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Japan provides a US$ 91,121 grant to CRDT in contribution to the rural development of Sambo District

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On March 27th 2013, the Embassy of Japan under the KUSANONE grant has awar­ded a US$ 91,121 grant to CRDT to con­trib­ute to the rural devel­op­ment of Sambo Dis­trict in Kratie Province. This pro­ject is to (i) con­struct small-scale water treat­ment facil­ity and to install 3,000m of water dis­tri­bu­tion pipes at Koh Pdao vil­lage, and (ii) con­struct an agri­cul­tural water dis­tri­bu­tion facil­ity, two water tanks (5,000 liters each) and 1,200m of canals at Sampin vil­lage, Kam­pong Cham Com­mune, Sambo Dis­trict, Kratie Province.

Please find the press release from the Japan Embassy Here

Field visit with CEPF

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From March 18th to March 22th, CRDT had a field trip between Stung Treng and Kratie provinces with one of its donor CEPF, to show the pro­gresses of our “Sus­tain­able Devel­op­ment to Sup­port Wise Use and Con­ser­va­tion of the Wet­land Ram­sar Site in Stung Treng, Cam­bodia” project.

We had the oppor­tun­ity both to learn more about the activ­it­ies of our part­ners WWF, the World­Fish Cen­ter, Bird­life Inter­na­tional, Inter­na­tional Rivers, CED and to be able to show to our donors the improve­ments our bene­fi­ciar­ies were able to achieve.

This week allowed us to high­light import­ant issues Cam­bodia as well as the Mekong River are facing, like the future build­ing of dams on the Mekong that could impact the live­li­hoods of the Cam­bod­ian pop­u­la­tion as well as the envir­on­ment (with a decrease in the amount of fishes avail­able) or the illegal activ­it­ies arm­ing the envir­on­ment (illegal fish­ing and logging).

Dur­ing this trip we had the chance to wit­ness endangered anim­als that our part­ner organ­iz­a­tions are try­ing to help and pro­tect like gib­bons, Ibis birds and Asian Soft­shell Turtles, and we went in CRDT and CED bene­fi­ciar­ies’ vil­lages to acknow­ledge all the improve­ments hap­pen­ing for the pop­u­la­tion. CRDT is work­ing on a day-to-day basis to help both the pop­u­la­tion alle­vi­ate from poverty and con­serve the envir­on­ment for the future generation.

We would like to thank our donors CEPF, The Mac Arthur Found­a­tion and the Gov­ern­ment of Japan for allow­ing us to con­duct such an import­ant pro­ject on the Mekong and we hope to con­tinue this suc­cess­ful part­ner­ship in the com­ing years.

By Coline Ganz, Fun­drais­ing and Com­mu­nic­a­tion Coordinator

Trip from our Operations Manager Mr. Hean Pheap to the USA from Oct. 25 to Nov. 4 2012

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CRDT Oper­a­tions Man­ager Mr. Hean Pheap went to Col­or­ado in the USA from Octo­ber 25th to Novem­ber 4th 2012 to attend a con­fer­ence on Global Solutions.

This con­fer­ence was organ­ized under the lead of the organ­iz­a­tion Stu­dents Shoulder to Shoulder (SStS). SStS mis­sion is to inspire high school stu­dents to engage in respons­ible global cit­izen­ship through on-line study, full immer­sion ser­vice pro­grams, and pub­lic present­a­tion. They have been col­lab­or­at­ing with CRDT since 2011 on vari­ous pro­grams. Last year they sent a group of stu­dents to Cam­bodia, to allow the pupils to dis­cover CRDT work and the Cam­bod­ian cul­ture as well as learn­ing more about the issues faced by Cam­bod­i­ans by sup­port­ing the communities.

This year our Oper­a­tions Man­ager was invited to join on a one-week con­fer­ence on Global Solu­tions, in Col­or­ado. This trip allowed him to present to vari­ous audi­ences the Cam­bod­ian cul­ture and the work CRDT is doing on the field to help the com­munit­ies. Dur­ing the week, he atten­ded con­fer­ences but also gave a lot of present­a­tions him­self in middle-schools and high schools, to raise aware­ness about Cam­bod­ian issues. On his side, Mr. Pheap has acquired know­ledge on the dif­fer­ent ways to edu­cate chil­dren (giv­ing them more free­dom of speech, ask­ing them to have an act­ive par­ti­cip­a­tion in the class) and on new com­mu­nic­a­tion tools with stakeholders.

The next phase of this part­ner­ship will take place in 2013. Around June a group of 10 stu­dents will come to Cam­bodia with their teach­ers for two weeks to have the oppor­tun­ity to learn about what are the global issues of Cam­bodia. CRDT can teach them about the Cam­bod­ian cul­ture and about our pro­grams on how to help the poor. On this occa­sion, the stu­dents will visit vari­ous places in Cam­bodia, but also exper­i­ence homestay on the eco-tourism site in Koh Preah, Siem bok Dis­trict in Stung Treng, and fin­ish the fence of the school on the island as a way to bond with the community.

CRDT Annual Report 2011 ready for viewing

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Our Annual Report for 2011 is now ready for your view­ing pleas­ure. We would like to thank all the com­munit­ies we worked with in 2011 and all the devel­op­ment part­ners that sup­por­ted us as well. Massive thanks and here’s to an even bet­ter 2012!

Down­load the CRDT Annual Report 2011. (This link will down­load a PDF to your computer)

Check out our older Annual Reports on this page.

Thanks.

Help Jacquline reach $5000 and support CRDT’s projects!

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Jac­queline Lee of Glob­al­Giv­ing has added CRDT’s cur­rent Glob­al­Giv­ing pro­ject to her mile­stone birth­day fundraiser.

A child swinging in Kroach villageFrom March 28 until April 28, she hopes to raise $5000 towards organ­isa­tions’ Glob­al­Giv­ing pro­jects she has vis­ited, cre­at­ing a pos­it­ive impact that helps in break­ing the cycle of poverty.

Visit her fun­draiser and con­sider help­ing out not just our work, but the work of other pro­jects in Cam­bodia too with a donation.

Thanks.

GlobalGiving visit Koh Pdao

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Last week­end CRDT were proud to host a vis­itor from GlobalGiving.org who came to see what we’ve been up to with the money donated through our Glob­al­Giv­ing pro­jects… Read more about her exper­i­ences here.

Also you could sup­port to our cur­rent Glob­al­Giv­ing pro­ject.

Thanks!

Thanks PEPY! Thanks CRDT!

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Here’s a shot of the PEPY team sit­ting around a little some­thing CRDT sent over to say thanks for all their sup­port over the years. They’ve always shown us a help­ing hand and an organ­isa­tional hug and often send groups of learners young and old over to the com­munity based tour­ism site on Koh Pdao.

PEPY is an edu­ca­tional devel­op­ment organ­isa­tion focus­ing on rural Cam­bodia. Head on over the web­site to find out more.

PEPY Team

The PEPY Team sit­ting around their new favour­ite office adornment!