes in the climate. See the video about clean drinking water and audioslideshow about a ricebank here.

New collaboration in Cambodia

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:15:06 GMT

DanChurhAid and Christian Aid have joined offices in Phnom Penh.

HIV/AIDS partners in Cambodia

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:02:16 GMT

DanChurchAid and Christian Aid works with a range of local and international organisations with HIV/AIDS awareness, prevention and care. View list of partners here.

Poultry farmer with micro loan

Tue, 20 May 2008 14:32:15 GMT

A flock of chickens and a hen house. This is what the 40-year-old Chanthon from Cambodia�s Battambang province got for the DKK 150 which she borrowed in December from a local lending group established by LWF Cambodia with support from DanChurchAid

HIV and AIDS discrimination is coming to an end

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:13:15 GMT

About 1% of the Cambodian population is infected with HIV or AIDS. Cambodia's women are the new high risk group of infection. They get infected by their husbands and are, apart from the health risks, also in high risk of ending up in extreme poverty. HIV is still a stigmatizing disease in Cambodia although; however, it has changed a lot after several HIV and AIDS awareness campaigns throughout the country.

Land-grabbing in Cambodia

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:36:30 GMT

�Couple killed in violent land clearing�, �Land-rights activist children helt hostage�, �Villagers attacks machinery in land confrontation�. Everyday similar headlines fill the Cambodian newspapers. Land is one of the most salient issues in Cambodia.

Sokhun: A 13-year-old artist in prison

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 05:22:39 GMT

The Cambodian Interior Ministry recently removed four pictures from an exhibition of drawings made by juveniles in Cambodian prisons. The pictures � from the exhibition �Our Drawings� arranged by DanChurchAid � were removed and forgotten. Not unlike one of the artists, 13-year-old Sokhun who has been in prison for almost a year in Cambodia.

HIV/AIDS awareness, prevention and support

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 04:47:38 GMT

1,6% of the population of Cambodia is living with HIV/AIDS. DanChurchAid works with HIV/AIDS awareness, prevention, care and support in the rural communities.

Young inmates' pictures removed from exhibition

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 07:18:40 GMT

Four pictures were removed from the art exhibition "Our drawings" at the National Cultural Center. The drawings are made by children between the ages of 13 and 17 who were inmates in prisons in Phnom Penh, Kandal and Siem Reap provinces. The exhibition was supported by DanChurchAid.