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END-YEAR REPORT
FISCAL YEAR 2008
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As semester report accurately details, there have been successfully timely food relief to Cambodian at risk
families with absolutely no food in their houses and huts to feed themselves or their children. Those who
one would imagine would be most harshly hit when loods destroy paddy land. CWS Emergency Response
unit continues to achieve ground breaking work on the critical but less headlined news of community
based mitigation and prevention. CWS was able to work with both the National Centre for Disaster
Management and the Provincial of ice for Disaster Management in Svay Rieng province.
Since 1979, many vulnerable and poor community people have been served through programming
implemented by our energetic, honest and committed staff.
CWS extend appreciation to Royal Government for their effort to recognize our work
Church World Service Cambodia
2008 Second Semester Report
Executive summary
The second 6 months of fiscal year 2008 closed another eventful year for CWS Cambodia
marking the 4th year implementation of our 7 year Strategic Directions (2005-2011). Despite
the effect of global inflation which increases the price of food and other basic commodities to
the point that the government has suppressed any standard reports on inflation at this time,
our dedicated staff members, with the support of our partners, strive to meet the targets as
outlined in our project documents. CWS-Cambodia’s staff members work hard to combat
poverty, fight corruption, respond to disaster issues and strengthen relationship with and
build capacity of local partners, village leaders, village development committee and
commune councils wherever we are working.
The peace programming has matured further in its 9th year, and CWS continues to foster its
reputation as an organization committed to promoting concepts of Restorative Justice as a
mechanism for promoting reconciliation, as we have been working on since 2004.
Major accomplishments for the second six months of the fiscal year fall into two thematic
areas: remote rural community development and enrichment in programming impact. There
is overlap between these two areas as they are inherently entwined. As you read this second
6 months of fiscal year 2008 report, the CWS activities in these broad categories, can
facilitate understanding of our organization and its culture of learning.
Future Direction and Aims: CWS continues to focus on its seven year strategic direction, of
which the current four Year Program Plan of 2008-2011 was approved by the Program
Oversight Group (POG), and presented in the Square Table meeting in November 2006.
The future is intended to refine the new programming and stay abreast of the needs imposed
by rising inflation and nationalism - particularly food security for all rural poor and personal
security for those citizens along the Thai Cambodian border in the northwest.
Recruitment of Key Staff: Although there are always some vacant positions at CWS,
several new staff members have joined our organization. They are adding value to our work,
and have reduced workload on existing staff members. In Kompong Thom Community
Development project, (a part of the Direct services Program), 3 Community Development
Workers and a Project Coordinator are on board. Human Resource Manager, a Personnel
Assistant were recruited to work in CWS Phnom Penh Central Office, and an Emergency
Response and Preparedness Program Assistant and a Data Management Officer are hired
to support the field.
Demining - As the report indicates mine affected communities are physically constrained
from working themselves out of poverty with minefields as real barriers to socio-economic
development. Agricultural land is blocked, resettlement of vulnerable households restricted
and development and infrastructure projects halted due to the physical threat of “Remnants
of Conflict”. CWS Cambodia has consistently made funding available to MAG Cambodia to
clear landmines, first in the war affected districts of Kompong Thom and most recently, in the
ex-battleground of Malai district bordering Thailand. In Malia, 95,090 square meters of land
were cleared, 207 anti-personnel mines, 15 UXOs, 2 anti-tank mines and 34,264 pieces of
metal fragmentation were successfully removed. Two clearance areas will be returned to
communities for agricultural and social purposes, producing a basis for sustainable
economic and social growth- empowering affected populations.
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Partnership – the core of CWS programs as stated in the 7 year strategic direction - is
achieving greater substance in the CWS Cambodia program. CWS has found that the
richness of its partnership program comes from participating fully in the learning cycle that
allows for mutual growth. Our philosophy is based on building relationships of mutual respect
and assistance to local NGOs working within a framework of community development,
children and peace. For example, in addition to the existing local NGO partners that we are
supporting: ADOVIR, CFEDA, KNTO in Battambang and Banteay Meanchey Provinces and
KORCD in Kompong Thom province, the Partnership program has selected KCDA as a new
holistic partner to provide financial support and capacity building. There has been extensive
work for non funding partners this semester including, assisting and facilitating, the General
Assembly for the selection of new leaders in the KCC. The Partnership Program Manager
has been elected as a board member of CFS and provided support in the area of
organizational development to ICSO. A Partnership Reflection Workshop was conducted to
build collaboration through understanding with holistic, small grant and non funding partners,
as well as to strengthen good use of CWS Partnership Program Operating Guidelines.
Peace – For nine years CWS has accumulated a depth of experience and understating
about the way she should and can go about her work that has lead to improved opportunity
for gender equality, weapon reduction, protection of forests and fisheries, successful
dhammietras, restorative approaches to justice, transparency, anti-corruption policies and
practices, and a do no harm philosophy that provokes us to constantly review our work for
unintentional divisions or other harmful spill offs. This semester the Workshops on “Building
Peace in Our Life” to general staff and Local Capacity for Peace to staff in PVH built on the
training provided the commune counselors in various areas has been timely in its awareness
raising to citizens affected buy the escalation of cross border disputes. . We will hold a
workshop on restorative justice and reconciliation as part of the trauma seminars for our
senior staff members in September. Also the Peace officer continues to provide support for
the Timor Leste Team as they strengthen their practice in peace building.
Emergency Response – CWS-C is very proud to have received her 7th gold medal, this
time for our work on “Community Based Disaster Risk Management” from the Royal
Government of Cambodia and the National Center for Disaster Management in its 5th
regional workshop. The gold medal and letter of commendation reflects recognition of our
“outstanding achievement in implementing the community–based disaster risk reduction
program” for addressing and promoting disaster preparedness and mitigation in rural
communities and for our efforts in dealing with drought mitigation through awareness raising,
institution building, preparedness planning and mitigation projects.
Water for the poorest – The United Nation General Assembly has named 2008 the
International Year of Sanitation to draw attention to the plight of millions of people who do
not have access to basic sanitation. In this regard, the Water and Sanitation Cooperation
Project staff in Svay Rieng province is successfully bringing water to the poor, working in
partnership with the Provincial Department of Rural Development. Through this semester
468 water filters, 100 hand pump wells and 69 household latrines have been accomplished
by a dedicated joint team. CWS continues to examine the approaches needed in this next
and final year of NCCA funding to expand the target for the bio-sand water filters which are
very successful.
Community Development in Remote Rural areas – During this reporting period, the Direct
Services Program has successfully reviewed and revised SHG Guidelines which was
approved by Program Oversight Group (POG) in April 2008 for continuing implementation.
CWSC has this guidelines in hand aiming at rebuilding solidarity, self-confidence and
increasing women’s participation in development activities. We are also satisfied with the
confidence building phase that has encouraged community people to bring and discuss their
common issues related to health, environment, agriculture, animal husbandry, domestic
violence and human rights. For the first year of our Village Based Community Development
project in Preah Vihear province following our CD model, CWS Cambodia has focused on
building relationship, identifying key people; especially among vulnerable groups through
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home visits, overnight stays in order to listen and understand their concerns, village assets
and needs. In addition however CWS has significant achievements in other related
community development activities such as providing access to clean water for poorest
households. Since July 2007 CWS staff members dared to begin living and working in very
remote areas in the northernmost of the country, Choam Khsant district, Preah Vihear
province, where other organizations do not work. Our emphasis was placed on strengthening
community structures and introducing village participation along with capacity building. This
will enable the villagers to organize themselves, assess their livelihood needs, learn about
their rights and responsibilities, and to lead and manage, plan and implement projects that
were relevant to their lives.
Monitoring & Evaluation - The establishment of our M & E System as reported in the first
semester is a system of thinking at CWS as Learning Organization as well as a guide for
staff to consistently review CWS work as it does or does not measure up to meeting its goals
related to changing the lives of the rural poor in an honest and transparent way. CWS staff at
all levels are working to incorporate the suggestions made in the first full program
monitoring.
These are all notable achievements for the villagers, ourselves and our dependable funding
partners, in a nationalized learning organization, just one decade out of the civil war (1998 –
2008).
We would like to express our special thanks to all of our program and funding partners,
communities, local authorities, donors, host government ministries, and partner NGOs, who
have continued to work with CWS Cambodia in mutuality and collaboration toward fulfilling a
common vision. We thank all of our partners for their monitoring visits, analysis, guidance
and supportive feedback to the CWS Cambodia program.
It is my intention that this report will give you the opportunity to understand the scope and
depth of CWS’s work here in Cambodia. We welcome questions and observations about the
overall quality of our programming, with which we are very pleased.
Josephine Barbour
Country Representative
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Acronym Full names
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Table of Contents
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Partnership Program
Appendices
Annexes
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DIRECT SERVICES PROGRAM
) KOMPONG THOM VILLAGE BASED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
) PREAH VIHEAR VILLAGE BASED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
) SVAY RIENG WATSAN COOPERATION PROJECT
) EMERGENCY RESPONSE
) PEACE
1.1.1 Introduction
The Direct Services Program (DSP) Office, based at CWS Cambodia Central Phnom Penh
Office, was established in 2006 as a result of a merge between former Community Development
Program and Strategic Support Unit in order to provide the technical and managerial support
and address the coordination/communication problems they encountered. The DSP staff
provides technical support and guidance to all the field level and/or implementing areas in the
Village Based Community Development (VBCD) work in Kompong Thom and Preah Vihear
Provinces, Water and Sanitation (WatSan) Cooperation work in Svay Rieng Province, and
Disaster Mitigation and Emergency Response Unit and Peace Building programming as
integrated in all areas of our target villages in the provinces.
Within this reporting period, DSP Office has nine staff members (three women) consists of a
program manager, three program officers, three program coordinators and two program
assistants, who are working in the areas of community based organization, income generation,
food security, health, emergency response and disaster risk management and peace building.
DSP Office staff focused their energy and time to support critical relationship building, problem
solving, as well as capacity building with communities for implementing the village based
community development outlined in new CWS Cambodia Community Development (Com Dev)
Model. The significant milestone for the DSP Office is developing and reviewing the Self Help
Groups (SHGs) guidelines, building capacity and technical supports to the Projects through
trainings in Com Dev Model, 6D/PPCM, workshops and collegial feedback via field monitoring
visits.
Within the reporting period, the DSP Office has achieved the following accomplishments:
Objective 1: Develop community capacity to engage with Government Institutions and CBOs to
define their development direction and manage their affairs in a participatory and democratic
manner.
Other topics were also addressed such as physical, chemical and biological properties of water,
water quality guidelines, testing protocol, analysis of data and preparation of water quality
assessment plan. The workshop introduced household water treatment options as a potential
solution to contaminated water. In addition, the ME Officer was also trained and a high-tech
water testing tool, which will be kept in ME office for future testing of water quality during
monitoring visits, will be purchased. This will improve the effectiveness of ME Officer’s work in
regard to water and sanitation.
Objective 2: Improve access to basic social services and amenities and improve overall food
security of vulnerable people.
Objective 3: Strengthen target community understanding and practice of peace building and
restorative justice.
The attendees noted that if CWS Cambodia used the LCP framework, they can reflect on
intervention in the past and plan for the future that best lead to support community in a peaceful
way. Mr Navuth, CDW of the SVR Cooperation Project, Miss Amara, CDW of KPT and Mr.
Vankea, CDW of the PVH Project gave the same remark, “LCP concept helps us to pay more
attention on the negative and positive impact before giving assistance to communities;
moreover, we are able to identify the connecting and dividing factors of our intervention in the
respective target communities”.
In January 2009 CWS Program plans to organize training module two on LCP Assessment,
which will introduce to staff the LCP assessment tools and analytical skill in terms of peace
mainstreaming in the project implementation.
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in four villages (Sthapor Pi, Buo Run, Ta Khiev and Doung), Ampil Pram Daeum Commune, Bavel
District, Battambang Province
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No. Assisted with supplement # No. Assisted with supplement #
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ERP Program was able to help them receive an approval from the CWS-NY ERP Program to an
appeal submitted by ERP Program. The CWS- NY ERP Program granted USD1, 860.00.
A disaster risk and need assessment in 2008 by the ERP Program found that the target
communities are facing with various disasters especially drought that hurt the communities from
year to year. The scope of the risk is beyond the capacity of the community to cope with whilst
local disaster management structure – Commune Committee for Disaster Management – is not
yet strong enough. CWS also found that communities must have access to information and
knowledge on how to prepare for and respond to disaster situations.
Objective 5: Effective and efficient program management and functioning; enhance community
development planning and practice.
a. Challenge 1:
In the first year of commencement in new target areas of VBCD Project, the Project staff
focused energy and time on building relationships and understanding community development
with communities. Little time was focused on health related issues which are also a primary
concern in this area. Most CWS staff has no health background. There was a delay in recruiting
a suitable Health Officer to manage CWS health activities and to build capacity for the Project
staff. In order to fill this gap and to raise awareness, considerable time was spent to recruit a
Health Officer. Until now, he has conducted a Training Needs Assessment (TNA) and assessed
the current needs of the programming. POG has been fully briefed on his work. The training
curriculum will be designed and provided to field staff and target group within the first semester
of FY09.
b. Challenge 2:
Before the VBCD project starts, the DS Program Office conducted a PRA in Preah Vihear
Province. The Kompong Thom Project staff were also invited to join to learn the process and
tools. The Kompong Thom Project staff then conducted the PRA independently with limited
support from the Program Office. The PRA results such as data and information collected, and
compiled by the Kompong Thom Project staff are considered inadequate to measure the impact
of the Project implementation in the 12 target villages. In this regard, the Program Office will lead
the Kompong Thom Project staff to conduct a baseline surrey in the next few months of FY 09.
d. Challenge 4:
Another indication was that there was a lack of technical expertise in the PVH-VBCD Project,
especially in bio-sand filter, well constructions as well as some of other structural constructions.
We were not able to precede with some construction activities. Responding to that, the Direct
Services Program hired the CDF of the SVR WatSan Cooperation Project to assist the bio-sand
filter construction activities in Preah Vihear Province.
a. Lesson learned 1:
As mentioned in challenge number one above, in order to implement health project’s related
activities, we need to firstly build capacity of our project staff on health education to ensure they
have basic knowledge on health related topics.
b. Lesson learned 2:
It is not possible to rely on the Project staff alone to conduct PRA and baseline survey
independently without the involvement of the Program staff to provide them with technical
assistance and guidance, even after we gave them training on how to do it. The Program Office
should set clear direction and undertake a leading role on the activities for the Project staff.
With our budget available and we do not have funds allocated to cover meal allowance for field
staff who stay overnight in the target villages, the Direct Services Program could not respond to
the request from the WatSan Project’s field staff experiencing with soaring inflation of commodity
prices. In response to the inflation and other requests from CWS staff, CWS Cambodia
organized a workshop on “Inflation issues” in June 2008 with participation from all CWS staff.
There is no concrete solution yet to this issue as inflation is occurring worldwide, not only in
Cambodia. CWS’ Senior Management Team is paying close attention to this issue and hope
there will be a response to staff once the solution is found in August 2008.
Fiscal year 2009 (FY09) marks the second phase of CWS’s Com Dev Model in implementing
Village Based Community Development (VBCD) Project in two Provinces of Kompong Thom
and Preah Vihear. FY09 is the year that the Direct Services Program will be phasing out the
Water and Sanitation Cooperation (WatSan) Project from target villages in Svay Rieng Province.
To ensure the Program and Project staff implement and manage those heavy tasks effectively,
the Direct Services Program Office will be focusing on reviewing Com Dev Model, building staff
capacity, project guidelines, exit strategies, conducting field monitoring visits, and building
capacity for communities based on their needs as follows:
) Divide the Village Based Community Development Project into two different Projects called;
Kompong Thom Village Based Community Development (KPT VBCD) Project and Preah
Vihear Village Based Community Development (PVH VBCD) Project. Doing this, each
Project will have individual Framework and Plan. The Direct Services Program will be
assigning the Program Officers to supervise and to ensure the Projects maintain the same
approach of CWS-Cambodia’s Com Dev Model even though they are split up.
) Develop and implement exit strategies inside of the SVR WatSan Cooperation Project
) Develop and review guidelines for project implementation on health, food security, WCA,
WatSan, ERP, CBDRM.
) Develop and finalize MoUs with relevant Ministries.
) Provide training on Primary Health Care and other diseases prevention to the Project staff
) Provide training on Leading and Managing Rural Organization to staff
) Provide training on Anti-Corruption to staff and Commune Councils
) Provide training on Trauma Peace and Restorative Justice to CWS Cambodia’s staff and
peace practitioners.
) Provide training on disaster management to staff and community
) Provide training on SHG guideline and bookkeeping to staff and communities
) Provide refresher course on MCH to VHVs
) Provide refresher course on Primary Health Care and other diseases to VHVs
) Provide training on home gardening to the Project staff
) Provide training on animal raising to community people
) Provide training on role and responsibilities of CPV to CPVs
) Provide training on peace building to CPV and key community people
) Provide training on peace building to senior and middle managers of CWS
) Provide coaching to field staff to implement the Project activities
) Attend external meetings/workshops and other related/associated events and
ceremonies/anniversaries and so on per request and invitation.
) Lead the baseline survey in Kompong Thom target area
) Conduct 2nd VBCD Model Reflection Workshop
) Implement the CBDRM Project in BTB, BMC and OMC through partnership with CNGO
partners for a period of 15 months, starting from August 2008 with funding support from
DIPECHO.
1.2.1 Introduction
The Village Based Community Development (VBCD) Project in Kompong Thom province has
been implemented since 1993 after the Paris Peace Agreement in 1991. Initially, it was started
as a humanitarian relief work for intervention and implementation in assisting the re-integration
and mobilization of repatriated refugees from the Cambodian-Thai border. Later on, it had
shifted from the relief work activity into the Community Development in order to effectively
respond to the real situation for those newly resettling families and the local people who suffered
from many years of civil conflict, especially for the needs of community.
Presently, the Kompong Thom VBCD Project is working only in five of its 13 target villages in
Prasat Sambour and Santuk districts. The reason is that from December 2007 to April 2008 four
staff members immediately resigned and there be a delay in finding new replacements because
there were no qualified candidates. The main purpose of the Kompong Thom VBCD Project is to
build capacity of Community Based Organizations and Commune Councils in Kompong Thom
province so that they are able to lead and manage their own resources and project activities.
The Kompong Thom VBCD Project team has 13 staff members, four of them are supporting staff
who spend 50 per cent of their time working for Preah Vihear Village Based Community
Development as well.
Within this reporting period, the Kompong Thom VBCD Project has implemented its major
community development activities such as identifying problems that communities encountered
and encouraging them to resolve those problems by themselves using all available resources
within their communities with little support from CWS. The Kompong Thom VBCD project staffs
have also built strong good relationship with local authorities and governmental institutions as
key development actors who are actively involved in our development work. As a result, the
Kompong Thom VBCD Project has assisted communities to form four Self Help Groups (SHGs)
benefiting 83 families, establish five rice banks benefiting 117 members (63 women) and two
water pump committees benefiting 47 families, select 24 Traditional Birth Attendants, 25 Village
Health Volunteers, 24 Cambodian Red Cross Volunteers and 25 Peace Volunteers in 12
villages. Moreover, the Kompong Thom VBCD Project has identified and assisted 30 vulnerable
families who urgently need assistance to develop their household planning, of which 16 families
were additionally provided with water filters and another two families with financial support to run
small businesses.
Within this reporting period, the Kompong Thom VBCD Project has achieved the following
accomplishments and changes:
Through the use of a PRA, we found that the lack of community structures, very low social
capital and limited trust or expectations among villagers, social services are far from satisfactory.
Illiteracy is high and overall the general education is low. The decentralization calls for certain
systems and structures, which in fact do not exist in this area. To break through some of these
issues, CWS in cooperation with PDRD formed
village development committees via election
processes and helped to establish some basic
CBOs that can help pave the way for raising
participation and ownership of community efforts to
improve their situation as well as introduce good
governance principles and practices. To build their
capacity and improve their roles and responsibility
CWS and PDRD conducted several trainings to
introduce basic tools widely accepted in the
decentralization process: Including proposal
writing, village planning, role and responsibility, Annual Community Planning Workshop at
communication and problem analysis. To put their Tumnob Pagoda
new knowledge and tools into practice, they
developed 16 community development initiative plans (two community meeting halls, two village
roads, one village culvert road, two small grant for VPs, five open wells, and four water filters for
VPs ) for submission to CWS for both financial support and technical advice. The planning
process and resources inspired leaders, authorities and elected VDCs mobilized resources to
add to the CWS funds to improve their communities. Within this reporting period, five of 16
Development Plans are in progress, and another 11 will be carried out at the end of the rainy
season. Below are significant achievements accomplished together community people, VDCs
and the Kompong Thom Project after CWS built their capacity and knowledge.
While Beng Village, the project office/ community ratio of construction cost was divided 40/60
percent while a hundred percent of labor was provided by the community and materials used in
construction, Sraeung community members contributed about 64 percent of the cost of
construction materials and labor to the Project’s 36 percent. To date these community salas
have been used for disseminating information, vaccinations campaigns, and village meetings.
One insignificant impact of this lengthy process has been the shift in community participation
and the sense of ownership in their communities through the process from the selection of
village representatives through elections, capacity building trainings, planning practicum’s, task
delegation and actual implementation including, cutting and transporting timbers, collecting
gravel, soil and sand to build the floors, and also joining the construction, villagers have shared
the responsibility of a successful contribution to their community In Beng Village, to secure
enough timber, the new commune councilors, village leaders, just elected VDCs and villagers
formed a committee to seek permission from the Commune Forestry Office for cutting timbers,
an actual experience in a democratic process to legally achieve a community goal. CWS field
staff believe they have contributed to the development of community solidarity.
The Kompong Thom VBCD Project staff is working hard to ensure that vulnerable people
participate in community development activities. These vulnerable people are extremely poor
due to lack of income, education and land ownership for rice cultivation. To address these
issues, the Kompong Thom VBCD Project has provided vulnerable families with financial
support, mentoring, coaching, education and management for them to have small business at
homes for income generation. Moreover, the Kompong Thom VBCD Project has successfully
identified 60 families that are considered most vulnerable in 12 target villages and selected 30
families in five target villages to support for developing their household planning. 14 households
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received technical advice, mentoring and education on SRI, chickens and pigs raising. 14
households received water filters and another two households received financial support to run
their small business of selling cupcakes and porridge. The total money required to run these two
businesses was USD200.00, in which CWS partially contributed a total of 320,000 Riel (USD80).
So, each business received USD40.00 to purchase dishes, spoons, pots and ingredients to start
with. Ms Heurn Hoam with her two children living in Choam Boeng village and Ms Tuon Thim
with her three children living in Thmei village start their small businesses selling cupcakes and
porridge. They use profits earned to buy food for their families, support their children to attend
school.
Vulnerable household beneficiaries: water filer (L), home garden (M) and small business (R)
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Source: UNDP Cambodia’s CHDR2007: Expanding Choices For Rural People, pg.30
During the reporting period, in partnership with WFP, the Kompong Thom VBCD Project
implemented MCH Program by distributing five MCH monthly commodity to 318 infants (149
girls), 102 lactating mothers, 54 pregnant women and 318 infant mothers in 12 villages in
Sraeung and Tipou communes with a total amount of 14,346 kgs of corn sugar blend, 11,550
kgs of white rice, 1,422 kgs of sugar and 757.5 kgs of vegetable oil.
Table below illustrates the food ratio breakdown for each group of beneficiaries.
Whenever there is food distribution, VHVs in each village with support from Project staff,
educate people mostly mothers about the benefits of eating corn sugar blend, how to cook and
maintain quality of corn sugar blend. Moreover, VHVs explained them about the importance of
breast feeding for their infants and taught them how to prepare supplementary food when it is
available in the villages. The monthly meeting also gives an opportunity for women to share their
experience in cooking corn sugar blend and their health improvement. As a result, women who
were reluctant to eat or were still doubtful about the benefits of eating corn sugar blend changed
their attitude and beliefs and started eating corn sugar blend. Every three months, we weigh
infants to check their health progress and provide necessary feedback to relevant mothers.
For significant changes on both lactating mothers and pregnant women, the project staff and
VHVs who monitor and work closely with them reveal that there are many changes and
improvements in their health condition. Before eating corn sugar blend most of them were tired,
looked pale and insufficient breast milk. Now these signs gradually disappear and they become
healthier, active, gain weight and have sufficient breast milk. For example, a young mother in
Thmey Village, whose health condition is similar to the majority of women in our working area,
said that “after eating corn sugar blend and receiving health education from VHVs, I am now
healthier and have sufficient milk for my baby.” VHVs and the Project staff also reported about
gradual weight gains for most infants, which indicated their health improvement by the MCH
program.
Based on the study made in 12 target villages during last semester on infant nutrition status, it
showed that 5 percent of infants were in “severe category”, 20 percent were “moderate
category” and 75 percent were “normal category “. However, after giving food commodities and
educating mothers about how to feed their infants properly, the project staff found that the
previous 5 percent of infants who had severe condition moved to moderate category. The rest
are in normal condition.
Challenge 1:
Within this reporting period, four staff members of Kompong Thom VBCD Project resigned from
CWS including a Project Manager who had many years working with CWS. Their resignations
prevented the Kompong Thom VBCD Project from implementing its work fully in all 13 target
villages. We could only implement our work in five villages. This did not mean that we
abandoned the remaining eight villages. We still maintain our close relationship with literacy
teachers, VDCs and VHVs in those villages and engaged them in attending our workshops or
trainings.
In response to this challenge, the Kompong Thom VBCD Project with support from Program
Manager of Direct Services and Human Resource Department worked together to quickly recruit
new staff members to replace them. Fortunately, one Project Manager, two Project Coordinators
and six CDWs were successfully selected to start their work in June 2008. We therefore hope
that the Kompong Thom VBCD Project will be able to cover its work in all 13 villages from the
next semester.
Challenge 2:
The Government has integrated System of Rice Intensification (SRI) promotion into its NSDP,
given the benefits from SRI demonstrated for the agricultural sector: yield intensification,
diversification (facilitated by gains in land productivity), use of compost to improve soil fertility
(SRI uses farmyard manure), and fish culture (SRI makes it possible to free up land area for fish
ponds). The Ministers of Agriculture and Environment are personally promoting SRI2. The
Kompong Thom VBCD Project conducted SRI training for 20 participants, of which 18 of them
are women, as their husbands were busy collecting resins and woods in the forest. During the
training CWS encouraged the participants to experiment new techniques that require farmers to
improve their traditional rice growing techniques they have been using. Short response we
received from women participants was that applying SRI techniques required decision from their
husbands who are mainly the household heads.
4. Lessons Learned
Lesson learned 1:
From this challenge, we learned that community development does not necessarily mean that
provision of concrete resources and inputs to them can cover all aspects of human relationship,
interaction, capacity building, encouragement and motivation. Combining CWS-C’s perspective
on development and resources with their own development efforts on their own pace, the
people’s hidden potential and creativity for development can be transformed into real
development work.
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Source: UNDP’s CHDR 2007: Expanding Choices For Rural People, pg69
We realized that the decision making power whether to start implementing SRI techniques or
anything else rest largely with men. Therefore, for future trainings that are involved with decision
making and women’s rights, it is necessary to include men in balance proportion as well so that
they can learn from the training and subsequently change their attitude in relation to how they
see and treat their wives, daughters and other women. Providing gender training to men in the
community is probably one of the approaches to change people’s attitude both men and women.
People from six villages (Boeng Khvek, Anlong Sleng, Beng, Thnort Chuor, Tamnob and
Chamboeng) leave their homes to work in cassava and rubber plantation in Sandan district.
Each of them can earn approximately 12,000Riel (US$3) per day. So far there has been no
measure taken by the local authority to prevent these people movement because it is their main
source of daily income. Their frequent absences from the community impede our project
development activities that require their full participation and involvements. Those productive
people wish to receive their income to meet their urgent need rather than to wait for harvest
season. Recently in the community we could only meet elderly people, children, pregnant
women and lactating mothers. The Kompong Thom VBCD Project has not taken any action to
address this issue. Perhaps we will raise it in the next POG meeting.
6. Future Plan
1.3.1 Introduction
It is one year since CWS Cambodia expanded its Village Based Community Development
Project to the very remote district area of Choam Khsant in the northernmost of the country,
which is one of the seven districts1 of Preah Vihear Province bordering Laos, Thailand and
Cambodia. CWS works in this remote area with its committed and skilled staff to build
confidence, trust and good relationships with grass roots people, local authorities and other
governmental institutions through home visits, overnight stays, discussions, meetings to try to
listen and understand their concerns and problems.
Meanwhile, during this reporting period the Preah Vihear VBCD Project staff have been working
hard with community people, VDCs, VLs, Commune Councils to solve the problems of health,
water, hygiene and sanitation, food security, education and poor infrastructure, which are the
major obstacles faced mostly by the community people. Our Project staff also assist to establish
and strengthen local structures for development planning in order to meet their basic needs
towards self-reliance for positive changes.
It is also critical in CWS long term goals that we are building their capacity so that they can lead
and manage, plan and implement their development activities with full knowledge, confidence
and participations in every step of development process that CWS is carrying out. This will
ensure their future strong ownership of all achievements CWS has made and left over for them
to continue after we phase out.
Within this reporting period, the Preah Vihear Project covers 18 target Villages of four
Communes (Choam Khsant, Rumdaoh Sre, Tuek Kraham and Yeang), benefiting 1800 direct
beneficiaries and 4,000 indirect beneficiaries through the following accomplishments and
changes:
Objective 1: Develop community capacity to engage with Government institutions and CBOs to
define their development direction and manage their affairs in a participatory and democratic
manner.
In order to help village development committees (VDCs), village leaders and local authorities
know about their roles and responsibilities, and for them to understand their delegated tasks that
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Chey Saen, Chheb, Choam Khsant, Kuleaen, Rovieng, Tbeng Meanchey and Sangkom Thmei
After the annual workshop, some major outcomes were produced by VDCs in collaboration with
the Preah Vihear VBCD Project such as 10 open wells were dug, 16 hand pump wells were
constructed, two wooden bridges were constructed and another one was repaired, 29 village
development plans and proposals were successfully developed and submitted to the Project
office; whereas 60 vulnerable children were identified and selected for support for them to
maintain their study at public school.
With support from the Preah Vihear VBCD Project staff, VDCs of Veal Pou, Teuk Krohom,
Choam Antil, Reaksmey and Chaom Sre Villages worked together with community people to
address their needs and prepared three separate concrete action plans and proposals to
request assistance from CWS. CWS responded to the request with two wooden bridges
constructed and one bridge repaired.
Lack of infrastructure is listed as one of the major obstacles to development. Bridge, which is
part of the road, is also a primary factor to isolation, lack of contact with the larger world, access
to goods and services such as schools, health centers and markets. Within this reporting period,
there was a significant change in community life through bridge construction work. Following
A new wooden bridge in Veal Po Village, constructed with support from the Preah Vihear VBCD Project
A new wooden bridge in Tuek Kraham Village, constructed with support from the Preah Vihear VBCD Project
There was also a significant change in community life through bridge repair work. A community
bridge named “Stung Memay”; about 40 meters in length, three meters in width and eight meters
in height, was completely repaired for villagers living in Choam Antil, Reasmei and Choam Srae
villages to use. Stung Memay is the longest bridge that our Project has supported for repair. It is
truly an essential means of communication used by community people in Yeang commune to
visit their relatives or do business contacts with other villagers living in Choam Antil, Reaksmey
and Choam Srae villages. It was for a year that those villagers used to wade through water
underneath the road when they traveled from one village to another. The project
office/community ratio of repair cost was divided 64/36 percent while a hundred percent of labor
was provided by the community and materials used in repair work. Stung Memay Bridge enables
people to transport their products to markets more easily, and to get to the health center when
they need to. The bridges also help CWS staff get to villages more easily for their work. During
this reporting period, the Project staff met with 40 people (25 women) who use Stung Memay
Bridge everyday including representatives of school children, micro-business agents, farmers,
local leaders and VDCs of Veal Pou and O’Aban villages and other villagers. All of them were
satisfied with the bridge which, they said, made their travels faster without needing to wade
through deep water stream. A school boy from Veal Pou village recalled difficulty he had while
there was no bridge “Every time my friends and I took off our uniforms and school materials from
our bags to wade across the stream to and from school. But now with a bridge, we no longer did
that. Instead, we can ride and walk easily on the bridge.” All community people including VDCs
and commune councilors expressed their appreciation to CWS Cambodia who made this
important infrastructure development for their community. Another remarkable outcome is that
Village Leader of Teuk Kraham village and Bridge Construction Committee have demonstrated
their high commitments to construct another bigger bridge next year using valuable experience
they learned from bridge construction this time. They were optimistic about the achievement
made and happily said, “We believe with our capacity, participation and cooperation we can
construct another bridge in our village”.
Objective 2: Improve access to basic social services and amenities and improve overall food
security of vulnerable people.
The under-five mortality rates for 2007-2008 (143 per 1,000 live births) in Cambodia are
unacceptable. Pregnant women, lactating mothers and children under two years of age suffered
from lack of food and dietary diversification, aggravated by factors such as low level of education
(particularly women and girls), poor awareness of good health and nutrition practices,
inadequate support for childcare and inappropriate weaning practices, which can lead to
malnutrition. Malnourishment manifests itself in slower body growth among children: smaller
height-to-age ratio (stunted), lesser weight-to-height (wasted) and/or lower weight-to-age ratio
(underweight). Malnutrition is more prevalent in rural than urban areas, although a gender-
specific bias does not seem to exist2. The VBCD Project staff in Preah Vihear province in
cooperation with VHVs and local authorities, before the project starts, identified 129 pregnant
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Source: UNDP Cambodia CHDR2007: Expanding Choices For Rural People, pg 30
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women, 164 lactating mothers (up to six months old), and 379 infants (from seven to 24 months
old) in 18 target villages. During the reporting period, in partnership with WFP, the VBCD Project
in Preah Vihear implemented MCH Program by distributing five MCH monthly commodity to 565
infants, 234 lactating mothers, 175 pregnant women and 565 infant mothers in 18 villages with a
total amount of 26,080 kgs of corn sugar blend and pea wheat blend, 20,850 kgs of white rice,
2,058 kgs of sugar and 4,881 kgs of vegetable oil.
Table below illustrates the food ratio breakdown for each group of beneficiaries.
MCH beneficiaries received advice and informed by VHVappetite, sufficient milk and hair growth.
about their next appointments Signs of dizziness and tiredness
disappeared. However, there were also
some women who did not eat corn sugar blend regularly because they experienced with side
effects such as having diarrhea and insufficient breast milk. Although these temporary imminent
side effects were already mentioned by WFP, they were still worried about longer impact to their
health and babies. Subsequently they decided to stop eating corn sugar blend.
At the end of every three months, the Preah Vihear Project staff and VHVs monitored the
weights gained by malnourished children and provided feedback to their relevant mothers.
Change in appearance of those lactating mothers and pregnant women were also monitored, in
which they looked healthier compared to when our project has not started. For example, one of
lactating mothers in Veal Pou village said, “After I eat corn sugar blend and receive health
education from the Project staff and VHVs, I am now healthy and able to breast feed my baby.”
5. Program Development
Objective 5: Effective and efficient program management and functioning; enhance community
development planning and practice.
CWS Cambodia is very proud when community people in Choam Khsant district said CWS does
not do the same work as other agencies that only provide micro-credit services to the poor.
CWS, a learning organization, wants to put into practice the community development model that
requires their personal transformation into learning how to work and support community people.
CWS staff are working hard to serve vulnerable households in the most remote area of Preah
Vihear using their best knowledge, skills and experience. In this regard, CDW staff completed
six modules on CHART training with VBNK. CHART is an approach that supports the
implementation of the CWS Community Development model. This first year of VBCD Project in
Preah Vihear was mainly spent on building good relationships and trust with villagers, VLs,
VDCs and commune councils through home visits, and overnight stays in the villages to get to
know community, village assets and needs and identify key people; especially among vulnerable
groups. As part of relationship building, the Project staffs also accept all invitations to attend
social events, parties and ceremonies hosted by the villagers. When villagers have trust with our
Project staff they start sharing their personal stories, family background, issues and problems
they have regarding their community development. Previously, some isolated villagers always
left the meetings early because they were nervous and did not have full confidence with the
purpose of our meeting. Now they changed their attitude by attending meetings regularly
whenever they are invited with more self-confidence. The Project staff were happy to see
villagers openly expressed their ideas and opinions in the meeting.
Ms Mak Sreyny, a CDW working for the Preah Vihear VBCD Project said, “I learned from the
local people on how to look for underground water source before we can drill land. They use
their traditional method by placing one coconut shell with face down on the ground overnight. In
the morning if they could see the coconut shell is wet, it means that underground water in that
place does exist.”
Mr Young Hourt, Choam Khsant Commune Chief, answered to a question CWS staff asked -
how do you think about the relationship between CWS staff and your local people and
authorities here? He replied, “I’ve never heard any complaints from anyone about your
colleagues since they are based and working here. Instead, I would like to say “thank you” to
CWS Cambodia for coming to help develop my commune. Through this presence, CWS shares
most parts of our burden regarding development work - a critical challenge we struggled with. As
you may know we don’t have enough resources such as money, skills, knowledge and
experience to do our work. I very much appreciate CWS assistance in my position as Commune
Chief.
Mr Thong Thy, a villager who lives next door to where CWS staff stayed in Kouk Sralau village
said, “I know many organizations working in Choam Khsant district, but mostly I have not seen
or met anyone like CWS staff who are active in helping to develop our community. They spend
most of their valuable time visiting, advising and providing us with tree seeds to grow. My family
received a lot of benefits.”
Mr Las Ya and his wife are Cambodian Muslim living in Teuk Kraham village. Both gave their
impression that “even my family is not a direct CWS beneficiary but we want to give them an
excellence for their work and efforts in helping to develop our community. My family benefited
from using O’Aban Bridge, supported by CWS. We are happy and welcome every CWS staff.”
Mr Kao Long, a district governor of Choam Khsant expressed his opinion when he met the CWS
Cambodia Country Representative that, “I have never seen other organizations like CWS that
employs and allows Cambodian staff to live with community people in the villages. With
assistance from your staff, our commune councils are now able to address conflicts using
conflict analysis tools they learned from a “Peace Building Training” in 2006. I am delighted
when the commune councilors understand the root causes of the conflict, the differences each
conflicting parties has and influential people behind the conflict. I suggest CWS provide the
same training to village leaders as well to support them in doing their work effectively.”
a. Challenge 1:
An imminent side effect occurs from eating corn sugar blend in the beginning is diarrhea. WFP
staff already informed them in advance about it. Unfortunately, neither WFP nor CWS had
thought of what to do with lactating mothers who were frightened by the side effects (as in the
early years of vaccinations). On the other hand, their parents and grandparents advised them
not to eat corn sugar blend as they don’t know clearly about its ingredients. To deal with this
rumor, VHVs and the Project staff, in their monthly meeting and during home visits, continued
explaining them about multiple nutrition benefits corn sugar blend has or they can look at other
women who are now healthier after eating sugar corn blend. As their beliefs are caused by old
tradition, CWS staff chooses another approach by asking experienced mothers to show them in
real eating practice. By doing so, we learned that it is a good means to prove them rather than to
leave our Project staff and VHVs (who do not eat the supplements) to persuade them alone.
a. Lesson learned 1:
CWS staff learned from the VDC Annual Workshop that getting people to work together, helping
them to present their achievements, challenges and plan can strengthen their self confidence
including interpersonal and relationship building skill. The workshop gives them a chance to
meet, talk and establish network with VDCs from other villages and government institutions.
b. Lesson learned 2:
In order to succeed in our project activities in a timely manner and as planned, sometimes we
have to be flexible in our solutions to the problems although we need to spend more money.
This will enable us to successfully continue providing our services to the poor.
c. Lesson learned 3:
From challenge number two above, the Project staff learned that CWS should consider
experience and wisdom that local people have and allow them to share them among
themselves, even it is not related to corn sugar blend, but in every aspect of their lives as well.
By offering them a chance to show and use their experience can also improve their self-esteem
and confidence and make them accept experience of other people.
We also learned that trying to make people accept new idea is time consuming. We need clear
and concrete evidence to prove them. We learned this lesson during our awareness raising on
malaria and dengue fever. Instead of telling them how malaria can spread to other people, the
Project staff invited people who used to be infected with malaria to explain to the group
members about suffering impact they might have on themselves and their families. They should
not uselessly spend their money on medical treatment, while they can do something to prevent
themselves from being infected with malaria and dengue fever.
a. Within this reporting period, there have been an increased number of microfinance institutions
operating in Preah Vihear province, especially in CWS target areas. They offer loan to poor
villagers with extendable reimbursement period whenever they can repay. Loan with
reimbursement mechanism distinguishes from Self Help Group concepts designed by the CWS.
Community members are persuaded to receive loan while CWS Self Help Group concepts
inspire them [community members] to learn how to invest, save and earn within their group
members rather than repayment with the interest as required by the microfinance institutions.
This credit institution receives benefits from the poor and is becoming richer and richer, while
community members are moving far from satisfaction and survival. Through formation of Self
Help Group, its members will not earn much at the beginning. SHG members need to work hard
together to invest their capital with regular saving and can offer small loan only to the members.
In this regard, community members turn their attention to receiving loan from those microfinance
institutions to fulfill their daily requirements. They forget to think about negative impact that
would strip them of their little valuable property whenever they are not able to repay their loan on
time. At the moment, CWS is not able to convince them not to borrow money from microfinance
institution. What we could do is to explain them about future negative impact they would have.
b. Most families living in our target villages are decided to buy tractor-trailers, one in each family,
as they think that tractor-trailers can help them clear forest land, expand their land for growing
rice because their current land provided by the government is not big enough for their family
members. Some other families buy tractor-trailers not for clearing forest land, but for earning
profits from transporting neighbor’s products to sell at the market like other people do. Most
people bought their tractor-trailers with the exchange of their land, cows, oxen or buffaloes or
money borrowed from private money lenders/microfinance institutions. The Project staff found
that community members are facing another challenge because they need money for repair and
maintenance of their tractor-trailers and repayment to the microfinance institutions. While their
current living standard is already low, they will inevitably have to sell their valuable assets such
as land, which create double burden for them to shoulder. To respond to this issue, the Project
staff will work with them to explain them about the impact.
Starting from July 2008 (and up to June 2010), the Preah Vihear VBCD Project will implement
the second phase of the community development model, which focuses on strengthening
livelihood of the target communities. Therefore, the following major activities will be carried out:
1.4.1 Introduction
Church World Service Cambodia has started its work to serve the poor and vulnerable people in
Svay Rieng province since 1992 through Integrated Community Development. This project was
successfully handed over to respective CBOs, communities and relevant provincial authorities in
May 2005. In FY06, in partnership with PDRD, CWS started new initiative of “Water and
Sanitation Cooperation Project” focusing on the quantity and quality of drinking water,
environmental sanitation, health and hygiene development, wastewater use, emerging issues in
water and infectious diseases and household water filters and safe storage.
For three years (2006-2008) the project focused its attention on building up community
awareness and developing the technical capacity of local partners on water use, hygiene and
sanitation environment through providing trainings, workshops and construction or upgrading of
infrastructures in 19 villages of five communes in Romeas Haek and Rumduol districts located
on the Cambodia-Vietnam border.
During the reporting period, the WatSan Project has seven1 permanent staff working in
cooperation with three PDRD staff and seven CDFs. The Project provides bio-sand water filter
facilities rather than household latrines and well constructions responding to; the communities
need in term of water and sanitation. Soaring inflation2 in the country, which increases by 24.2
percent for food, 18.7 percent on inflation average (CSO Statement on Inflation and Poverty in
Cambodia) which thrive everything in this country jumps into double prices. Dealing with this
price increase is especially difficult for the poorest 20 percent of Cambodians who spend on
average 83 percent of their total expenditure on food and beverages.
Even though CWS-C mostly provides water filter facilities to the poorest and vulnerable people
in the community, the WatSan project has reached up 8,121 beneficiaries (3,775 women) who
benefited from the construction of; 469 bio-sand water filters, 100 hand pump wells and 69
household latrines. Additionally, 1,433 (579 women) of the total beneficiaries received training
on water use and sanitation practices.
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Seven staff include a project coordinator, an office assistant and five CDW-two CDWs were recruited in March to
add to the existing three CDW.
2
Inflation has resulted high prices of the construction materials, especially for hand pump well and latrine which
already cost higher than the bio-sand water filter.
Overall Objective: To expand the coverage of improved water supplies and sanitation facilities
to underserved population of Romeas Haek and Romduol Districts, Svay Rieng Province, and
to improve health and hygiene practices related to water borne disease and sanitation.
The project staff encourage target beneficiaries to participate in construction process of water
filters so that they can learn and have ownership
on them. Project staff, PDRD staff and CDFs also
organized a short training session on water filter
construction for them. After the training, target
beneficiaries learned how to mix cement, sand
and gravel and how to dry the filter before
removing them from the moulds. After the training
session, they participated in constructing their
own water filters by using ten moulds that were
built since 2006. They then took turns helping one
another to construct and deliver the finished water Training on proper bio-sand water filter use and
filters to their respective homes. maintenance in Thmei Village
The types of water and sanitation facilities are very important determinants of the health status
of household members and particularly children. Proper hygienic and sanitation practices can
reduce exposure to and the seriousness of major childhood diseases such as diarrhea, CDHS
2000. Among these households, members and particularly children are exposed to poor hygiene
Compared to the national level, the percentage of households not having access to safe drinking
water in Svay Rieng province was very much lower than the national average. Much more needs
to be done to promote sanitation in this province to reduce the risk of child mortality, and to
reduce existing levels of children morbidity and malnutrition.
A housewife, Ms Chan Heng, 39 years old, has seven children living in Chea Theach village.
She said since her family received a hand pump well from CWS, her husband almost stopped
using domestic violence on her. Before she was very busy doing housework, taking care of
children
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Thlok Pring, Trapeang Rumpeak, , Kra Nhoung, Chea Theach, Kompong Than, Thmei, Trapeang Svay, Trapeang Pha Ao, Bos
Toch, Sra Mor, Trapeang Skun, Wat, Trapeang Banteay, Mreak Teap and Por Pel Village
4
The Government Drinking Water Quality Standard (January 2004) has warned not to use ground water which contains more
than 50 ppb (part per billion).
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and collecting water from other village far from home and she never arrived home on time to
prepare food for her family. Her husband always abused her when he returned home from
Vietnam after finishing his labor work. Ms Heng said, “Now there was no more domestic
violence in my family”. My family benefited from hand pump well installed, she added. We can
grow vegetables for family consumption and sell some to the neighboring villagers.
c. Latrine Construction
The types of water and sanitation facilities are very important determinants of the health status
of household members and particularly children. Properly Hygienic and sanitation practices can
reduce exposure to and the seriousness of major childhood diseases such as diarrhea, CDHS
2000.
Table B Access to sanitary toilets in Svay Rieng 2004 (Source: CDB, 2004)
Table B shows the percentages of households not having access to sanitary toilets in the year
2004. Among these households, members and particularly children are exposed to poor hygiene
and sanitation conditions which will increase risks of infections including diarrhea, and which will
in turn increase risks of children death, and levels of children malnutrition.
To ensure the effective use of the latrines, Project staff conducted training for target
beneficiaries on proper latrine use and maintenance, understanding different types of bacteria in
unclean water and understanding the importance of maintaining good sanitation and hygiene
(see more information about trainings on a. Bio-Sand Water Filter Construction as all conducted
trainings were done as invitation all aspect beneficiaries attended).
Construction materials increase their prices due to soaring inflation, which affects the Project
implementation as it could not achieve an output as we expected. CWS suppliers defaulted on
their contracts to provide construction materials because they could get a higher price
elsewhere. The Project didn’t proceed unless project staff received new quotes and re-submitted
them to the Country Representative for her approval. To respond to this soaring price, CWS
decided to reduce the number of wells and latrines construction towards increasing number of
bio-sand water filters, which cost cheaper and to meet the urgent needs of target communities.
) Conduct Rapid Rural Appraisal in 20 villages in five communes of Romeas Haek and
Rumduol Districts
) Appraise the performance of the seven Commune Development Facilitators
) Continue to strengthen and collaborate with local authorities
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) Form 20 WSUGs in 20 villages of five communes of Romeas Haek and Rumduol
Districts
) Provide capacity building to 20 WSUGs
) Select beneficiaries for hand pump well (120 families), upgrade hand pump wells (50
families), latrines (60 families) and bio-sand water filters (800 families).
) Provide the following training courses to beneficiaries:
9 Proper hand pump well use and maintenance, clean water use and sanitation
practices
9 Proper latrine use and maintenance, clean water use and sanitation practices
9 Proper bio-sand water filters use and maintenance, clean water use and
sanitation practices
This photograph was taken in-front of BTB/BTM Office in Battambang Province, CWS Cambodia
team and Mr.Skip Dangers, CWS Asia/Pacific Representative
2.1.1 INTRODUCTION
After decades of conflict, social dislocation and destruction of both economic and social capital,
INGOs and CNGOs are working cooperatively to address the issue of poverty. CWS is one
amongst many NGOs in Cambodia that begins working directly with CNGOs and network in
Kompong Thom province in 1996 to contribute to the poverty reduction. However, without strong
efforts and capacity building on institutional development, CNGOs cannot effectively implement
their development program and handle organizational management to reduce oppression,
injustice and inequities in Cambodia.
During this reporting period, the Partnership program continues to provide institutional funding
and technical support to holistic CNGO partners. Technical support focuses on building overall
organizational and programming capacity of partners as well as developing specific skills in
integrated community development fields. Support for organizational development typically
includes working with staff on concepts of organizational vision, values and culture; establishing
structures and systems of governance; developing financial, administrative and personnel
systems; building capacity in program planning, monitoring, evaluation and reporting; developing
skills in networking, advocacy and representation. The Partnership program also provides
leadership and management skills to the BTB/BTM Partnership project who is working with four
holistic partners: KCDA and ADOVIR in Battambang province and CFEDA and KNTO in
Banteay Meanchey province; while the KPT Partnership project is currently working with one
holistic partner, KORCD. The KPT Partnership project and BTB&BMC Partnership project are
also working with a number of small project grants and non-funding partners across the country,
while the Partnership Program provides technical support and capacity building to non-funding
support, small grant, secular, ecumenical and local church partners in Phnom Penh, Svay
Rieng, Takeo, Kompong Thom, Battambang, Banteay Meanchey and Kompong Cham
Provinces.
Following the launch of CWS Partnership Program Operating Guidelines, the Partnership
Program Office coordinated and encouraged the Partnership Project staff to develop its exit
strategies from partner organizations and partner organization to develop its phase out
strategies from communities. Within this reporting period, the Program staff supported
Battambang Partnership Project to screen and select KCDA as a new holistic partner based in
Samlout District, Battambang Province. The BTB/BTM Partnership project and KPT Partnership
project have continued to build strong relationship and capacity building on organizational
management system for the existing partners while the Partnership Program staff extended and
broadened its consultancy services related to the organizational development for non-funding
support to ICSO, PPS, CSF, CFED and CFC.
Objective 1: To strengthen the capacity of holistic CNGO partners and small project fund
recipients to facilitate program that will effectively and sustainable improve the living
conditions of the most vulnerable.
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1. The Partnership provided consultancy work to non-funding partner in Ratanakiri
Not only provided training and funding to CNGO partners, but the Program staff also provided
technical support on organizational management to CNGO partners in Cambodia. The
Indigenous Community Support Organization (ICSO) is one of the CWS’s non-funding partners
and works with nine different ethnicities in the Northeast Province, Ratanakiri. ICSO was
localized from Community Forestry International (CFI) and managed by dominantly Khmer
ethnic group. During this major transition, ICSO has encountered issues related to culture gaps
and management system practices.
ICSO is working to develop a management system that bridges western donor requirements and
indigenous community preferences. ICSO higher level management would like to discover the
viable options for improving systems and practice to accommodate all ethnic groups.
ICSO’s Board of Directors approached CWS for intervention as they know CWS has almost a
decade of experience working with grass roots organizations in these areas. Thus, CWS makes
every commitment to put together a team of experienced field
practitioners to work in peace and local institution development,
with 18 staff in Ratanakiri in November 2007 and with 30 staff in
March 2008. CWS undertook this piece of work as they value
the ICSO senior management proactive approach and believes
ICSO is in a position to honor the various perspectives in the
organization.
2. Being a member of CSF Board Director Needs not only more time but also gain good
experiences
Partnership Program does not only provide best service to the holistic and small grant partners,
but also acts as a member of board director for Children Support Foundation (CSF), non-funding
partner organization who basically works to maintain the best interest of vulnerable children in
Ratanakiri Province. CSF has so far implemented advocacy activities and build children network
in the rural areas according to the project-funding availability. CSF has received small grant from
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organizational settings including management systems, people, policies, guidelines, structure and leadership
2
refer to Report on Staff Interview for ICSO organizational Growth, March 2008
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CWS since 2004, but they have never received technical support for organizational
development; especially for Board of Directors, which is one of the weak areas in CSF3.
3. CWS Partnership is a key partner in the NGO Good Practice Project (NGO GPP)
CWS is a member of Cooperation Committee for Cambodia (CCC). The NGO Good Practice
Project (NGO GPP) is one of CCC’s projects funded by AusAID, CWS, Forum Syd and Oxfam
GB. The project aims to build on the initiative of the
NGO GPP to promote and strengthen NGO good
governance, accountability, transparency and good
organizational practices through the development of
the Code of Ethical Principles and Minimum
Standards for NGOs in Cambodia. The project was
implemented through participatory approaches under
the facilitation of NGO GPP members with support
from CCC, and Working Group and Code Compliance
Committee members (NGO GPP Phase 2 Project End
Report March 2006-February 2008).
Working Group Meetings on compliance system
3
Therefore, CSF requested CWS to assist them building and strengthening their board. CWS assigned the partnership program
manager to be a board member for one year covering from March 2008 to February 2009. The partnership program has provided
regular technical support and building capacity for the management team through several meetings, training and coaching,
especially for donor liaison, proposal development and fundraising as well as financial management
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With partial funding support and CWS engagement in capacity building process of GPP
members including development of Code of Ethical Principles and Minimum Standards for NGO
Practice, NGO GPP was able to form 49 NGO representatives from 81 interested NGO
applicants into two Focus Groups, in which an average of 85% of all
members fully participated in the meeting and workshop that focused
on improving the organizational capacity building and good practices.
At the same time, NGO Working Group (WG) comprised of 12
representatives was also formed with a clear Terms of Reference
(ToR), to review the NGO Code and NGO voluntary certification
system, and to conduct desk reviews to verify the quality of
documents of 11 applicant NGOs. The NGO Code Compliance
Committee (NCCC) with 8 highly qualified members was formed and
carried out the final review and approval of the applicant NGOs that
complied with the minimum standards.
Resulting from the review of code compliance, four successful NGOs were awarded Certificates
of Compliance with 3 year validity. They are Mith Samlanh, Salvation Centre for Cambodia,
Krousar Yoeung and VBNK. 17 resource documents on NGO good practices are now available
in 19 target provinces at selected NGO offices and the information dissemination on NGO Code
and Voluntary Certification System were provided to approximately 2,892 stakeholders4.
discussed approaches that CWS partnership could use to assist partners to obtain a code and
standards for the certification. The partnership program will discuss this in more details in its
next meeting in FY09.
4. CWS’s Partners are able to use the new proposal format launched by the partnership
4
1830 NGO representatives in 23 provinces/cities in Cambodia and 20 countries in the world, 25 donors, 17 government
departments, and to 1000+ students, community members and other audiences.
5
CFEDA:2, KNTO:2, ADOVIR:2, KORCD:2, CSCM:2, ICA:2, KCC:2, KCDA: 2
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proposal format including goals, objectives, outputs and activities. After the training workshop,
most participants said they had never received this kind of training before. Now they understood
and felt more confident of using new format for proposal writing.
According to feedback from the funding committee on new proposals submitted in FY09,
KORCD, ADOVIR, KCDA and CSCM have already used the new proposal format. They could
write almost 80% of the information required by the new format. In addition, the partners are
able to define better objectives, outputs and indicators applying SMART6 approach. As a result,
four proposals of both holistic and small grant from KCDA, ADOVIR, KORCD and CSCM were
already approved by the funding committee in late FY08.
Although the Partnership Program staff, with the support from the Country Representative,
achieved the two significant results of “Staff Interviews on Indicators for Organizational Growth”
for ICSO in Ratanakiri and facilitated the “Strategic Planning Workshop” for Phare Ponleu
Selpak (PPS) in Battambang, however, through these two pieces of work, there appeared that
the Partnership Program team did not have enough for a good preparation and lack of skill in
writing report. In addition, to make this consultancy service more efficiently the program needs a
person with organizational development and report writing skills so that he/she can help the
Partnership Program meet all the demands of CNGO non-funding partners in Cambodia.
a. With strong support from the Country Representative, the partnership program staff
maximized its extensive organizational development services to support more non-funding
partners on “Staff Interviews on Indicators for Organizational Growth” for ICSO and
“Strategic Planning Workshop” for PPS. However, these two pieces of work could be
successfully achieved with collaborative resource persons of Peace Building Program
Coordinator and KPT Partnership Project Coordinator. This joint team made very significant
and outstanding partnership work of CWS among the CNGOs communities and their donors.
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2 KNTO, 2 ADOVIR, 2 CFEDA, 1 CFED, 2 KCDA, 2 KORCD, 1 CIDC, 1 Adsu Church, 1 CC, 2CDA, 1CSF, 1CFC,
2KCC, 2 ICA, 2CSCM, 1CCC and 9CWS staff
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Most recommendations and inputs made by CWS have been used by ICSO and PPS and
putting in their current work.
CWS apparently received positive feedback from ICSO’s Boards on the useful findings and
recommendations and also an appreciation letter from PPS on the values of strategic
workshop. This work does not just help CNGOs partners but the CWS team also had an
opportunity to learn about the indigenous organization working in the complexity of multi-
cultural communities and sharpen organizational development skills. More importantly, this
work added values and reputation for CWS. At the same time, the CWS team found that the
Partnership Program needs deeper analytical and report writing skills so that CWS
Partnership Program can provide more professional and intensive services to partners.
b. CSF works to uphold the common interest of children in Cambodia, especially for indigenous
children and communities in the North. CSF organizational development and management
are still poor, particularly governance. CSF has clear structure and concrete policies and
system but the board of director is not active and staff have limited knowledge and skills on
organization management. CSF leader approached CWS for strengthening their organization
management and board of governance. Having seen a request from CSF, CWS Senior
Management Team assigned the Partnership Program Manager to be a member of Board of
Directors. Being a board member of CSF requires much time and skills to provide ongoing
technical support for CSF staff. Initially, it was viewed as a burden work for the Partnership
Program but in fact, it was realized that this is a good time for Partnership Program Team to
practice their organizational development skills in strengthening CSF management and
Board of Directors. This kind of work gave opportunity to the Partnership Program Manager
to deepen and surface the issues, problems and strategize the innovative solutions and
support to CSF.
c. Many changes within the Partnership Program staff such as new procedures and working
styles with partners including the partnership directions after the first partnership reflection
workshop in FY04. So it is time for the Partnership Program staff to refresh all partners with
the Partnership Program updates and demonstrate the new changes as well as look at the
effectiveness, efficiency and impact of the partnership work. In this regard, the Partnership
staff organized the second partnership reflection workshop on 11-13 June 2008, at Sihanouk
Ville. All concerns and issues related to the partnership work were discussed. This was a
good time that all project, program staff and partners brought all issues to discuss and hear
all comments and feedback on the partnership guidelines and work, especially on the
financial support and capacity building. The workshop did not just give room for discussion
on work but also gave partners time to build relationship with each other. The Partnership
staff were satisfied with the workshop as they heard and learned many things from the
partners. More importantly, all partners received the same information at the same time. This
workshop did not just bring the training and discussion but it also increased level of
understanding and added values on the partnership’s philosophy.
During the reporting period, four partners approached CWS Partnership Program for their
organizational development issues that were not addressed in the original plan, in which ICSO
requested CWS for an organizational assessment; PPS for strategic planning development;
CFC for their organizational assessment and CSF requested CWS to become its board member.
Based on the urgent needs, the Partnership Program with strong support from the Country
Representative, prioritized tasks to respond the above partners, in which the program team in
cooperation with peace building coordinator conducted “staff review” for ICSO. The Partnership
staff facilitated the strategic planning workshop for PPS and serves as a board member for CSF
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as well as conducted a preliminary assessment to CFC. The Program will put these tasks in the
program plan for FY09 and seek one more person to assist the Partnership Program team.
In addition, CWS has received many proposals requesting for fund support. Due to the limited
funds available, CWS gave its funding to only potential partners whom CWS has already
budgeted for and those who have good relationship and trust with CWS.
The Partnership Program achieved 99% during the first 6-month plan. Below are the future
Partnership Program plans for FY09.
) Provide two training courses on “Financial Management and Accounting” and “Monitoring
and Evaluation” to all partners
) Support at least two partners for the strategic planning development and other organizational
development needs
) Coordinate for the proposal appraisal and agreement for fund support
) Conduct a mid-year review of program and project plan of FY09
) Improve the Partnership Program coordination through active POG participation
) Organize the Partnership Program Meeting
) Organize the Reflection Workshop with all Commune Councils and Women leaders
) Review CAT Tools and TNA for the partner capacity assessment
) Revise the Partnership Operating Guidelines and translation into Khmer
) Develop the Partnership Training Manual
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2.2. BATTAM BANG/BANTEAY MEANCHEY
PARTNERSHIP PROJECT
2.2.1 INTRODUCTION
In collaboration with LWF and AFSC, CWS Cambodia initially started its support to Department
of Animal Health and Production (DAHP) in Battambang (BTB) and Banteay Meanchey (BTM) to
improve the vaccination of livestock and conduct the Village Livestock Agent (VLA) training
program. In 1998 CWS successfully handed over DAHP to the government department.
In 1999 the BTB&BTM Project then shifted its work from animal health and production
assistance to the institutional development of Cambodian NGOs (CNGOs). This was in line with
CWS’s countrywide commitment to local institutions development and in response to the needs
of dozens of Cambodian NGOs emerging in the provinces with very minimal support being
provided by other organizations.
In March 2008, the BTB&BTM Project selected Khmer Community Development Association
(KCDA) as holistic partner. Its office is based in Samlout District, a former Khmer Rouge-
controlled area. The BTB&BTM Project has also continued to support the existing three holistic
partners: ADOVIR in Battambang province, CFEDA and KNTO in Banteay Meanchey province.
The BTB&BTM Project has worked with 21 holistic partner staff (9 women) to build their capacity
on organizational management and program implementation. The project basically provided
grants to implement the Integrated Community Development Programs (ICDP) in 54 remote and
under-served villages in three Provinces1. The entire program has directly benefited 3,918
families and indirectly benefited 3,739 families2. The BTB&BTM partner programs mainly work
on strengthening of Self-Help Groups (SHGs), primary health care education, support of
community education, provision of agricultural and animal raising support, provision of support to
poorest of the poor, strengthening capacity and support of Commune Councils (CCs) and other
Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) including rice seed bank, funeral association, Village
Development Committees (VDCs) and Village Committee for Program Management (VCPM).
In addition, the BTB/BTM Project also provided small project grants to three partners;
Dhammayeatra Mongkol Borei, Dhammayeatra BTB and Dhammayeatra BTM to implement
HIV/AIDS and peace education-focused program in Banteay Meanchey and Battambang
Provinces.
Objective 1: Strengthened capacity of CNGO partners and Small Project fund recipients
to facilitate effective and sustainable program that will improve the living condition of the
most vulnerable.
1.1. Capacity of four holistic CNGO partners (ADOVIR, CFEDA, KNTO and KCDA) in
Battambang and Banteay Meanchey have been improved
CFEDA and KNTO are CWS Cambodia's planned partners. They have increased their capacity
to run their organizations with little assistance from CWS, particularly in program implementation
1
Battambang, Banteay Meanchey and Oddar Meanchey
2
Direct beneficiaries: 3,918 households with 18,888 individuals included 9,253 women and 7,210 children, of them 622 women
headed families; and indirectly beneficiaries: 3,739 families with 18,120 individuals included 6,744 women and 8,749 children.
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to phase out their program from the old target villages and expand it in the marginalized and
underserved communities in the former Khmer Rouge-controlled zone; Malai district, Banteay
Meanchey province and Banteay Ampil district, Oddar Meanchey Province. Moreover, with
recommendation from the BTB&BTM Partnership Project, CFEDA and KNTO have received
grants of US$12,000 each on Direct Aid Program funded proposal from the Australian Embassy
in Phnom Penh for its program implementation in FY09.
In March 2008, the BTB&BTM Partnership Project selected KCDA in Battambang province as a
holistic partner because it is a community-based organization and works in the remote and
underserved community in the former Khmer-Rouge zone. The Partnership Project staff worked
with 21 partner staff (9 women) from ADOVIR, KCDA, CFEDA and KNTO to provide them with
ongoing support, coaching and field monitoring based on their organizational and technical
needs. This included preparation of proposals and budgets FY09, program planning and
implementation, report writing and financial management. With the support from the project field
staff, the proposals of KCDA and ADOVIR for FY09 have been approved by CWS funding
committee.
3
CFEDA, KNTO, ADOVIR, KCDA, DYBTB and DYMB
4
KNTO has 7 staff (3 women) and implements ICDP to improve the livelihood of the poor and poorest people in 11 villages in three
districts; Preah Netr Preah and Serei Saophoan in Banteay Meanchey province and in Otrda Meanchey province's Banteay Ampil4
district. The program benefits directly to 804 household with 4,308 individual, included 2,274 women and 1,868 children (138 women
are the head of families) and indirectly benefits to 386 households with 1,465 individual, included 672 women and 1,256 children.
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information related to their development sectors. With strong ownership of the KNTO, the village
structures including Village Development Committee (VDC), Village Health Volunteer (VHV),
Village Leaders (VL), Village Committee for Program Management (VCPM) in the old target
villages have been strengthened, especially its communication with other villages at commune
level. Community Based Organizations and key persons such as cow banks, SHGs, Funeral
Associations and VCPMs increased their capacity, ownership and participation in village
development activities. Community people live in solidarity, mutual help, sharing, good
relationship and acceptance.
To improve health condition of children of the poorest families, KNTO cooperated with District
Health Centre, and supported health center staff and VHVs to explain about importance of
nutrition to 128 villagers (95 women) in Tbaeng and Khu Svay villages. 25 malnourished children
between six months to five years old (18 girls) from 24 poorest families were selected to support
including training on children feeding and provision of food supplement for their children. We
also provided their parents with training on child feeding and KNTO provided them with one
kilogram of food supplement every month to feed 25 children from January to June 2008. VHVs
monitored the growth of the children every month. Based on monitoring done by VHVs and
health centre staff, 20 children out of 25 grow well and improve their health.
For capacity building of Village Committee for Program Management (VCPM) to manage its
program in seven old target villages, KNTO provided five training courses including facilitation,
communication, proposal and report writing, and rights based approach and domestic violence
to 56 VCPM, VDCs and VCs (31 women). KNTO staff observed that VCPMs have improved
their capacity in facilitating the meeting with their team members and actively manage the
respective community development program.
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1.1.2. Cambodian Family Economic Development Association5 (CFEDA)
In order to strengthen and support SHGs, CFEDA staff assisted communities to form eleven
SHGs with 146 family members (110 women) in eight villages in Malai district, Banteay
Meanchey province. CFEDA assisted the SHG groups to create groups’ principles. Currently,
CFEDA supports 39 SHGs in 16 villages comprised of 507 family members (372 women). The
BTB&BTM Partnership Project staff observed that committee members of 12 SHGs in eight old
target villages are able to hold monthly meeting by themselves. Solidarity, mutual help, work
sharing, and ownership among communities, especially in old target villages has remarkably
increased. For instance, the community people in Thmenh Trei village contributed 200,000
Riels, 50 kilograms of white rice to support the funeral ceremony of Mr. Mean Tob's wife, Mrs
Loch Savun, who lives in Banlech Village. She was terminally ill and received treatment at
Mongkol Borei hospital and they could not save her life. Mrs Savun is survived by her husband
(who is blind in one eye) and seven children. This vulnerable family received a new plot of land
from CFEDA in February 2007.
5
CFEDA has 5 staff (3 women) and implements ICDP to improve the livelihood of the poor and poorest people in 16 villages in two
districts; Ou Chrov and Malai5 in Banteay Meanchey Province. The program benefits directly to 1,482 households with 8,506
individual, included 4,749 women and 2,416 children (332 women are the head of families) and indirectly benefits to 1,741
households with 8,638 individual, included 3,754 women and 3,018 children.
6
There are 85 families (510 persons, 336 women) living in the area since 2000 on land (30 m X 50 m) distributed by the Govt.
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CFEDA assisted key villagers to conduct a Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) for the situation
analysis. After that, Ms Sokounthea explained SHG concept to communities though home visits
especially at night time7. In February 2008, CFEDA staff assisted to form two SHGs comprised
of 24 family members and train them on bookkeeping, saving and borrowing. CFEDA staff also
facilitated in their monthly meetings to discuss saving, problem faced and solution. In addition,
CFEDA provided ten mosquito nets and nine water filters to 19 families and agriculture tools and
seed to 8 families to prepare their home garden and assisted villagers to form a community pond
group comprised of 39 families8 for digging one pond (L30m X W20m X H3m) for storing rain
water, so that people can use it in the dry season. As a result of good facilitation from CFEDA
staff, in April 2008, the SHG members collected contribution of money, rice, blanket and cooking
materials to support family of Seung Seng, whose house was on fire. CFEDA started to work
in this village for around nine months, so it was difficult to measure impact. However this will be
seen in the next reporting period.
CFEDA staff explained victim families about proper use of water filters prior to its
distribution together with other plastic buckets
CFEDA cooperated with Commune Councils and local authorities to provide training on CCDM
sub-decree to VCs, VDCs, VCPM, VDVs,
VHVs, and CC members as well as
organized a meeting with VCs, VDCs and
NGO staff working in Samraong, Ou
Sampor and Tuol Pongro communes.
CFEDA also supported CCs in Ou Sampor
to celebrate “International Women’s Day” to
raise awareness of community people on
gender and women issues. CFEDA staff
International Women’s Day organized in Ou Sampor observed that CCs have increased their
Commune Malai District by CFEDA capacity in organizing and facilitating
meetings. They appreciated and
acknowledged support and cooperation provided by CFEDA.
7
because in the day time, villagers went to work as a laborer in Thailand.
8
168 persons; 69 women
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1.1.3. Association Development for Our Villager’s Rights9 (ADOVIR)
ADOVIR staff have increased their capacity
and confidence in community facilitation,
strengthening and support of CBOs,
particularly funeral association, community
pond, CCs, strategic planning and report
writing. They increased relationship and
cooperation with relevant I/CNGOs working
in the same target commune with local
authorities, CCs, and government officials
such as HCs, Cluster School, and District CWS-C Monitoring Team and ADOVIR Staff members
Health and Animal Health Offices. pose for a group photo during mid-year 2008 monitoring
Support and strengthening of funeral association is one of the main components of ADOVIR
program. ADOVIR supported eight funeral associations in eight villages, formed by the villagers
and contributions collected from the communities. The main purpose of the funeral associations
is to assist elderly people, poorest and vulnerable families when they face food shortage,
sickness and death…etc. ADOVIR provided coaching and training to funeral association
committee members on facilitation skills, leadership, review, formation of guidelines and
structure. Moreover, ADOVIR provided materials10 to
four associations in Siem, Buo Run and Ta Khiev
villages for managing their associations. Based on
observations by project staff, the funeral association
committee members have increased their capacity in
leadership and communication and they made good
cooperation with VCs and VDCs. The community people
have also increased solidarity and mutual help and
received more assistance from the association. For
example, the funeral association committee in Beng ADOVIR, Funeral Association Committee
Popoul village collected contribution of 71,000 Riel to members in Beng Popoul Village
help Mr Lav Vat’s family and 20,000 Riel for Mr Toeung
Sarom’s family because their houses were burned. In addition, the funeral association provided
50,000 Riel for funeral ceremony of grandfather Sorn and built a Sala Chortean for villagers to
pray according to Buddhist religion.
9
ADOVIR has five staff (2 women) implemented ICDP to improve the livelihood of the poor and vulnerable people in 14 villages in
Ampil Pram Daeum Commune, Bavel District of Battambang province. Currently, the program benefits directly to 1,382 households
with 6,074 individual, included 2,230 women and 1,635 children (86 women are the head of households) and indirectly benefits to
1,273 households with 6,685 individual, included 1,940 women and 3,840 children.
10
The materials include cooking pots, plates, soup bowls, spoons, kittles, water buckets and water dragged carts.
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school building (L24m x W7.5m) with cement floor was completely built on 02 May, 2008.
ADOVIR also supported communities to build 120 meters of school road under “food for work”
program. Currently, a total of 422 school children (190 girls) from grades 1 to 6 are attending
classes in these three community schools with better road condition accessible from their
villages to/from schools.
11
Their Office bases in Samlout district, BTB and they have five staff (2 women).
12
with 1,127 individual included 290 women and 648 children, of them 66 women headed families; and indirectly benefited to 339
families with 1,332 individual included 378 women and 635 children.
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1.2. Technical capacity of CNGO partners in BTB and BTM are significantly improved
1.3. Small grant partner, DYBTB is promoting peace-making among school children
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1.4. On time emergency responses saved lives of the vulnerable families
Read Direct Services Program Report on ERP Program for details.
CFEDA and KNTO supported the poor and poorest families in Malai and Banteay Ampil districts
along Thai-Cambodian border. Their daily income generated from working as labourer in
Thailand. Most of them crossed the border to work at day time and return home in the afternoon
during the harvest season. Therefore, to work and support these communities, the partner staff
had to arrange meetings with them at night time to discuss SHG concepts and funeral
association formation, community school construction etc.
This year, the project received a number of visits from inside and outside visitors and organized
many events that involved partner’s staff to be away from their work sites. Therefore, the project
and partner staff have little time focusing on their community program quality and building their
organizational capacity and system. Although this created time constraints but it also provided
good opportunities for the project and partners to build their relationship with the outsiders and
showed the achievements they have made.
When the partnership program launched the new proposal and reporting format to support the
changes within CWS, the partner staff were already invited to join the orientation but they still
have limited skills in report and proposal writing. The project staff need time to provide coaching
to them. Improving the quality of proposal and report from those partners requires ongoing
support.
Learning exchange among communities has been seen as an effective method for community
people. Moreover, success and usefulness of SHGs in old target areas of CNGO partners serve
as examples for other community people in new target areas to follow.
Understanding well about CNGO partner staff is important for making our support and
intervention more effectively as they have different background, education and experience. The
approaches used for capacity building should be prepared based on partner's background and
situation. Training and workshop provided to partner staff should be balanced with their
program implementation.
CWS provided FY08 grant to CNGO partners; CFEDA, KNTO and ADOVIR. They planned to
dig five community ponds and repair four community schools. An increase of oil price made cost
of community pond digging and community school repairing higher than budget allocated. This
inflation costs were not originally planned. Therefore, additional grant were provided to them to
complete their program.
Thai authority restricts Thai-Cambodia border in target villages of KNTO; Chub Korki Lech, Chub
Korki Koeut in Oddar Meanchey province. They do not allow Cambodian people to cross the
border and work in Thailand. Villagers face with food shortage. Especially poor and poorest
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families who depend on income from daily labor work in Thailand. Moreover, an increase price
of white rice also affects their living. Generating income becomes harder for them.
) Continue to strengthen capacity of CFEDA and KNTO and support them to expand their
program in Malai and Banteay Ampil districts.
) Continue to strengthen capacity of ADOVIR, especially in preparation of phase out plan from
old target villages and strengthening of CBOs; funeral associations.
) Facilitate learning exchange among partner staff through organizing program related
workshops.
) Organize training on Local Capacity for Peace (LCP) for partner staff.
) Support CNGO partners; KCDA, CFEDA and KNTO in implementation of CBDRM project
(DIPECHO) in Battambang, Banteay Meanchey and Oddar Meanchey provinces.
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2.3. KOMPONG THOM PARTNERSHIP PROJECT
2.3.1 INTRODUCTION
The Kompong Thom Partnership Project began to work with CNGO Network and partners in
1996. The project mainly works in building the institutional development and programming in
multi-religion communities in addition to the funding support for partners. In June 2007, three
holistic partners (COWS, BFDK and APA) phased out from the partnership project and
connected to other funding agencies. This is one year now that the Kompong Thom Partnership
Project has selected and supported the Khmer Organization for Rural Community Development
(KORCD) as a holistic partner to build its capacity on institution and management system.
During this reporting period, the project continues to support KORCD to review staff policies,
financial and administrative guidelines and to implement the Integrated Community
Development such as creating of SHGs, weaving program, elderly associations, rice banks and
cow banks in eight target villages, three communes of Santuk and Baray Districts, Kompong
Thom Province, with direct beneficiaries of 711 families (3,555 populations, 2239 women) and
indirect beneficiaries of 897 families (5,260 populations, 2261 women).
Besides KORCD, the Kompong Thom Partnership Project has continued to build capacity for
staff of the Cooperation for Indigenous People and Development in Cambodia (CIDC) and Adsu.
CIDC has received small project grants from the Kompong Thom Partnership Project to support
drop-out schoolchildren in eight villages in Phan Nheum Commune, Prasat Balangk District.
Universal primary education is enshrined in the Cambodian Millennium Development Goals, to
which the National Strategic Development Plan is wedded. The present trend of a large number
of rural children dropping out of the educational stream after completing one to three years is of
concern to the future stock of rural human capital1. Adsu Church focuses on the Braid Cotton
Scarf Weaving Program in Adsu Village in Sambour Commune and Prasat Sambour District.
During this reporting period, the Kompong Thom Partnership Project has achieved the following
accomplishments
Objective 1: To strengthen the capacity of holistic CNGO Partners and Small Project fund
recipients to facilitate program that will effectively and sustainable improve the living
conditions of the most vulnerable.
KORCD already received one-year holistic support from the Kompong Thom Partnership Project
under the coordination of the Project Coordinator. KORCD received capacity building from the
Partnership Program office on Community-Based Organization and Management, Institutional
Building and Management, Training of Trainer, Report Writing and Proposal Orientation and
from the project on Participatory Rural Appraisal, Conflict Resolution with an ongoing coaching
in addition to the funding support. The Project Coordinator also conducted a two-day training on
15-16 May for their six staff on the Organizational Capacity Assessment (CAT) which is an
1
Source: UNDP Cambodia’s CHDR2007: Expanding Choices For Rural People
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instrument to measure the organizational capacity of KORCD. The training focused on the
importance of why KORCD need to learn about the organizational assessment, how to assess
the organization capacity, process of using CAT, and actual practice on CAT tool in participatory
manner. More importantly, CAT requires the partner staff to evaluate their organization on
different aspects from their own perspectives while at the same time, the partnership project
coordinator also used CAT to assess KORCD capacity. By the end of training and practices,
partner staff and the project coordinator compared and discussed the results of organizational
capacity elements and reached a consensus. As a result of the training, field practice,
discussion and feedback, all participants fully understand the importance of the CAT tool, the
process of evaluation and results of the assessment. In addition, KORCD staff realizes that CAT
tool is helpful and easy to use to reflect on the progress of their organizational growth. All
KORCD staff are able to use CAT tool to monitor their organizational development.
In building capacity for CNGO partners, the Partnership Project Kompong Thom organized a
two-day training workshop on “Community Development Concept” on 22-23 June 2008 for 11
partner staff from KORCD and CIDC. The training focused on facilitation and communication
with the grass roots people and engaged all participants to practice techniques in dealing with
villagers and local authorities, especially on facilitation of the community organizing and
approach of the sustainable development and phase out strategy. All staff reflected what they
learned in the class to their fieldwork with the community; they found that the theories are very
reflective to what they are doing in the field. During the practices in training, all participants
have been more active in facilitating the groups, understanding the community development
2
CIDC works in eight villages: Sochol, Srama, Trapeang Knong, Phdiek, Prey Prei, Kranhung, Prohut, and Smaonh
3
126 school children received school materials (books, pens, pencils, bags)
4
17 bicycles given to 17 children whose houses are very far from school.
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concept and facilitation skills. As shown in the course evaluation, 64% of the participants
understand over 80% of the community
development concept. 36% understand about 40%
as they are new to the community development
work. Within this reporting period, the project also
sent two KORCD staff to attend the training on
“Training of Trainer” in Battambang province in
February 2008. After this training, they improved
their skills in preparing the curriculum for training
and workshop. They are also able to train
community with less support from the partnership
project coordinator. Moreover, the quality of training
has been reported significantly improved compared
to last year.
3. Conflict resolution training turns the village leaders and VDCs to be key players in
solving conflicts in their communities
There are a number of conflicts on land dispute and domestic violence occurring in KORCD
target communities over time. Therefore, on 28-30 January 2008, KORCD staff with support
from the project coordinator conducted training on
“Conflict Resolution Part I” for 26 people (six
KORCD staff, ten VDCs and ten village leaders).
They came from the nine villages of KORCD target
areas5. The training engaged them to understand
the basic definition of violence, different types of
conflicts, Johary’s Window concept, root causes,
perceptions, prejudice, stereotypes, relationship,
gender and conflict, mapping and problem tree
conflict analysis. Theories practice was also
conducted for participants. The course evaluation
showed that almost all participants understand the
conflicts as some of them experience and meet VDCs and village leaders practiced conflict
conflicts for long time. As a result of the actual resolution skills
practice in the training, the village leaders and
VDCs said that they were interested in this training, and they felt confident with their learning
knowledge to help solve conflicts in their community.
After the training, participants could apply their learning skills to deal with the conflict resolutions.
For instance, during this reporting period there were 12 cases of conflicts occurred in eight
KORCD target villages, of which seven cases were domestic violence and five cases related to
land conflicts. With technical support from KORCD staff, the village leaders and VDCs facilitated
with the conflict resolutions. Finally 100% of domestic violence and 80% of land conflicts were
completely resolved while another 20% was sent to the higher level authorities for their
intervention. More surprisingly, the villagers saw their village leaders and VDCs become more
active in the conflict resolutions than before. At the same time people feel more confident and
trust the capacity of the conflict resolution committee for solving the conflicts. According to the
commune council report, domestic violence has been reduced significantly in Tnot Chum
Tymuoy, Tang Krasang and Pnov Commune. Having seen the positive outcome from the
training by the end of this reporting period, KORCD staff and local authorities were encouraged
to continue support and implementation to other villages.
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Veang Khang Cheung, Tuol Chan, Tnoat Chum Ti Muoy, Tang Krasang, Pnov , Pnov, Kang Meas, Kang Meas and
Thomm Neath
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4. SHG Women groups have more hope from their Krama weaving program in Kang Meas
and Adsu Villages
This year the partnership project has engaged KORCD and Adsu to promote the weaving
program in their target communities and target groups. Adsu Church weaving group increased
from four to eight women members with four looms (two traditional and two semi-auto looms).
The weavers come from the poor villagers with no income generating in the family. Adsu
weaving program has its own guidelines for income distribution, in which the net income is
distributed 50% for inputs and labors (member received 1,600 Riels per Krama), 10% for the
emergency assistance to the community people who are poor and sick, 20% allocated to the
Church and 20% for capital increase. However, Adsu has just started its program by mid-FY08
and they have potentials to grow in the future.
More significantly, the weaving program in KORCD target area has received an ongoing
coaching and support from both KORCD and the partnership project staff. Within this semester,
KORCD staff provided training on the semi-automatic looms6 to 24 SHG members for two weeks
under the support of Kompong Thom Partnership Project to improve the capacity and quality of
Kramas weaving. The weaving groups become more active and confident in using both
traditional and semi-auto looms for weaving. By the end of this FY, the weaving group members
produced 134 Kromas, which were sold to their neighboring villages. According to weaving
guidelines, the income is divided 20% of the net income allocated for repairs and maintenance
of looms, 50% for capital increase and 30% for program expansion. Although this net income of
241,200 Riels is not much money, the women groups expressed that this program promotes
their traditional heritage that was lost long time ago. It also provided work for the women in the
villages who are free from their farming work can join the weaving.
B. Expenses on inputs:
- Threads/cotton 26.80 Kilograms x 12,000 Riels/Kg = 321,000.00 Riels
- Labor 134 x 800 Riel/Krama = 107,200.00 Riels
- sub-total = 428,800.00 Riels
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semi-auto loom produces double production compared to traditional loom. One person can make two Kramas per
day by using this auto loom. Auto loom is more effective and efficient. KORCD purchased auto loom from Prasat
Balaing District, KPT (local man-made)
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Semi-auto looms produces more Kramas in short time
Based on the KORCD report and discussion with the weaving groups during the field visits, this
significant achievement was expressed by the group members in Kang Meas village. The
weaving program has been known to other organizations in Kompong Thom. Recently, the
weaving group provided five internships (three internships from Buddhism For Development
Kampong Thom and two internships from Tang Krasang village to expose and learn weaving
Krama.
5. Holistic Partner KORCD needs ongoing coaching from the partnership project
coordinator for their organizational improvement
As KORCD became a holistic partner for one year, it needs strong support in both technical and
organizational management. Within this reporting period, the KPT Partnership Project conducted
30 field visits to the community and office, in which the project coordinator attended five monthly
meetings and one annual meeting with KORCD staff. During the visit, the project staff saw
KORCD staff have 2008 quarterly and monthly plan available. The purpose of this field visit was
aimed at looking at the progress of project implementation together with quality of work and
providing feedback to the field staff. During the annual meeting, the project and KORCD staff
reviewed the FY08 work plan and found that KORCD successfully implemented all activities that
were planned in FY2008 with support from the partnership project coordinator. Also, all project
implementation guidelines7 and organizational policies8 were already reviewed. All project
guidelines were disseminated to the communities and stakeholders and organizational staff. At
the same time, KORCD also prepared Annual Plan 2009 in the meeting and was already
approved for implementation.
Lately this year, KORCD conducted Annual Reflection Workshop with support from the
partnership project coordinator, with involvement of all stakeholders, KORCD staff, VDCs,
commune councils, VCPMs, village leaders and representatives of the weaving groups. Through
a number of group discussions in the workshop, we received collective feedbacks and
suggestions for future improvement from the participants. Moreover, VDCs and VCPMs told
7
project guidelines: SHG, cowbank, ricebank, well construction, Elder Association
8
financial policies (salary scale, payment procedures, approval and cash management) and staff policies (work hour,
leave request, sickness, health care and treatment)
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KORCD staff that there should not have much changes in the plan. They also requested training
on request and report writing, bookkeeping as well as checking saving books of SHGs.
KORCD has already received one year support from CWS partnership Kompong Thom project.
We can see KORCD has improved many areas in organizational and program aspects with
mutual understanding and compassion for the organization. However, KORCD has many
different challenges. KORCD does not have its own motorbikes for staff to travel for their field
work. KORCD staff use their own old motorbikes with gasoline provided by KORCD. They have
difficulties traveling to the remote villages. In addition, KORCD can only use their computers at
during the night because there is no electricity during the day (electricity cost is soaring). On the
other hand, all KORCD’s computers are very old and running slowly. During the last quarter,
CWS received late financial and narrative reports from KORCD because of this reason.
KORCD’s requests for motorbikes and computers were raised and discussed in the beginning of
FY08 with the partnership program manager for consideration, but unfortunately there is a delay
in our response due to our budget constraint.
CIDC worked hard with local authorities and teachers to enable children who dropped out from
school to return to school. With funding support from CWS, CIDC was only able to purchase and
provide 17 bicycles to 17 schools dropped out children who live very far from school in Phan
Nheum commune. It was a difficult process of selecting vulnerable children to receive bicycles
as there were many children who needed them. Therefore CIDC staff worked closely with
teachers and local authorities to meet with their community to explain the purpose of the
bicycles support to those poor children who also live very far from school to avoid the conflicts
and jealousy in the community. During the meeting with the community, many poor villagers
requested bicycles for their children who live far from school as well. However, CIDC received
their requests for future consideration as they could not respond at the moment.
In addition, KORCD received one year capacity building for their staff, who still have limited
ability in report writing and proposal development. They require more time from the partnership
project coordinator to provide them with technical support and coaching. Especially, the quality
of information related to outputs, outcomes and impact are the most difficult parts for all partners
as they only know how to report on the achievement of activities. However, through a number of
face to face coaching with them, they finally articulated the information for better report and
proposal writing. KORCD still requires constant and continuing training in report and proposal
writing.
The first training on conflict resolution Part I in January 2008 for village leaders and VDCs in
Baray and Santuk District, was very useful for these communities as they face with land conflicts
and domestic violence. It was over expectation and amazing that the village leaders and VDCs
expressed their desire to learn the importance of conflicts resolution. During the training the
participants asked so many questions related to their issues and problems occurred in their
villages. They said the training was exactly what they wanted to help their community. This
training topic was developed from consultations between KORCD staff, local authorities and real
assessment of the situation in the villages.
In meeting with the field partners staff, they always raised that only few people from the
organization were sent to attend the training or workshop, which gave less training opportunity
for field workers. This finding is true because many partners sent the same staff to attend
different training courses. However, this concern should be carefully considered by the
partnership project and program staff when they invite partner staff for training and workshop.
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So, the Training Need Assessment should be carried out more efficiently. A capacity building
plan for each partner staff needs to be well prepared and coordinated by the Partnership Project.
It was suggested that the sender organization should send the right persons and CWS project
coordinator or facilitator should also double check the names of participant before registering
them in the training or workshop.
Lately the partnership project coordinator was assigned by SMT to attend the VBNK 2008
Annual Conference on the “Community Dialogues of Development for Today and Tomorrow” in
Banteay Meanchey Province. This attendance conflicted with the project schedule for
community development training for KORCD staff and VDCs. So, in order to adjust the time to
attend the above conference, the project reduced period of training from 5 days to 2 days.
However, the project coordinator found that the conference was interesting and she gained
some lessons learned on the techniques to facilitate different groups of ages and different levels
of knowledge that have formal and informal education background in order to achieve the
common goals.
This year, the KPT partnership project fully supported KORCD to achieve all activities plan in
FY08. In FY09, the project has plan as follows:
) Coordinate with the partnership program manager to select CIDC as holistic partner and
submit its proposal for FY09
) Build capacity of staff of KORCD and CIDC staff on financial management and Accounting
) Assist KORCD and CIDC to develop their quarter and annual plan
) Conduct echo training on Administrative to Admin staff of KORCD
) Support CIDC to conduct PRA
) Conduct training workshop on Conflict Resolution Part II for KORCD, VDCs and VCPMs
) Continue field monitoring to KORCD and CIDC
) Support CIDC to review their strategic plan
) Conduct quarterly meeting with KORCD and CIDC
) Write the project reports of FY09
) Assist KORCD and CIDC for proposal development for FY10
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2.4. ECUMENICAL PARTNERSHIP PROJECT
2.4.1 INTRODUCTION
CWS Partnership Program was founded by the Ecumenical Partners in Kompong Thom
province in 1996. CWS Cambodia now has incorporated an “Ecumenical Partnership” that
focuses on institutional building and as of lately, theological and ecumenical reflection among
several ‘ecumenical’ based organizations including the Cambodian Students Christian Mission
(CSCM), Kampuchea Christian Councils (KCC), and Initiatives for Change Association (ICA)
with recent work done among the Church Development Association (CDA) in Svay Rieng
Province.
Within this reporting period, the partnership project assisted KCC to conduct General Assembly,
development of the strategic plan and capacity building on management and programming while
similarly, ICA and CSCM received both training on various aspects, coaching and small grant
support. Particularly ICA significantly implemented the Cambodia-Vietnam Dialogue.
Objective 1: To strengthen the capacity of ecumenical partners CSCM, ICA, KCC and small
project fund recipients to facilitate program that will effectively and sustainable improve the living
conditions of the most vulnerable.
1.1 CWS’s support contributes to the changes of KCC’s leadership to move forward
Strategically, within this reporting period, the Ecumenical Partnership, as implemented by the
partnership program office staff, continues to focus on building the foundation of the ecumenical
partners, namely KCC, ICA and CSCM. These three partners have different areas to be built
and improved in terms of the organization and management as well as programming.
KCC requested their partners inside and outside Cambodia to assist them facilitating the 3rd
General Assembly. A week before the assembly took place, no one responded and willing to
support KCC. A few days later, KCC urgently approached CWS for help. The Partnership
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Program Manager and OD Program Officer were seen as viable team to support KCC in this
important event. The Partnership Program Manager called for an urgent meeting with former
KCC council members and organizing committee to ensure a proper preparation. KCC invited 80
KCC’s Church Representatives and their partners inside and outside Cambodia; with about 80
participants (70 church members and 10 partners). Of which, World Councils of Churches
(WCC), Christian Conference of Asia (CCA), Lutheran World Federation (LWF), ICC, CSCM and
other local church representatives were present.
The assembly is aimed at changing the leadership of KCC, in which the new leadership
members and structure must be selected during the assembly with presentation of the 5-year
accomplishment, discussion on the key issues, future directions, improvement plan and learning
about the ecumenism movement in the multi-cultural context. The assembly was carried out for
3 days from 27-29 March 2008 in Phnom Penh. The new leadership members were
democratically voted by all KCC members facilitated by CWS Partnership Program Manager.
Many key issues related to the selection process for the new leadership members were strongly
discussed among the organizing committee, former leadership members and the funding
partners. It was challenging for the facilitator to overcome the hard discussion. However,
Assembly finally elected general committee of 11 people (2 women); and 5 members1 (one
woman) of which were elected as the working committee.
nd
Dr. Mathew George, WCC (2 right) shared the Christian Unity The new KCC’s President, Som Chanboth (right) made speech
&Witness in multi-religious context .The former KCC’s to the assembly
Followed by the assembly, the new working committee demonstrates their high commitment in
re-organizing and revising by-laws, policies and looking at their program. With strong technical
support from the partnership program staff, KCC has developed its first draft of strategic plan
and presented to their funding donors including WCC, CCA and United Church of Christ (UCC).
Having seen the clear strategic directions and high commitment of the new executive committee,
CCA has already approved US$ 8,000.00 for administration support and sent one adviser to
assist the team to develop long term funding proposal. Through a meeting with KCC’s new
executive members expressed their sincere thanks to CWS Country Representative and the
partnership who continue to support KCC.
1.2 CWS Cambodia joins efforts with MCC and AFSC to support ICA
ICA is also one of the three Ecumenical Partners, working to mobilize the multi-cultural students
and young people and resources to support the vulnerable community people and promoting
peace building atmosphere across communities and nations. ICA has received capacity building,
1
1 president, 2 vice-presidents (one woman), 1 treasurer, 1 member
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technical support and fund from CWS, MCC, AFSC and other private sectors inside and outside
Cambodia. In order to make efficient and effective support to ICA, CWS invited MCC, AFSC and
ICA for a collaboration planning meeting. This first meeting was conducted at ICA office to
discuss the agreed principles of support between the three agencies, and also the roles and
responsibilities of each partners as well as communication channel. At the end of the meeting,
all partners agreed that CWS provides capacity building on organizational development,
accounting system and support small grants for Cambodian-Vietnam Dialogue while MCC and
AFSC supports administrative and program costs. The follow-up meeting between the three
partners and ICA was held at CWS Office to discuss the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU),
which indicates the collaborative and joint efforts to build capacity of the young people
organization. As a result of joint support, ICA has two permanent staff responsible for
administrative, communication and program work. In addition, once all partners understand well
about the partnership principles, roles and responsibilities and communications, the partnership
work with ICA, MCC and AFSC will be smooth.
With strong technical support and sponsor from CWS, AFSC, DED, MCC and MARYNOLL, ICA
organized the 4th Cambodia-Vietnam Dialogue (CVD4) on 7-16 March 2008 in Sihanouk Ville
and Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The dialogue engaged 50 youth, of which 25 are Vietnamese and
25 are Cambodians under the theme of “Listening and Understanding the Past with Respect and
Trust”. The workshop created opportunities for the two young groups to discuss various issues
related to the histories that hide in their hearts. With the honorable presence of H.E Son
Soubert, he said “understanding the histories of the two countries, not just by listening to what
others said, but by researching and looking for the fact. We are encouraged to get to know each
other in depth, feel pain of each other, to search for ways to get the two nations closer”. H.E
Soubert also added that “Buddha said, do not believe what I have said but look for yourself”.
There were different sessions that allowed all participants to think, reflect what happened in the
past and current fact, share their personal life to each other and present their stories and feeling
to other groups, teambuilding through cooking food together and playing sports and games at
the beach as well as family home stay. From time to time, the two groups listened to the
histories of their friends and started to feel and understand pain of others deeply. Moreover, they
felt close, related and dearly loved. According to the home stay with Khmer and Muslim (Cham)
families, the Vietnamese groups realized that they feel of being loved and respected by the host
families and the fears and misunderstanding washed away. In addition, during the closing
ceremony, all participants were encouraged to share their feelings and perception after the
workshop. One of the Vietnamese young man said “before I came to Cambodia, I heard a lot of
rumors and my family was fearful for my safety. When I came here, I realized that the people are
great” and another girl also expressed that “CVD4 has taught me many things. It was far beyond
my expectation. Through dialogue, I hope for a bright future”.
The final course evaluation showed that 100% of participants felt close friends, real family and
have touched with the deep feeling of being friend and reduced of tensions and
misunderstanding of the past histories. One of the Cambodian participants said “I changed my
behavior; I used to think that all Vietnamese are bad. Now I realized that is not true” while
another said, “I must find out the past mistakes and together with Vietnamese friends to shape
the future relationship among the young people.”2
2
for more details, refer to the Report of CVD4, 7-16 March 2008, Sihanouk Ville, Cambodia
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2.4.3 MAJOR CHALLENGES
All ecumenical partners of CWS are basically voluntary-based groups. ICA and CSCM are the
young group of volunteers from the universities who mainly still study and work. CWS has
committed to build their capacity based on their organizational development and program needs.
However, sometimes staff turned over quite often and the new replacement needs to take time
to learn the new system of the organization. This caused an ongoing effort from CWS to build
their capacity on the same topics and considered as a challenge for such young organization
groups. This challenge drew our attention to call ICA for the meeting with their funding agencies
including MCC and AFSC to provide some allowance for the core staff. As a result of meeting,
MCC and AFSC decided to support two permanent staff of ICA. However, CWS still provides
ongoing support to them, especially for capacity building on the accounting system and
reporting. CSCM still needs to build better accounting system and skills for the new staff.
The ecumenical partnership project is supposed to provide full support to all ecumenical
partners. However, within this reporting period, the partnership project coordinator had an
accident in December 2007 and resigned in April 2008. His absence created burden and time
constraint for the partnership program manager and OD program officer. The program manager
and program officer tried to coordinate and build capacity of the ecumenical partners but the
project failed to provide a proper training on the basic financial management for ICA and CSCM;
organize internship for ecumenical partners to learn the program implementation from the
partners in Kompong Thom; and organize the quarterly meeting for partners.
ICA has received support from different agencies including CWS, MCC, AFSC, MARYNOLL and
individual support in the country. Not all partners can coordinate their donor support well. ICA is
a young people organization that does not have experience in donor coordination. Through
numbers of meeting, MOU between ICA, MCC, AFSC and CWS was developed and all terms of
conditions are understood by all parties. Once MOU was understood by all parties, the burdens
to ICA had been much reduced, there is no overlap of the support; and program operations have
been smooth and clear.
CWS Cambodia has been supporting and promoting the ecumenical partnership for many years
with various aspects covering institutional building and programming. But our work has not been
widely known to others because of little demonstration within CWS staff, partners and donors.
On the other hand, ecumenical framework and the partnership program have no clear boundary
and limitations. In reality, the program has worked and supported ecumenical partners based on
their needs. This approach seems unlikely strategic and effective support for such partners.
Having seen this unlimited support, the partnership program, under the guidance of the Country
Representative, the framework of the ecumenical partnership has been clearly defined and will
be launched to all partners in the following years. This appears as good lesson learned for the
partnership program that the ecumenical partnership work should also be framed within the
partnership program with a clear boundary.
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2.4.6 FUTURE PLANS
) Recruit one staff to take responsibility for the ecumenical partnership project
) Support CSCM, KCC and ICA to review and develop three/five year logframe
) Continue to build capacity on accounting and financial management and conduct regular visit
to partners office and their field work
) Continue to build capacity on the project management, leadership, community development,
peace building especially ecumenism work
) The project staff will organize internship for ecumenical partners to learn on the program
development
) Launch the ecumenical framework
) Write proposal for funding
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INTEGRATED HUMANITARIAN MINE ACTION
MALAI DISTRICT, BANTEAY MEANCHEY
PROVINCE (LOCALITY DE-MINING)
3.1 INTRODUCTION
Malai district in Banteay Meanchey province is situated on the border between Thailand and
Cambodia and was the scene of heavy fighting for many years. The K5 mine belt runs through
Malai district, creating a barrier between communities and access to the border and employment
in Thailand. There have consistently been around 35 casualties per year according to
Cambodian Mine and UXO Victim Information System (CMVIS) data. Additionally, the area is
targeted due to its proximity to the border town of Poipet where scrap metal dealers are based
who target specific communities for the metal found in Remnants of Conflict1 (RoC).
The problems caused by mines and UXO in the ex-battlegrounds of Malai require continuous
intervention. MAG has sought to address these problems by providing efficient, effective and
safe clearance using an integrated Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA) team under the generous
support of Church World Service (CWS). The exact sites for clearance within the province were
selected by MAG, CWS, CFEDA, the Provincial Government (PMAC) and the Mine Action
Planning Unit (MAPU) prioritizing areas that, through the clearance of mines and UXO, will have
the greatest positive economic and social impact on the residents in the district of Malai.
During this project MAG provided an integrated response through the deployment of a Mine
Action Team (MAT) to clear mines and UXO affecting the social and economic development of
communities in of Malai district, Banteay Meanchey province. The HMA activities conducted by
the team directly enable CWS and its partner, Cambodian Family Economic Development
Association (CFEDA), to implement development activities within this district.
• Target sites were selected in Banteay TiII, Kbal Tumnob village Ou Sampoar commune
Malai district in Banteay Meanchey province.
• Capital resources identified in the proposal budget, namely 8 Minelab F3 detectors, were
procured and deployed to the MAT team in February 2008.
• A training session was conducted on Minelab F3 detector for the MAT in March 2008.
1 1
MAG uses the term Remnants of Conflict (RoC) to describe all items recovered and destroyed as part of its
humanitarian disarmament activities, which include Anti-Personal and Anti-Vehicle mines, Explosive Remnants of War
(ERW), abandoned and unexploded ordnance (UXO) and SA/LW. This term has been developed to reflect more
accurately the broad range of clearance activities undertaken by MAG
• Honda petrol strimmers deployed by the MAT have cleared 12,773 m² land in preparation
for manual clearance
Project Beneficiaries:
Direct
Task Land Provinc Distric Commun Villag Beneficiaries
Minefield Name
code Use e t e e Peopl
Family
e
Banteay
BM001 Meanche Ou Bantea
0 Banteay Ti Pir 3 Agri y Malai Sampoar y Ti Pir 13 56
Banteay Kbal
BM001 Meanche Ou Tumno
1 Kbal Tumnob 1 Agri y Malai Sampoar b 17 107
Total 30 163
2
As scrap metal gives off the same signal as a landmine, each piece has to be excavated carefully following Standard
Operations Procedures (SOPs), which is both a time consuming and labour intensive process
Total 12,773
TEAM LOCATION
• Refresher training for technical field staff took place in April. Training for deminers in using a
new dual sensor detection system took place for selected deminers in May. Training in process
mapping took place for members of the senior management team in June in Phnom Penh.
Minelab F3 training conducted in March 2008.
• Field monitoring visits to project operations are conducted by Mine Action Officers (MAO),
Standards and Training Officer (STO) and a Mine Action Coordinator (MAC). During the project
period 18 monitoring visits were made to the project sites.
Impediments to progress during the project period have been metal fragmentation. In
compliance with MAGs Standard Operational Procedures (SOPs) each piece of debris found
must be treated as if it were a mine and fully investigated. This is a time consuming yet
necessary process that slows down productivity.
Operations have also been slightly affected by adverse climatic conditions that have resulted in
some down time of the teams during the project period.
During the project period MAG teams received good cooperation from its partner, local
communities and the local authorities in the operational area.
Moung Chheang (41) and his wife, Pho Sinath live in Banteay Ti II village Ousampor commune
Malai district in Banteay Meanchey province. He is sometimes a worker and a farmer and
currently cultivates his land and to produce rice and Soya beans to support his family and
mother’s health treatment. Chheang and Sinath, along with some of their four children now live
in the village on a 30m x 600m resettlement plot. He told us how he risked injury or death in
attempting to clear this land to build a shelter for his family.
A MAG Mine Action Team (MAT) funded by Church World Service commenced clearance of
Banteay Ti II 3 minefield on May 15, 2008. The team found and destroyed 22 anti-personnel
mine (APM) and 10 items of UXO from the 8,980m² of suspect land cleared which will benefit 13
people from 56 families located in this area.
Chheang said, “The situation in our family is very difficult but hopefully it will be better after we
get land cleared to use for cultivation. I am so appreciative of MAG, also the donor.
In Cambodia, CWS prides itself on its leading partnership program strongly supported by the
ecumenical partners since 1997, in the past EED and ICCO, as well as AJWS. Currently the
northwest partnership program receives funding 60% from SED, 27 % from ICCO and 13% from
CWSNZL. CFEDA is one of the grass roots organizations that CWS is pleased to work with
through direct accompaniment in community development models, organizational development
and value based work specifically including peace, gender and democracy building encouraging
work with the newly established commune councils. CFEDA implements its integrated
community development program both in former Khmer rouge and non Khmer rouge in 16
villages in O’Chrev and Malai Districts in Banteay Meanchey Province to improve the living
standard of poor and vulnerable people in the area. The Program currently directly benefits
1,328 families (7,778 persons; 3,844 women), while indirectly benefiting 1,895 families (9,366
persons; 4,659 women). Here is the story of one of those families. Three CWS Cambodian staff
are directly involved in the local institution development for CFEDA.
Mean Tob is blind. He is married with 7 children. His wife, Mrs. Loch Savun, is 46 years old.
They live in a post armed conflict village in Ou Chrov district, Banteay Meanchey province.
Three of their daughters are married and live separately. He was a former soldier of KPNLF
opposition from camp “Soksan camp”, located along Cambodia-Thai border. After the Paris
Peace Accord in 1991, as other refugees living in camps along the Cambodia-Thai border, he
and his family were repatriated and they to Thmenh Trei village in 1992.
I wanted to participate in CFEDA’s land distribution project1 because we had no land. We lived
along the roadside. We were able to acquire a plot of land (400 m2) and were given the know
1
CFEDA purchases one hectare land, divides it for purchase to 18 landless families in their target areas. Each family
2
will receive a piece of land (around 500 m ) to build house and grow vegetable in order to have access to food.
CFEDA offers support to form a SHG and provides health messages. A pump well is built. The families pay CFEDA
within 5 years (around 40$) and then they receive land title. CFEDA used this model one other time with success to
date.
2. Have there been any changes in your life as a result of your participation in the
project? How has it affected your family?
• I feel safer now because I own a land plot to build a house with the tree seedlings and
vegetable seeds I am growing things.
• The health situation of my family members is improved since we received a water filter
and jar, kettle and mosquito net. You know malaria is a huge killer here.
• My dream is for my children that they have a better chance; they got school supplies that
we could never afford to buy and clothes so they are not ashamed to go to school.
• But the main thing for me as the head of the family is that CFEDA staff got my eyes
treated at the Banteay Meanchey Provincial Referral Hospital and I was able to regain
some use of my right eye.
• I live in a new community (community-distributed land) with other 17 families who also
received similar plots. In the community CFEDA facilitated and made possible the digging
of a needed pond for water. We also got a hand pump to get the water. Now we have
water available to use near our house and as so many of us really do not have enough to
eat, CFEDA used a ‘food for work support’ to our community to dig a new road. Life is
hard here.
• My family is one of 18 family members of the “Landed Families” group that CFEDA staff
set up; we can build needed relationships as well as have access to a savings scheme.
No one thinks poor people can save money and usually we can’t. In out “Landed Families
Group” we have opportunity to discuss with other members on problems faced, solutions,
and ways to help one another. It is easier to think about helping your neighbor when you
have something in your hand- like my house. This group is also a place where we get
information about health. And we heard about women’s rights and discussed domestic
violence. These are things we have never talked about in the past.
Mean Tob family, 21 Feb 2008 Top’s wife is planting mango tree provided by CFEDA
• It makes me and my wife hope 2for better future life because we live on our own land and
belong in this new community.
• Distribution plots of land to landless families that let them escape from the roadside.
• Improve living conditions of landless and poor people. We have more chance to get
exposed to new understanding in health prevention, and agriculture, and gender.
5. Has your participation in the project changed your role in the community? How?
• I joined the project in February 2007. I feel respected and recognized as others in the
community. Before, my family was looked down on and isolated. In November 2007, I
joined the Self Help Group with other landed families.
• I appreciate CFEDA who gave me a chance to join this project and now I can take care of
my family.
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hope: the combination of desire and anticipation
If you ask all staff in KNTO “who is the mostly friendly person in the organization?” you
immediately hear that Ms Kong Pheung Tav is the most friendly one. Pheoung Thav is one of
the potential Community Development Facilitators (CDF) in KNTO. Thav has worked as CDF
since late 2005. She was assigned to be responsible for building empowerment of the
community and life skills, especially related to household food security, focusing on agro-
economic production.
In handling her role as CDF, she was assigned to participate in various trainings and workshops
on PRA, CD concept, strategic planning, and lately TOT course conducted by CWS Partnership
staff. In working with the poor community people, Thav works directly with the poorest families,
coordinated with local authorities, and other government sectors. In working with SHGs, she
also provided training on bookkeeping, vegetable growing and compost fertilizer making…etc.
When the partnership staff talked to her, she said
that “It was a good chance that KNTO sent me to
attend the training on Training of Trainer (TOT) on
22-25 February 2008 in Battambang province. After
the training, I felt more confident to develop training
session plan, improved presentation skills,
developed teaching aid and prepared Learning
Action Plan”. Three months later, by following her
Learning Action Plan, she conducted two courses
on “Communication and Presentation Skills” for
VDCs, VPMCs, VLAs, VHVs, and Village Chiefs in
Bos Sbov and Rohal Commune with 20-24 participants ( 7-10 women)”. She also added that
“from time to time, the trainings sharpened my facilitation and presentation skills and I was
happy wsith the first training course that I conducted alone without support from the team and I
wanted to expand my skills to deliver more training courses”. She also expressed her strong
interpersonal skills and good presentation of her ideas. According to her manager, Mr. Sao Ry,
KNTO Director, “Pheoung Thav is a good facilitator; at least 50 % of trainees who received
training from her, expressed about her good facilitation skills. Moreover, Thav also works to
promote the women leadership in the villages. Recently, one of the women, Ms. Sieng Kim Sin,
in Kchas Village, a former VHV whom she supported, becomes a member of Commune
Councils in Bos Sbov commune.
Funeral association in Beng Popoul village has five committee members (2 women) and 144
families as members. Each family contributes 1,000 Riel per month. To date, the association has
received 550,000 Riel as contribution from its members.
ADOVIR has supported Mr Chharm and two other persons to visit funeral association in target
villages of CFEDA and DYMB in Banteay Meanchey province: Thmenh Trei and Domrey Leu.
In addition, this funeral association has received material support from ADOVIR such as cooking
pots, plates, soup bowls, spoons, kettles, water buckets and water dragged carts. ADOVIR has
also provided coaching and training to Funeral Association in Beng Popoul village on facilitation
and leadership skills, guidelines and structure reviews.
Finally, Mr Chharm thanks ADOVIR and CWS for their continuing support and assistance to his
funeral association that can respond to vulnerable people and families who are desperately in
need.
This photograph [CWS Phnom Penh Team] was taken in front of CWS Phnom Penh Office as souvenir for Ms Jenny
Pearson, VBNK Country Director, who retired after 13 years committed NGO development work
4.1 Introduction
The staff of the Central Office provide overall management services to the whole organization
including proposal development for new funding support, monitoring and evaluation, consolidate
reporting, financial and administrative. A transfer from each project to the central office covers
the cost of services. For this reason we include this report with each of the project reports.
The seven year strategic directions adopted by CWS Cambodia provide a clear and coherent
agenda guiding the organization and its operations into the next decade. In order to achieve this
agenda CWS Cambodia has had to review its institutional structure and culture as well as
organizational approaches to development practice. Along with measures aimed at
strengthening financial management and human resources management capacity, FMER was
established to monitor and support the project and program implementation activities. In July
2007 the formal M & E system of CWS Cambodia was developed with wider participation from
key staff. M & E system hand book was published as guide post for monitoring to ensure the
quality of project implementation while project and program staff are busy with implementation of
the activities. FMER carried out M & E system implementation as independent unit to monitor
and support project and program activities.
4.2.1 Planning:
Every fiscal year, during the month of March, each project and program develops an annual
detailed work plan showing how the program activities will be addressed in their location based
on the approved program plan. The first year of the phase II program plan (2008-2011), project
and program developed their own annual work plan in Log-frame and budget plan in the revised
format to standardize and accommodate with the format approved in Monitoring Handbook. The
final draft of annual work plans from each project and program were sent to FMER for cross-
checking for consistency in format and finalize for implementation.
4.2.2 Monitoring:
The full program monitoring for the first semester was conducted to monitor the programs
planning and then achievement of output. The three main objectives of this mid-year were
outlined to monitor the project and program activities included; enhance accountability, improve
management and decision-making and encourage learning. By this first program monitoring, the
project staff involved become more aware of what works well and what does not, and they can
make adjustments so that project or program implementation in future may be more successful.
The first formal monitoring activity was conducted from 10 December 2007 to 4 January 2008.
Projects which have been monitored are BTB and BTM Partnership, SvR WatSan, KPT
Partnership, and KPT and PVH VBCD Projects. The monitoring activities includes data
collection, interviewed beneficiaries, local authorities (commune chief, commune council, village
chief and village development committee), Project Manager, Project Coordinator, Team Leader
and Field Staff, and all CNGO staff. For the secondary data, we collected information from Log-
frame FY08, Monitoring Indicator Form, Detailed Annual Operational Plan of projects. At the end
The full program monitoring report served as internal document. Findings and recommendations
were presented with participation from all project and program staff to the project locations for
them to develop immediate actions and return back to FMER for follow up. By the end of June
2008, the main results of the recommendation from the monitoring were implemented/ taken
action includes;
Annual development plan: in March 2008, annual plan FY09 was developed with the
participation from all staff facilitated by program staff and supported by FMER staff,
Project implementation guidelines: In collaboration with project, programs have been
developing and revising some guidelines and some plan to develop in next year in order
to implement project activities well.
Job description reviewed: job description of staff in PVH and KPT VBCD project was
reviewed and clarified roles and responsibilities.
Proposal format for CNGO: proposal format for CNGO was developed by Partnership
Program Office in collaboration with project offices.
Project staff meeting: FMER has developed project staff meeting record format and
approved by POG for all projects within CWSC to use in order to improve sharing
information, keeping track on suggestion.
Capacity building of Admin/ Finance project staff: Admin/ Finance project staff were
trained IT Essential Training Course in order to improve their capacity to support
computer use in CWS and partner project offices.
CWS Cambodia has two complex and very different programs, the Direct Services Program is
implemented by CWS-C staff where the Partnership Program is carried out to build and
strengthen capacity of local partners so that they can implement integrated community
development activities in the remote and isolated areas where no others want to go. These two
different focuses make the monitoring team more attention on developing monitoring tools to
articulate their planning.
During the Program Oversight Group (POG) meeting to discuss the recommendations from
the first program monitoring, both Program Managers expressed the appreciation they
have for the deep sense of direction that they can feel to manage better towards “impact” and
having the “landscape view” as well as the “portrait feature” to find and see gaps that are hidden
due to the over all strength of the programming. They thought the first monitoring provided them
insight on are things so subtle that not even the field team would be have picked up on them!
From this first Full Program Monitoring, there are plans to revise water filter distributions to
reach more households than only the poorest of the poor, plans to draft well construction
guidelines to institutionalize best practice, and plans to be more strategic the way we
accompany partners after the first three years. The monitoring was satisfying to the staff as the
communities and partners recognized and applauded the value based work and commitment of
the CWS staff to reaching the needs of the most marginalized, in the reintegration process and
poverty alleviation in Cambodia. The Managers felt the success of the monitoring to date stems
from the participation of the staff in its development, as well as the care and methods of doing
on the monitoring itself.
FMER is preparing to conduct the 2nd semester FY08 monitoring in August because in June all
staff are busy with the year-end closing following with the year-end report writing. As July is the
month of the national election, we cannot carry out the monitoring in this month because
communities, local authorities will be busy with the election campaign. This second semester
monitoring will focus mainly on the follow up actions from the first full program monitoring and to
look for some results of changes from project implementation activities and effectiveness of
training to partners and communities. The projects to be monitored are PVH VBCD, KPT VBCD,
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SvR WatSan Cooperation, BTB-BTM Partnership and KPT Partnership Projects. Field activities
start from August 4 – 29, 2008. The finding from this second semester monitoring will be
presented in the following month.
4.2.3 Reporting:
As agreed by the funding partners during the Square-table meeting held in November 2006 at
CWS Cambodia office, all funding partners require six month progress report instead of six
month and annual report that used to submit to all funding partners for the past years. Adding to
the reports submitted in the first six months, there were another seven reports were submitted
on to the following funding partners and government department ministries; Semi-annual report
for first semester, six months audit reports for EED, two CDC reports for Royal Government and
ADPlan reports for Svay Rieng WatSan and Malai Demining projects for NCCA/AusAID.
In addition to the reports, six “Most Significant Change” stories were developed and submitted to
CWS NY HQ. One1 of stories from the six submitted was selected as the MOST success change
among all the stories submitted from the Asia Regional Office to discuss during the quarterly
CWS HQ Board meeting.
4.2.4 Newsletter:
CWS-Cambodia has been developing its internal monthly newsletter effective January 2008 to
bring interested readers and all CWS funding partners up to speed on events as they happen
and to give you all a better feeling for the facts on the ground; who have we helped, what have
we learned and how can we improve our work in the future.
Adding to the seven proposals submitted in the first semester to various funding partners, two
proposals were submitted in the second semester to seek additional multiple-years funding
support;
1. Three years proposal for Water and Sanitation Cooperation project in Svay Rieng
province was submitted to UMCOR new quadrennial 2008 – 2011(result will be
known in September 2008)
The two proposals submitted to Direct Aid Program (DAP) for supporting CWS partners CFEDA
and KNTO in BTB/BTM for FY09 in first semester (late December 2007) was approved. The
activities were implemented from July 01, 2008 – June 30, 2009.
CWS Program Database System was developed in April 2008 to support data management
from program and project. Database is developing in the means of reduction complexity of the
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“LEARNING ORGANIZATION ADDS NEW SYSTEM TO BRING CHANGE”, an organizational management
story told by the Program Oversight Group to the Country Representative.
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organization’s information system and helps to organize and structure data by program and
project especially centralizes and authenticates the access to data. Output from the database is
very important for reporting and strengthening the organization work. This will reduce the
amount of time for staff to manage data manually. Moreover it could provide more accuracy data
than the paper-based data which could be lost and difficult to backup with expensive cost.
From the last three months of developing the system, the Database Management Officer is now
in the process of standardizing the data collection forms for each project;
Direct Services Program will include Svay Rieng Water Sanitation, Kompong Thom and
Preah Vihear Village Based Community Development. There are main activities that are
going to keep track of data as listed including Capacity Building, Education to community,
Water Sanitation Cooperation Project, Emergency Reponses and Preparedness,
Credit/Saving, Health awareness.
Partnership program, the record will include detail information about holistic, non-
funding, small grant partners, their staff and their target areas. Moreover, there are
records of capacity building, field visit and coaching conducted to the partners in order to
strengthen their management work. The amount of small grant provided to partners is
also recorded.
Contact Data will contain the record of name, sex, age, contact number of CWS and
partner staff and some key people in community such as VHVs, VDCs, CCs, CDFs,
WSUGs, RCVs etc.
Village profile: This contains many indicators recorded about resources in the villages.
Example: number of people in village, number of household, number of people
able/unable to access the clean water, etc.
PRA: descriptive info about situation in the target villages which project conducted.
Example wealth ranking data of villagers, disease often happening in the village, etc.
Summarizing Tool: This main function in the database which provides the output of
calculation and summarization from all the data collected above. The tool will provide you
fast and accurate output which processed by computerize system. It could be
summarized beneficiaries from each project by province and time period. The number of
training or education provided to staff or community by specified villages and time period.
The number of partners with amount of grant provided by year.
The process of on-going data collection and collation is from the project and send to central
office in Phnom Penh. The central office in Phnom Penh is going to enter data into the database.
Finally, the summarization will be sent to management, reporting, program and project staff
every month or quarter or as requested.
4.3 Finance :
The Finance Office in Phnom Penh processes all of the financial transactions from each CWS
activity, produces monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and the annual financial reports to funding
partner organizations, government ministries as required. It also co-ordinates the audit activities
The finance office also provides all budget building worksheets to all CWS activities and
receives all proposed budgets for entry into CWS accounting system. The office is then able to
provide all detailed and consolidated budget sheets used in CWS program plan. In addition, the
office also keeps track of all estimated and committed funding so that the annual “Funding Plan”
is kept up to date. During the second semester of FY08, the Finance Team, with the ongoing
support from Director for Programming, plays an important role in the review of the last six
month budgets and making adjustments in them when necessary to fit expected levels of
income. The last six months budget FY08 was reviewed for all Projects and Programs to
achieve the realistic budget for the whole year FY08 expenditure and input into the ACCPAC
Accounting system. Finance also facilitated the Annual budget FY08 and reviewed for all
Projects and Programs
During the last six months of FY08, each finance staff member including the Deputy Finance
Manager, the cashier and the Data Processor play an important role in promoting the
transparency and accountability for the organization as a whole. All Finance staff has shown
their competency to fulfill their jobs independently and effectively.
Interim Finance Manager communicated with Standard Chartered Bank and set up Straight to
Bank system (S2B) with the support from IT officer in order to check CWS account directly in
Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore.
In the last six months of FY08, the Finance Department achieved the followings:
• Prepared mid-year of FY08 financial reports and narrative reports submitted to funding
partners and the Royal Government of Cambodia.
• Participated in mid-year Budge review for FY08 with all Project/Program Managers.
• The Interim Finance Manager consolidated the mid-year budget review FY08, annual
budget FY09, prepared the funding plan based on the new figures of annual budget
FY09 and submitted for the Country Representative’s approval.
• Amended the “Line of budget Approval” for Director for Programming, form which was
approved by all Senior Management Team members.
• The cash security in the second semester of FY08; the funds transfer from other funding
partners including EED, ICCO, ODD, NCCA, CWSNZ.
In addition to the routine work within finance department, special effort was made to check the
financial system of CFED, former CWS CNGO partner in Svay Rieng, as requested from the
Mekong Plus the current funding partner for CFED and to CFEDA, the current CWS plan
partner. The finance office staff (Interim Finance Manager, Deputy Finance Manager and
Finance Assistant I) visited two times to CFED and one time to CFEDA for this second
semester. During these visits staff reviewed implementation of all financial procedures, identified
the needs of project staff and provided support to strengthen their skills. All project finance staff
and manager of CFED and CEFDA were taught how to use the information provided to them in
the monthly financial reports (general ledger, balance sheet, etc). A written recommendation
found in CFED during these visits was provided to Mekong Plus for their follow-up action.
This year the finance office was asked to prepare the full financial audit every six months as
required by EED Internal Controlling Desk. This requirement is an extra ordinary work load in
After the rapid departure of the Finance Manager at the end of December 2007, the Field
Accounting Officer was transferred to take responsibilities of managing finance department as
an Interim Finance Manager. All findings and recommendations for follow-up actions plan from
the first semester were kept on hold until the Finance Manager is replaced, targeted in
September 2008.
4.4 Administration:
The Administration Office provides a variety of supports to CWS Cambodia program making
sure that staff work comfortably, safely and effectively and that the integrity of the organization is
maintained. This includes all operations of the agency.
Office space and outsourcing: The Administration Office (AO) manages all new and renewed
contracts for office space for CWS in Cambodia including contracts for consultants and
internship/volunteers and Country Representative’s house. During the reporting period, five
leases of Country Representative’s house and four field offices in Svay Rieng, Kompong Thom,
Battambang and Banteay Meanchey were renewed. Please see detailed list of visitors in a table
of External Visitors.
Purchase of office equipment and supplies for projects: The AO purchased stationeries,
supplies, office furniture and equipment for staff members in Phnom Penh, maps, T-shirts, bags,
generator and jack for bio-sand for the Preah Vihear Project. Office assets such as computers,
printers, filing cabinets, computer desks, office chairs, LCD and standing screen were also
purchased for staff in Phnom Penh and in the provinces.
Regulations and Formalities: Approvals from the relevant government ministries are
necessary for vehicle acquisition and process of registering motorbikes and obtains appropriate
license plates. The Administration Office also liaised with MFA-IC to renew one-year multiple
visas for CWS Country Representative.
Operations: The AO is in charge of arranging transportation for CWS staff, donors and visitors
in Cambodia, both in Phnom Penh or to the project areas in the provinces; provides logistics
support to visitors, donors, and funding partners while they are in Cambodia, and provides the
coordination of passport extension, purchase airline tickets and request for entry visas for staff
members who travel abroad. The AO is responsible for sending/printing Mid-year/End year 2008
Report, quarterly CDC Reports, newsletters, correspondence and shipment within Cambodia
and abroad; arranges logistics for workshop inside and outside CWS office. All fixed assets in
Phnom Penh office, Kompong Thom, Svay Rieng, Battambang and Banteay Meanchey and
Preah Vihear offices are also maintained and taken care by the AO.
Local Institution Development: CWS Cambodia has provided learning opportunities through
internships to two trainees from a local partner, Cambodian Women’s Development Agency, for
office skill practice. The trainees completed a three-month short course on office skills through
working closely with Receptionist. They learned basic office skills in answering phone calls,
sending faxes, taking messages, greeting visitors, typing and copying documents for staff. To
date 15 intern women have got employment elsewhere after completing their assignments with
CWS.
Security: The AO fills out and sends CWSC’s security report to New York every quarter. Two
weeks before the national election campaign started on 26 June 2008, the Administration Office
has sent out a memo to all CWS staff informing them to stay neutral by not wearing t-shirts or
caps of any political party and/or to follow/join the procession of any political campaign during
one month period of election campaign, which was due to end on 25 July 2008. The national
election was held on 27 July 2008.
On March 21, 2008, file server was down. All staff in Phnom Penh Office could not have
access to their electronic files and folders stored on sever machine. It took one week for
IT staff to resolve this problem. Now the server is working better because more space
was added to SCSI disks, which function through enlarging the size of the current
storage for users to store their data (RAID 5); and RAID 0/1 secure the operation system
(Windows) to ensure its run smoothly while sever is loading the operation system without
detecting hardware failure.
IT Department performs daily monitoring of Internet and website, Email, and Fileserver
system to ensure they are updated and running properly. IT Department selects Norton
Anti-virus software called Symantec Corporate 10 for Server and Clients machines with
weekly update to prevent LAN and all computers (both sever and clients machines) from
viruses, spasm and hackers attack.
Back-Up Data
On March 25, 2008 the new configuration was applied to ISA (firewall) to protect the
CWS system from the outside hacker and to ensure that each user will have their correct
access according to the IT Policy that has been assigned (the configuration enables only
certain users to have access to the outside source -internet).
During the reporting period, IT Department conducted a three-day training from 3-5 May
at CWS Phnom Penh Central Office with three project staff from Kompong Thom, Svay
Rieng, and Battambang/Banteay Meanchey provinces. The training was aimed at
providing basic knowledge on Information, communication and technology (ICT) to
participants by focusing on the following areas;
Job announcement: During the reporting period, the Administration Office placed job
advertisements in The Cambodia Daily newspaper and put in CCC boxes of each NGO member
for the position of Emergency Response and Preparedness Assistant, Project Coordinator for
Community Health, Community Worker for Watsan and Health Education, Program Officer for
Health, Finance and Office Assistant, Community Development Worker, Field Accountant.
Table below shows details of CWS-C’s external visitors from January to June 2008:
Purposes
No. Visitors’ Sex Country Agency
Representative for
5 Mr. Skip Dangers M Monitor
Asia/Pacific
Conduct training on
7 Mr. Betman Bhandari M CAWTS Household Water Testing
(Host by CWSC)
Conduct training on
8 Ms. Millie Adam F CAWTS Household Water Testing
( Host by CWSC)
a. Inflation affects everybody; but it hits the poor harder than others. The poorest of the poor
spend almost their entire income on food and because of the high food prices, these people start
to eat less, or less nutritious food, leaving them hungrier, less likely to be productive and earn a
living; and become more vulnerable to illnesses. This situation is an absolute fact and cannot be
denied by anybody. Because wages of poor and vulnerable groups do not increase as much as
the inflation rate, these groups generally fall further into poverty. In some cases, it was
confirmed that while some families pull their children out of school to help earn additional
income, others stop sending their children to school because they have to pay higher school
fees to the teacher. In short, inflation has a negative impact on people's wealth, health,
education, and the opportunity to lead a productive live. To reduce the impact of inflation on the
poor, the NGOs in Cambodia would like to share their suggestions to the communities, non-
governmental organizations, private sector, donors, and the Royal Government that aim to help
to address the issues in a holistic manner. A full list of suggestions can be found at
http://www.ngoforum.org.kh, the main suggestions are:
o Immediately increase food aid, scale-up social protection programs, and targeted micro-
credits;
o Immediately review all public and private rice stocks and take appropriate actions to
ensure availability of rice for local consumption before the next harvest;
o Increase production of rice, vegetables, meat, and fish by small scale producers
facilitated by more public and private investment in the agricultural sector, water
management and rural development.
b. The situation of human trafficking and exploitation in Cambodia has not decreased compared
to the last ten years and the market is now demanding the youngest girls. AFESIP has rescued
4,000 women who were trafficked by brothels, karaoke bars and massage parlors and brought
them to its health care center. The victims were between 16 and 20 years old. Most had little
education and many came from rural areas on the promise of getting a job. (Source: Phnom
Penh Post newspaper on February 22-March 6, 2008 on page 5) .
c. Ahead of Cambodia’s fourth general election on July 27, more than 20,000 community leaders
have benefited from UNDP-supported training enabling them to better inform their communities
about electoral processes and procedures. Such a nationwide training on electoral processes is
the first of its kind in Cambodia. With an improved understanding of rules and their
responsibilities during the election period, community leaders are now better placed to address
issues of political intimidation and non-compliance with electoral laws, as well acting as a source
of information for their communities, says Sophie Baranes, UNDP Cambodia Deputy Country
Director. In the course of one month, 405 training sessions were conducted in all 24 cited
reduced allegations of political intimidation and non-compliance with regulations during the early
stages of this election campaign period, compared to previous elections, as evidence that such
training was achieving its desired goals. Limited communications and infrastructure in rural
areas, where most Cambodians live, makes it difficult to deliver information about electoral
procedures and processes to voters. Community leaders play an important role, not only in
disseminating vital information to their communities, but also in encouraging eligible voters,
especially women and other disadvantaged groups, to participate on polling day. (More than
20,000 community leaders trained in electoral processes and procedures. (2008, 2 July) UNDP
Cambodia Retrieved Sept. 2, 2008 from http://www.un.org.kh/undp/Democratic-
governance/More-than-20000-community-leade
4.5.1 Personnel
During this reporting period, Human Resource Department in cooperation with other related and
associated departments/units of CWS Cambodia recruited 15 new staff members to take over
new positions and replace several staff members because of their resignations, promotions and
terminations. Table below shows exact numbers of employees who were newly hired:
4.5.4 Termination
4.5.5 Promotion
During this reporting period, two staff members were promoted: an Interim Finance Manager in
Phnom Penh who starts his work from 07 December 2007 replacing Finance Manager who
resigned on 2 January 2008, and a Project Coordinator in Kompong Thom has been promoted
to Project Manager effective 01 February 2008 following the resignation of the previous Project
Manager.
All staff members have the opportunity to attend either short training courses or continue their
academic study. For internal trainings, 63 staff (one staff member attended training from two to
three times) were able to receive eight different trainings to further enhance their skills. External
trainings in Cambodia consisted of 11 different trainings with 26 staff participation. Moreover,
staff members are able to attend short training courses abroad based on their work
requirements.
CWS provides partial and full financial support to staff members for their academic study, which
is relevant to their current work as well as for their future career. Two staff members are
continuing their academic study for a bachelor degree in English and Finance and Banking this
semester.
Several in-house trainings were conducted to strengthen the knowledge of CWS staff members.
The list of trainings shows in the table below.
15 Community Development Workers continue to attend CHART training course to better serve
the community they work in using the CWS community development model. Expected outputs of
the training:
Senior Program Manager for Direct Services, Director for Programming and Country
Representative attended a one-day workshop on “Mobilizing for Climate Change and
Sustainable Development” held in Jakarta, Indonesia on 24 April 2008 organized by CWS-
Indonesia. This workshop was the preliminary discussion among the CWS field offices in the
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Asia region to understand the risks from climate change and how to integrate the prevention
activities within development initiative in line with the Kyoto Protocol, which came into force in
2005, allows for emission reductions to be incentivized and achieved through three flexible
mechanisms – International Emissions Trading (IET), Clean Development Mechanism (CMD)
and Joint Implementation (JI).
The Climate Change and Carbon was presented and discussed during the CWS Management
Team meeting upon return from the workshop to find ways on how CWS Cambodia’s capacity
can be integrated into CWS Program Plan 2008 – 2011 with Climate Change Initiatives in order
to contribute to the triple bottom line and increase long term sustainability as well as to be
exposed to a wider audience of donors who are willing to contribute based on their sustainability
criteria and climate change mitigation/adaptation advantages.
Summary tables of Staff Who Attended Internal, External and Overseas Training Courses
Institutions (Days)
Number of
attended staff
BTB&BTM
KPT&KVH
PNP
SRV
CHART training(CDW) VBNK 1 year Jul 07-Jun 15
08
(2 project managers )
(Project Coordinator)
Number of
attended staff
BTB/BTM
KPT/KVH
PNP
SRV
Mobilizing for Climate CWS Indonesia 1 day 24 Apr 2
Change and
Sustainable
Development
(Director for
Programming and Snr
Program Manager for
Direct Services)
All staff members are expected to understand the contents of the National Staff Policy to apply
them in full when they are dealing with personnel issues.
If they could not find any significant issue written in the policy or where the set policy cannot be
implemented, staff members are encouraged to raise and consult the issue with HR Manager as
to the appropriate actions to be taken.
The HR Manager and SMT members have amended and developed some tools in the National
Staff Policy to make it more accurate and effective in the course of its implementation. The
updated tools in the National Staff Policy are:
• The Human Resource Manager is collecting and compiling data of training records from
each staff member in order to know who has attended the training and who has not. This
record is helpful and more effective for Human Resource Department to manage and
build capacity for staff members. At the moment, HR Manager is looking for specific
software that can help maintain and manage staff training records for easy analysis and
management.
• Human Resource Manager and Direct Service Program Manager have jointly organized
a meeting in June 2008 with 40 Direct Service Project Staff to discuss revision of job
descriptions of all Direct Service staff. The purpose of the meeting was:
Human Resource Manager is also planning to have similar meeting with another group of
program staff members next month.
• On the issue of global inflation and its impact, CWS Senior Management Team has
organized a meeting on 27 June 2008 at CWS Phnom Penh Office with all staff members
and discussed the following topics:
Two weeks later, the SMT sent a letter to our funding partners with detailed explanations and
requested them to consider the effects that are having on all CWS staff in Cambodia. We
received acknowledgement of our letter from one of them.
Office: 69z, Street 450, Toul Tumpong II, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Phone: (855) 23 217 786, Fax: (855) 23 216 014
E-mail: info@cwscambodia.org, Website: www.cwscambodia.org
APPENDIX I
SUMMARY OF FINANCES
AND
VARIANCE ANALYSIS
Management is responsible for keeping proper accounting records, which disclose with
reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Organization. They have general
responsibility for taking such steps as is reasonably open to them to safeguard the assets of the
Organisation and to prevent and detect fraud and other irregularities.
• Revenues are US$ 1,330,339-that is above budget in the amount of US$ 1,345,112
• Expenses are US$ 1,275,164that is US$ 69,349 or 5% below the budget.
• CWS – Cambodia received a clean report from the auditors
The financial report as well as income and expense statements can be viewed as below:
Opening
The financialFund Balance:
audited report as well as income and expense statements canUSD$ 266,940
be viewed as below:
The following record is the track down of the financial statements on incomes and expenditures
from different fiscal year as:
Income by Source
( ) = Percent last year
AJWS
0% (1.91%) Other sources CWSW/New York
13.63% (18.45%) (SED)
ADPC 22.71% (9.82%)
2.49% (2.49%)
CWS/NZ
2.84% (3.34%) ICCO
5.19% (15.24%
CWS ODD
4.91% (7.91%)
NCC/A
10.87% (9.25%)
UMCOR
3.76% (7.48%) EED
33.60% (23.71%)
Expenditure by Location
( ) = Percent last year
SVR CD
ADPC Project 13.79% (8.68%)
PP Central Office 0.46% (4.12%)
23.93% (16.47%) Ecumenical PS
1.71% (1.17%)
DIPECHO
0% (7.59%)
CD program
0% (9.73%)
KPT CD
32.54% (21.90%)
BTB-LID KPT-LID
19.32% (14.32%) 5.31% (6.65%)
BTM Demining
2.94% (9.36%)
Learning
Advocacy Organization Emergency
8.74% (7.75%) 0% (0.14%) Response
7.78% (18.88%)
Health
16.12% (12.69%)
Local Institution
Building
37.05% (41.02%)
Food Security
Unallocated Office 5.89% (3.06%)
Costs
24.43% (16.47%)
Year 2007
600,000 Year 2008
500,000
400,000
300,000
200,000
100,000
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Emergency Local Food Unallocated Health Advocacy Learning
Response Institution Security Office Costs Organization
Building
LIABILITIES
Represented by :
FUND BALANCES
CWS program
Svay Rieng WatSan Project 4 (56,425.34)
Ecumenical Partnership 5 (21,781.99)
Kompong Thom Community Dev 't Project 6 147,737.14
Kompong Thom Partnership 7 4,425.92
Banteay Meanchey Demining Project 8 193,343.71
BTB / BTM Local Instituion Dev 't Project 9 61,817.84
Phnom Penh Central Office 12 (7,541.81)
ADPC Project 13 (60.00)
DIPECHO Project 14 - 321,515.47
Amount
Cash at Banks USD
Amount Amount
USD USD
Amounts Receivable
Advances to CWS Projects and staff
Staff Advances
Project Advances 0.00
Awaiting reimbursement :
Telephone deposits 2,527.00
Josephine Barbour Personal
CWSW - Cow bells /Scarfs and shipping
Other Debtors 2,527.00
Amount Amount
Amounts payable : USD USD
Held in trust :
National Taxation
Funds Held in Trust 0.00
Provident Fund 126,609.02
Vehicle Replacement Funds 100,790.00
Funds Reserved 347,928.00
Josephine Barbour - Personal 614.13
CWSW - Cow bells /Scarfs and shipping 0.00
Output 1.1:
Enhance program coordination with ▪ At least 2 networking meeting with ▪ Meeting report
sectoral forums (NGOs and relevant NGOs and Government
government) at national level Institutions
▪ At least one networking meeting with ▪ Meeting report
DOLA/PLAU
Activities CWS's Inputs Actual Output Variances/ Remarks
1.1.1 Attend the networking meeting ▪ Program Manager/Officer, vehicle ▪ Attended two times PRN-C meeting Done in the Mid-Year 08
with relevant NGOs and one time in Food Security
Government Institutions Network workshop, two times with
MEDiCAM
▪ One workshop on solar water
disinfection (SODIS) research
organized by MRD and ADRA.
▪ Four meetings with NGO Forum:
two meetings of Pest Reduction
Network in Cambodia (PRN-C)
discussed solution for
pesticide affected users in
Cambodia, one meeting on
National Budgeting and one
Political Forum on “Governance
of Land and Natural Resources”
1.1.2 Attend networking meeting Program Manager/Officer, vehicle ▪ Attended training workshop on Done in the Mid-Year 08
related to Commune Council/ Citizen Rating Report (CRR)
Decentralization affairs with CCSP
▪ 1 workshop with MRD on Local
Governance, Identification and
and Targeting of Most Vulnerable
Families sponsored by GTZ.
▪ 1 Annual Reflection workshop
on NGO Liaison Office Network
organized by Department of Local
Administrative (DoLA) and Commune
Council Support Project (CCSP)
1.1.3 Arrange meeting with relevant ▪ Program Manager/Officer, budget ▪ Attended workshop on nationalism
NGOs & Government Institutions materials, vehicle and its effect to society and political
( ACT) in October 2007 (two days)
1.5.2 Conduct capacity assessment ▪ Program and project staff, vehicle, ▪ Not done ▪ Plan in FY09
of CCs, VLs and CDFs in budget, materials
preparation for handing over
1.5.3 Conduct orientation meeting on ▪ Program Manager, Program Officer, ▪ Not done ▪ Plan in FY09
exit strategy guidelines to staff Program Coordinator, guidelines
Output 1.6:
Assess and select new target ▪ 40 new target villages in SvR ▪ Baseline survey report ▪ Potential villages available
villages and community partners identified
Output 2.1
Improve overall community health ▪ 20 staff trained in primary health care ▪ Training report ▪ Staff have better
status and individual health understanding on preventable
condition diseases
▪ Health guidelines revised ▪ Health guidelines ▪ Staff refer to health and
nutrition guidelines to
▪ Nutrition guidelines developed ▪ Nutrition guidelines implement activities
Output 3.1
CWS staff play an active role in ▪ 20 CWS staff trained on peace ▪ Training report, participant list ▪ Staff demonstrate their
facilitating conflict resolution in concept, conflict resolution, trauma commitment to bring and
target communities and building management integrate peace concept
peace into their daily work
▪ 20 staff trained on Anti-Corruption ▪ Training report, participant list ▪ Staff commit to apply Anti-
strategies Corruption value in their
professional as well as
personal life
Output 3.2
VDCs, CCs, CDFs active in ▪ 20 project staff (KPT-PvH, SvR) ▪ Training report and participants ▪ Staff accept LCP concept
responding to conflict in their trained on Local Capacity for Peace list as insight knowledge
communities and utilizing Local concept and assessment
Capacities for Peace approaches
▪ Local Capacity for Peace applied in ▪ Post training evaluation, field ▪ Staff constantly aware of
development work in at least 15 assessment and field trip report the consequence of their
villages action
3.2.2 Conduct LCP field assessment ▪ Peace Coordinator, budget, materials, ▪ Not done ▪ Staff were not able to
vehicle conduct because they were
on CHART training, which is
the core course to implem-
ment VBCD Project, next
plan in Sept. 08
Output 4.1
Establish Village Disaster Prepare- ▪ 20 staff able to provide CBDRM ▪
dness Committees and provide training to VDPC
necessary support so that they can
function well ▪ 2 Disaster Preparedness meetings
conducted at provincial level
Activities CWS's Inputs Actual Output Variances/ Remarks
4.1.1 Coordinate with NCDM to ▪ ERP Coordinator, budget, materials ▪ The Plan was cancelled and ▪ ERP budget was not
provide refresher training to 20 included in Project's work plan allocated.
staff in CBDRM for FY09. TNA on CBDRR conducted
in Preah Vihear and Kompong Thom
4.1.2 Conduct training on Sphere ▪ Program Officer, ERP Coordinator, ▪ The Plan was cancelled and ▪ ERP budget was not
Minimum Standard and Account- Program Assistant, budget, materials included in Project's work plan allocated.
ability to 25 CWS staff for FY09. TNA on Sphere and
Accountability conducted in
Phreah Vihear and Kompong Thom.
4.1.3 Conduct Orientation to CWS ▪ ERP Coordinator, ERP guidelines ▪ The ERP Guidelines is still in the reviewin ▪ ERP Program is developing
staff on Disaster Management process for M&E CBDRR Standard Package
and Emergency Response Guideline for ERP was also of Activities including ERP
guidelines unanticipated assigned to develop Project and M&E Guidlines
for the FY09.
4.1.4 Coordinate with project staff ▪ ERP Coordinator, Project staff, budget, ▪ Done in the first semester of ▪ ERP budget was not
and PCDM to conduct disaster materials, vehicle FY08. allocated.
preparedness meeting
▪ A workshop on provincial
disaster risk reduction action
plan launching was conducted
on September 13, jointly with ADPC
, NCDM at Chne Tonle meeting in
Svay Rieng. 136 persons participated
include, NCDM, PCDM of Svay
Rieng, all the DCDMs, CCDMs,
Provincial Department/Unit(s),
PADEK, CRS, UNICEF, Oxfam,
CFED, ADIFE and ACLEDA Bank
Output 4.2
Improve staff capacity on emergen- ▪ 20 staff trained on Community Based ▪ Participant list, training report ▪ Staff are able to apply their
cy first aid to apply at community First Aid (CBFA) knowledge to community
level
Activities CWS's Inputs Actual Output Variances/ Remarks
4.2.1 Coordinate with CRC to provide ▪ ERP Coordinator, budget, materials ▪ The Plan was cancelled and ▪ ERP budget was not
CBFA training to 20 project staff included in PVH and KPT allocated.
Projects' work plan for FY09.
5.2.6 Provide training on 6D/PPCM ▪ Com Dev Program Officer/Project ▪ Provide 4 day-training course ▪ Done in first semester
Model to 20 project staff Manager on 6D/PPCM to 20 Project staff of
Kompong Thom and Preah Vihear
Output 1.1:
Enhance program coordination with ▪ At least 4 coordination meetings with
sectoral forums (PROCOCOM) related provincial departments
provincial departments (PDRD, ▪ Five coordination meetings with 3
PDoA, PDoE, PDoH), district district authorities and related offices
authorities and CCs ▪ 18 meetings with commune councils
from 6 communes.
▪ Six meetings with PROCOCOM
▪ At least 2 coordination meeting with
PLAU for training/workshop for CCs
Variances/Remarks
Activities CWS's Inputs Actual Output
1.1.1 Attend coordination meetings ▪ Project Manager, Project Coordinators ▪ 2 Coordination meeting with ▪ PDRD told us that they use
with PDRD, PDoA, PDoE, PDoH Program Officers PDRD took place as resulted ADB fund for WatSan
1.1.3 Organize quarterly meetings with ▪ Project Manager, Project Coordinators▪ Quarterly meeting was ▪ Quarterly meeting at commune
commune councils for Program Officers, budget, vehicle conducted by project staffs level was replaced by village
6 communes with VDCs, VLs and CCs at level meeting so that other key
village level persons can participate
1.1.4 Attend PROCOCOM monthly ▪ Project Manager, Project Coordinators▪ Project staff attended four ▪ Project was asked to jointly
meeting Program Officers, budget, vehicle PROCOCOM monthly support AIDS Day
meeting. (two times in the first semester)
1.1.5 Network with PLAU ▪ Project Manager, Project Coordinators▪ Project Manager and project ▪ Commune plan of
Program Officers coordinator attend integrated Sraoeurng is 70% in consistent with
commune plan meeting project plan
▪ Not done in the Second ▪ The Project has not any related
semester activities yet with this unit, on the
other hand, topic of meetings
were not related to the Project
Variances/Remarks
Activities CWS's Inputs Actual Output
1.2.1 Conduct VDCs/CCs quarterly ▪ Budget, Staff, materials ▪ 4 VDC/CC quarterly meetings
meeting for improving and with 24 VDC members, 12 VLs
strengthening capacity of and 2 CC members conducted
VDCs/CCs in target areas in 12 target villages
1.2.2 Conduct annual planning ▪ Budget, Staff, materials ▪ Project staff coached VDCs ▪ The capacity of VDCs to
workshop to VDCs, VLs and CCs to develop village development develop village plan is very young
in 30 villages plan, resulted 10 villages so project staff need more time to
develop development plan coach them.
prepared in 10 villages
1.3.2 In coordination with VDCs, ▪ Project field staff ▪ Not done in small group, but ▪ The household planning is
organize small group meeting facilitated individual VP house- in part of the family
with VPs to develop household holds planning for 20 families in assessment plan, it is just
planning 4 villages of Sraeung commune listed down important points not
and 5 families in one village of making detail plan yet
Tipo commune
1.3.3 Support and monitor VPs in ▪ Budget, staff, materials ▪ On going support VP to ▪ Project supported small
implementation of household plan implement family grant for income generation
development plan for 18 and project staffs are
families in 6 villages monitoring their activities
1.3.4 Conduct workshop on family ▪ Budget, staff, materials ▪ Not done ▪ Workshop will be done
assessment to 120 VPs in the next semester
Output 1.4:
Improve literacy and numeric ▪ 9 literacy teachers selected and ▪ Project report, attendant list
among 9 target communities trained
▪ 180 illiterate people (50% women) ▪ Project report, examination
able to read and calculate result
▪ 9 literacy classes in 9 villages ▪ Monitoring report, student list,
functioned well teachers' record
▪ 20 sets of community mobiled ▪ Community mobiled libraries
libraries established
Variances/Remarks
Activities CWS's Inputs Actual Output
1.4.1 Coordinate with Provincial/ ▪ Budget, Project staff, materials ▪ Coordinated with district ▪ 3 literacy teachers are
District Non-formal Education education office, as result identified, in Beng, Thmey
to select and train literacy deputy chief of district and Tomnub villages
teachers with 30% women education office is assigned (1 woman) and Anlung Slen
as partner with CWS-project will be identified in January
1.4.4 Collaborate with WFP to provide ▪ Project Manager/ Coordinator, ▪ Not done ▪ Refer to 1.4.2
food to students and teachers Program Officers, budget, vehicle
1.4.5 Support education materials to ▪ Budget, Project staff, education ▪ Not done ▪ Refer to 1.4.2
180 students and 9 teachers materials, illuminating materials,
1.4.6 Cooperate with Education Office ▪ Budget, Project staff ▪ Not done ▪ literacy classes not open at
to organize International Day community yet. So project
of Literacy planned to open classes first.
So project was cancel to
organize International Day of
Literacy.
1.4.7 Support 20 sets of community ▪ Budget, Project staff ▪ Not done ▪ This activity was not completed
mobiled libraries because the project did not
open NFE class yet in this year
1.4.8 Support allowance and per-diem ▪ Budget, Project staff ▪ 1 district NFE Officer attended ▪ The present of the Kompong
to Non-formal Education Officer 4 NFE monthly coordination Svay District Officer in the
to attend monthly meeting in meetings held by MoE in Phnom meeting started in March
Phnom Penh Penh and supported by CWS. 2008
Output 2.1
Improve overall community health ▪ 40 trained TBAs are able to provide ▪ OD/ HC report, project report ▪ Commitment of TBA,
status and individual health pre and post natal care consultation to and OD/ HC staff
condition pregnant and lactating women
▪ 40 TBAs refreshed and updated their ▪ OD/ HC report, project report
knowledge and skill on pre and post
natal care consultation one time
▪ TBA quarterly meeting organized in ▪ HC report, project report
cooperation with health centers
▪ Approximately 1000 villagers ▪ HC report on birth rate, birth ▪ Commitment of villagers
improved birth spacing, mother/ child spacing, mortality, and
health through awareness and/ or mobility rate
consultation
▪ 40 trained VHVs are able to provide ▪ HC report, project report ▪ Commitment of VHVs and
awareness on primary health care, health center staff
avian flu, malaria, dengue fever, and
HIV/ AIDS
▪ 1000 people from 30 villages were ▪ Project report, monitoring
aware of HIV/ AIDS and sexual report
transmitted diseases prevention
▪ 2000 people from 30 villages were aware ▪ Project report, monitoring
of primary health care report
▪ 2000 people in 30 villages were aware of ▪ Project report, monitoring
dengue fever, malaria and avian report
influenza prevention
▪ World AIDS Day was organized for ▪ Project report
300 people
2.1.2 Cooperate with VDCs to select ▪ Project staff, budget ▪ 24 TBAs in 12 villages ▪ 21 existing TBAs were selected
40 TBAs in 30 villages identified by the cooperation by HCs and 3 TBAs were newly
of Project staff and VDCs. selected.
2.1.3 Cooperate with OD/HC to provide ▪ Budget, training materials, project ▪ Not done ▪ Refer to 2.1.1
training to TBAs on safe delivery, staff, vehicle
delivery, pre and post natal care
consultation to pregnant and
lactating women and provide TBA
kit (as request from health center)
2.1.4 Coordinate with OD/ HC to provid ▪ Budget, training materials, project ▪ Not done ▪ Refer to 2.1.3
refresher training to 40 TBAs staff, vehicle
2.1.5 Coordinate with health center ▪ Budget, project staff ▪ Not done ▪ Refer to 2.1.3
staff to organize TBA quarterly
meeting
2.1.6 Support TBAs to provide ▪ Budget, project staff ▪ Not done ▪ Refer to 2.1.4
awareness on birth spacing,
child health to 1,000 people
2.1.8 Cooperate with HC to provide ▪ Budget, training materials, project ▪ Not done ▪ OD/HC need CWS to prepare
training to 40 VHVs on primary staff, vehicle MoU agreement first. So it was
health care, avian flu, malaria and late as 2.1.1
dengue fever, HIV/AIDS
2.1.9 Support material and IEC to ▪ Budget, IEC materials, project staff ▪ Not done ▪ Refer to 2.1.8
VHVs to provide awareness to
1,000 people in 30 villages on
HIV/AIDS and STD prevention
2.1.10 Coordinate with HC to conduct ▪ Budget, project staff ▪ 1 quarterly meeting was conducte▪ There was a misunderstanding
quarterly meeting with 40 VHVs in cooperation with Chhouk HC between OD/HC and Project to
for 9 VHVs from 9 villages of wait for MoU agreement with
Sraeung Commune PDoH to implement activities in
commune level and Project staff
spent time discussing and
understanding each other at the
end of May.
2.1.11 Support 40 VHVs to conduct ▪ Budget, IEC materials, project staff ▪ Not done ▪ Refer to 2.1.8
awareness on primary health
care to 2,000 people in 30
villages
2.1.12 Support 40 VHVs to conduct ▪ Budget, IEC materials, project staff ▪ 362 people (305 women) from ▪ VHVs did not receive training
awareness on dengue fever, 9 villages in Sraeung Commune from HC yet, so the Project
malaria and avian influenza to received awareness raising on facilitated HC staff to provide the
2,000 people in 30 villages dengue fever conducted in co- awaress raising to the people with
operation with Chhouk HC. assistance from VHVs.
2.2.2 Collaborate with VHVs to provide ▪ Field staff, budget, IEC materials ▪ 319 childrens, 49 pregnant ▪ The project received
nutrient food to 360 malnourished women, 106 lactating mothers nutritious food from WFP
children in 9 villages and another 313 mothers for distribution to children under
received nutritious food from WFP 2 years old every month
through our project
2.3.4 Provide 150 water filters to 150 ▪ Project staff, budget, vehicle ▪ 21 VPs received 21 ceramic ▪ The same vulnerable families
vulnerable families in 30 villages water filters in 3 villages in targeted in 2.3.3
Sraeung commune (10 water
filters were provided to Boeng
Khvek, 5 to Tumnob and 6 to
Along Sleng village)
2.3.5 Support VHVs to provide water ▪ Project staff, budget, IEC materials ▪ 172 people (87 women) received ▪ The awareness raising was
and sanitation education to awareness raising on water done by Project staff because
800 people in 30 villages and sanitation: 74 people (43 VHVs were not trained yet, and
women) at Beng village and 98 only 2 villages were targeted for
people (44 women) at Chamboeng this activity, not for other villages
village because of staff turnover
2.3.6 Cooperate with VDCs to select ▪ Project staff ▪ 5 VPs were selected from 4 ▪ Because of staff turnover, the Project
40 vulnerable families benefit villages of Sraeung Commune could not target other villages
from 40 latrine constructions and 3 VPs were selected from
2 villages of Tipou Commune
2.3.7 Support beneficiaries in latrine ▪ Project staff, construction materials, ▪ 8 household latrines were ▪ Less than planned, the reason
construction budget constructed in 5 villages: (3 in refers to 2.3.6
2 villages of Tipou Commune,
5 in 4 villages of Sraeung
Commune
2.3.8 Cooperate with school masters ▪ Project staff, budget ▪ 3 water filters were provided to ▪ Other target schools had
and teachers to provide water Beng Primary School, 4 to water filters supported by
filters and how to maintain Trapaing Trom Primary School UNICEF, and project supported
and 6 to Chamboeng Primary only 3 primary schools
School
2.3.10 Cooperate with PDRD to organize ▪ Project staff, budget, IEC materials ▪ Not done ▪ The Project activity on water
the World Water Day with and sanitation has limit in this
300 participants semester, so the Project
will implement this activity in
FY09
Output 2.4
Children of vulnerable families have ▪ 100 children (60% girls) of vulnerable ▪ Project report ▪ Parents supported their
the necessary materials to attend families received education materials children to go to school
primary schools and motivated to attend school
2.4.2 Cooperate with District Office of ▪ Project staff, budget ▪ 58 primary school children ▪ The project supported school
Education to provide education received 58 kits of education education materials only one
materials to 100 children (60% materials time a year and education
girl) from vulnerable families material is different for students'
grade
2.4.4 Cooperate with school teacher ▪ Project staff, budget ▪ Not done ▪ The project distributed
to provide incentive to high score education materials to VP
(60% up) targeted children children on February 2008 and
follow up children score in
every semester. In this year
teachers will prepare score for
their students in July
Output 2.5
Improve agricultural productions, food ▪ At least 70% of 160 trained families ▪ Project report, trip report ▪ No epidemic diseases
security and household income among improved their livestock raising Community participation
vulnerable people, self-help/ interest technique and increased numbers
groups in target communities of livestock
▪ At least 60% of 40 trained families ▪ Project report, trip report ▪ Fingerling available
start raising fish
▪ At least 80% of 40 trained farmers ▪ Project report, trip report ▪ No severe flood and drought
practiced SRI in their rice plot occurred
▪ At least 90% of 160 trained ▪ Project report, trip report
households have home garden
▪ 9 demonstration farmers are able to ▪ Project report, trip report ▪ Farmer's commitment
prepare 9 demonstration plots No migration
▪ 9 Field Days organized for 270 ▪ Project report, trip report
farmers in 9 different demo plots
▪ 588 people introduced concept and ▪ Project report, trip report
advantages of self-help/interest group
formation
2.5.2 Cooperate with PDoA to conduct ▪ Project staff, budget, ▪ 91 key people (60 women) in ▪ Refer to 2.5.1
training on livestock raising training materials 3 villages of Sraeung Commune
to 160 selected families. were trained on chicken and
pig raising by PDoA
2.5.3 Provide each target village of 10 ▪ Budget, fowl alternatives, livestock ▪ Aminal raising awareness was ▪ Only 2 villages implemented this
fowl alternatives and 2 livestock's and vaccines introduced to 58 families from activity while other villages has no
and vaccination to 160 families in Chamboeng and Thnot Chour such request.
30 villages. villages and 282 cows were
then vaccinated through the
cooperation of the Project and
PDoA
2.5.4 Cooperate with VDCs to select ▪ Project staff ▪ Not done ▪ The target communities have
40 families in 30 villages for small number of pond and most
fish raising training of them belong to medium families
when the Project focuses on
poor and vulnerable families.
So project planned to support
fish raising in plastic for next
FY09
2.5.6 Provide fingerling and materials ▪ Budget, fingerlings, plastic net and ▪ Not done ▪ Refer to 2.5.4
to 40 families who raise fish plastic sheet
in 30 villages
2.5.7 Cooperate with VDCs to select ▪ Project staff ▪ 20 key farmers (17 women) ▪ Because of staff turnover, the activity
40 families in 30 villages for selected in 4 villages of Sraeung was implemented in these 4
SRI training commune. villages only
2.5.8 Cooperate with PDoA to conduct ▪ Project staff, budget, ▪ Not done ▪ PDoA was sending trainers late
training on SRI to 40 families training materials for SRI training due to their
in 30 villages. staff's time constraints till July.
So the activity will be imple-
mented in the next semester
2.5.9 Provide rice seed to 40 families ▪ Budget, rice seed ▪ Not done ▪ Refer to 2.5.8
in 30 villages
2.5.10 Cooperate with VDCs to select ▪ Project staff ▪ 26 key farmers (18 women) ▪ Due to staff turnover, the activity
160 families for home gardening selected in 4 villages of Sraeung was implemented in these 4
in 30 villages commune. villages only
2.5.11 Cooperate with PDoA to conduct ▪ Project staff, budget, ▪ 26 farmers received training on ▪ Refer to 2.5.10
training on vegetable growing training materials home gardening conducted at
to 160 families in 30 villages Tamnob village by the PDoA
2.5.13 Cooperate with VDCs to select ▪ Project staff ▪ 8 demo farmers were selected
9 demo farmers in 9 villages in 8 villages of Sraeung
Commune and in one village
of Tipou Commune
2.5.14 Cooperate with PDoA to conduct ▪ Project staff, budget, ▪ Not done ▪ PDoA was sending trainers late
training on IFM to 9 demo farmers training materials for IFM training due to their staff's
in 9 villages. time constraints till July. So
the activity will be implemented
in next semester
2.5.15 Provide seeds and materials to ▪ Budget, seeds, materials ▪ Not done ▪ Refer to 2.5.14
9 demo farmers in 9 villages
2.5.16 Organize field day in 9 places with ▪ Project staff, budget ▪ Not done ▪ Refer to 2.5.14
9 demo farmers for 270 people
2.5.17 Conduct community meeting on ▪ Project staff, budget ▪ 4 individual and small group ▪ The SHG concepts were
SHG and the advantages of group meetings in 4 villages were introduced in all meetings
formation in 30 villages conducted with 125 people but there was not much
(86 women) interest because they have
similar groups who are
supported by PDoA
2.5.19 Conduct workshop in SHG ▪ Project staff, budget, ▪ Not done ▪ Due to staff turnover and lack
concept and the advantages of training materials of time, the activity was limited
group formation for 588 to group formation only
participants
2.5.20 Provide training on SHG book- ▪ Project staff, budget, ▪ Not done ▪ Refer to 2.5.19
keeping to 245 participants training materials
2.5.21 Provide grant support/ WCA to ▪ WCA grant ▪ Not done ▪ Refer to 2.5.19; and the Project
30 SHGs/ interest group could not grant WCA yet to the
newly formed group. It required
the maturity of the group before
such support can be given
Output 3.1
Community key persons (CCs, VDCs, ▪ 100 key people ( teacher, VDC, VLs, ▪ Training report,
VLs, elderly, monk) play an active elderly, TBAs, VHV, monk) trained in project report
role in peace building, responding to understanding conflict
conflict, and utilizing LCP approaches ▪ 48 CC members received reflection ▪ Workshop report, ▪ CC members and VLs were very
in their communities workshops on Working for Peace project report busy with election campaign
▪ 40 VDCs, VLs and CC members ▪ Training report, ▪
trained on LCP concept project report
3.1.2 Conduct 2 Reflection Workshop ▪ Program coordinator/officer, ▪ Not done ▪ The Project staff requires
on Working for Peace to 48 CC project coordinator, budget, training supports from Program staff.
members. material On the other hand, the Program
and the Project agreed to move
this activity to FY09 due to time
constraints and staff turn over
3.1.3 Conduct 2 training courses on ▪ Program coordinator/officer, ▪ Not done ▪ Refer to 3.1.2
LCP concept to 40 participants project coordinator, budget, training
material
▪ An International Women Day ▪ During VDC's workshop, there
was organized in Sroeng village, was a suggestion from villager,
with 177 participants (114 especially from Sroeng
women) to introduce woman Commune, to CWS and PDoWA
rights and domestic violence to provided training courses on
domestic violence and other
▪ 2 training courses on gender necessary intervention to help
and domestic violence were reduce the domestic violence
provided to 72 people (48 in their communities.
women): 35 (22 women) in
Tumnob Villages, 37 (26
women) in Thmey Village,
under the facilitation of PDoWA
Output 4.1
Village Disaster Volunteers function ▪ 48 VDVs (24 female) selected in 24 ▪ Project report
actively, commune and village disaster villages
preparedness plans developed and ▪ 60 VDVs and CCs received CBDRM ▪ Training report, project report
implemented in target communities training
▪ 200 interested key people in 24 ▪ Training report, project report
villages received echo training on
CBDRM from VDVs.
▪ At least 1,000 people in 30 villages ▪ Project report
awared of disaster preparedness
▪ At least 5 disaster mitigation projects ▪ Project report
implemented in the most disaster
prone areas.
▪ 100 key persons including VDVs, ▪ Meeting minute, project report
VDCs, CCs, VLs enhanced the
capacity on community based
disaster preparedness twice a year.
4.1.3 Support VDVs to conduct echo ▪ Project coordinator/staff, budget, ▪ Not done ▪ Refer to 4.1.2
training on CBDRM to 200 inter- training materials
ested key persons in 24 villages
4.1.4 Support VDVs to conduct disaster ▪ Project staff, budget, IEC materials ▪ Not done ▪ Refer to 4.1.2
preparedness awareness in
30 villages for 1000 interested
people.
4.1.5 Facilitate VDVs, VLs, VDCs and ▪ Project staff ▪ One water gate proposal was ▪ Village disaster mitigation plan
CCs to develop village disaster developed by RCV, VDC and was not developed because
mitigation plans. VL in Thnot Chour Village there was no training provided
in advance to RCV, VDC and VL
4.1.6 Support VDVs, VDCs, VLs and ▪ Budget ▪ 1 water gate was granted to ▪ The construction is still on the
CCs to implement 5 disaster Thnort Chuor village with 63% way because there was late
mitigation projects. project contribution plus 37% identifying RCV as the focal
of community's.It was expected person for such planning
to benefit 24 families or 120
people (58 women) in the village
for rice irrigation and 3
neighboring villages
4.1.7 Organize and facilitate semester ▪ Program/Project coordinator, budget, ▪ Not done ▪ Refer to 4.1.2
meeting for 100 key persons workshop materials
Output 4.3
Respond well-being of vulnerable people ▪ 500 vulnerable people and disaster ▪ Project report, beneficiary ▪ Resource from outside was
and disaster victims in times of victims received commodities list available and local authority
emergency assistance participantion
Output 5.1
Monitor and support field staff and ▪ Monthly project monitoring visits ▪ Trip report ▪ Unexpected work occurred
field operation in appropriate manner (monitoring of project management
and implementation and field staff
performance)
▪ Semester monitoring visit for M&E ▪ M&E report
system
1.1.2 Organize semester meetings ▪ Project Manager, Project Coordinators ▪ Meeting with district authority and ▪ The district authority welcomed
with district authorities and Program Officers, budget, vehicle informed them of CWS project in new CWS's presence to support them
agriculture, education, rural target areas, 18 target village in four
development office and OD/HC Communes of Choam Khsant
District
▪ Meeting with educational district authority ▪ The district Education
to inform CWS educational activity Officer welcome CWS
such as support students from poorest activities and help to
families and Non-Formal Education support
▪ PDRD, DOoE, Chhouk HC and ▪ Relationship has been built not only
District Governor were invited between those departments and
and participated in the VDCs' offices and CWS but also the
Annual Workshop. VDCs, CCs and VL.
1.1.3 Organize quarterly meetings with ▪ Project Coordinators, field staff, ▪ Four quarterly meetings were ▪ Quarterly meeting at commune
commune councils for budget conducted by project staffs level was replaced by village
6 communes with VDCs, VLs and CCs at level meeting so that other key
village level. persons can participate
1.1.4 Attend PROCOCOM monthly ▪ Project Manager, Project Coordinators ▪ Not done ▪ The meeting was held in the
meeting Program Officers Province and the Project staff
who mostly stay in the village
could not attend
Output 1.2:
Strengthen leadership among local ▪ 80 participants (60 VDCs and ▪ Meeting minutes ▪ Communities' commitment
partners and community structure 20 CCs) attended quarterly meetings
to better understand and implement ▪ 100 VDCs, VLs, and CCs participated ▪ Participant list, village plan ▪ Communities' commitment
community development principles in annual planning workshop
and processes ▪ 120 VDCs, VLs, CCs trained on ▪ Project report, attendant list ▪ Communities' commitment
leadership skills (women 40%)
▪ 120 VDCs, VLs, CCs trained on ▪ Project report, attendant list ▪ Communities' commitment
CD concepts (women 40%)
▪ 700 vulnerable people in 30 villages ▪ Project report, attendant list ▪ Communities' commitment
awared on CD concepts
Activities CWS's Inputs Actual Output Variances/ Remarks
1.2.1 Conduct VDCs/CCs quarterly ▪ Budget, Staff, materials ▪ Quarterly meeting was not ▪ Quarterly meeting will start in
meeting for improving and organized but project staff have January 2008 due to the Project
strengthening capacity of meetings with individual VDCs and staff met CCs for coordination of
VDCs/CCs in target areas CCs every month in target villages of activities and VDCs were
busy in village planning
▪ 6 quarterly meetings at commune level ▪ 75 people (29 women) including
were conducted in 3 communes with 15 VLs, 9 CCs and 51 VDCs
participation from VDCs, VLs and CCs to participated in 3 meetings of the
share their achievements, challenges and 2nd quarter in 3 communes and
best practices on development of their 31 people (6 women) including 9 VLs,
community. 5 CCs and 17 VDCs participated in
3 meetings of the 3rd quarter in
3 communes.
1.2.3 Coordinate with PDRD to ▪ Budget, Staff, materials ▪ Coordinated with PDRD organized ▪ VDC members are elected
conduct training in leadership, VDCs election in 12 target villages, and 2 women members
role & responsibility to 120 CCs resulted 60 VDC members (24 integrated in each village
and VDCs women) selected
1.2.4 Conduct training on CD concept ▪ Budget, Staff, materials ▪ Conducted training on simple ▪ The CD concept training
to 120 participants (VDCs, VLs proposal, village development move to February 2008 because
and CCs) plan for 74 VDC members VDC need village plans
(22 women) in 12 villages
1.3.3 Support and monitor VPs in ▪ Budget, staff, materials ▪ Support ideas and vegetable seeds
implementation of household plan to 27 VP families to grow morning
glory 25 banchs, mustard
19 banchs.
1.3.4 Conduct workshop on family ▪ Budget, staff, materials ▪ Not done ▪ Refer to 1.3.2
assessment to 120 VPs
Output 1.4:
Improve literacy and numeric ▪ 9 literacy teachers selected and ▪ Project report, attendant list
among 9 target communities trained
▪ 180 illiterate people (50% women) ▪ Project report, examination
able to read and calculate result
▪ 9 literacy classes in 9 villages ▪ Monitoring report, student list,
functioned well teachers' record
▪ 20 sets of community mobile ▪ Community mobile libraries
libraries established
1.4.3 Conduct 9 literacy classes for ▪ Project staff, budget ▪ Not done ▪ 2 classes will start in August
180 students (50% women) 2008 with 36 students.
1.4.4 Collaborate with WFP to provide ▪ Project Manager/ Coordinator, ▪ Not done ▪ No WFP's School Feeding
food to students and teachers Program Officers, budget, vehicle Project in Preah Vihear Province.
1.4.5 Support education materials to ▪ Budget, Project staff, education ▪ Not done ▪ Refer to 1.4.2
180 students and 9 teachers materials, illuminating materials,
1.4.8 Support allowance and per-diem ▪ Budget, Project staff ▪ Not planned for PVH, it was
to Non-formal Education Officer initially planned for KPT only.
to attend monthly meeting in
Phnom Penh
Theme 2: Meeting Basic Need and Building Self-reliant, Sustainable Livelihoods
OBJECTIVE
Improve access to basic social services and amenities and improve overall food security of vulnerable people
Output 2.1
Improve overall community health ▪ 40 trained TBAs are able to provide ▪ OD/ HC report, project report ▪ Commitment of TBA,
status and individual health pre and post natal care consultation and OD/ HC staff
condition to pregnant and lactating women
▪ 40 TBAs refreshed and updated their ▪ OD/ HC report, project report
knowledge and skill on pre and post
natal care consultation one time
▪ TBA quarterly meeting organized in ▪ HC report, project report
cooperation with health centers
▪ Approximately 1000 villagers ▪ HC report on birth rate, birth ▪ Commitment of villagers
improved birth spacing, mother/child spacing, mortality and
health through awareness and/or mobility rate
consultation
▪ 40 trained VHVs are able to provide ▪ HC report, project report ▪ Commitment of VHVs and
awareness on primary health care, health center staff
avian flu, malaria, dengue fever and HIV/AIDs
2.1.3 Cooperate with OD/ HC to provide ▪ Budget, training materials, project ▪ Program officer and Project ▪ PDoH suggested CWS to develop
training to TBAs on safe delivery, staff, vehicle coordinator contacted provincial MoU with MoH/PDoH before
delivery, pre and post natal care Health Department. cooperation.
consultation to pregnant and ▪ No progress within this reporting
lactating women and provide TBA period
kit (as request from health center)
2.1.4 Coordinate with OD/ HC to provide ▪ Budget, training materials, project ▪ Not done ▪ PDoH suggested CWS to
refresher training to 40 TBAs staff, vehicle develop MoU with MoH/PDoH
before the cooperation starts
2.1.11 Support 40 VHVs to conduct ▪ Budget, IEC materials, project staff ▪ Awareness raising on primary ▪ Refer to 2.1.8; the training for
awareness on primary health health care was not done, however, other 6 villages will be done in
care to 2000 people in 30 villages 630 people (530 women) from 12 villages 1st quarter of FY09.
were introduced MCH awareness by
cooperation of staff and VHVs.
2.1.12 Support 40 VHVs to conduct ▪ Budget, IEC materials, project staff ▪ 805 people (710 women) from ▪ They were able to share
awareness on dengue fever, 15 villages in 4 communes their knowledge on how to
malaria and avian influenza to received awareness raising on malaria prevent themselves from the
2000 people in 30 villages and dengue fewer. disease.
2.2.2 Collaborate with VHVs to provide ▪ Field staff, budget, IEC materials ▪ Under WFP support, 1,733 ▪ CWS as the Implementation
nutrient food to 360 malnourished infants (856 girls), 1,726 Partner of WFP on MCH
children in 9 villages mothers, 432 pregnant women, Project signed an MoU on
536 lactating mothers benefited January 2008.
from MCH Project a total 20,850kg of ▪ Infants in the Project refers to
rice, 1,345kg of vegetable oil, children with ages from 6 to 24
16,591kg of corn sugar blend and 3,705kg months; and lactating mothers
of sugar. refers to mothers who feed their
children from birth to 6 months.
Output 2.3
Improve access to safe water and ▪ 120 families benefited from ▪ Project report, monitoring report ▪ Road accessible to target areas
household sanitation and reduce construction of 40 open wells
incidence of water-borne diseases ▪ 100 families benefited from ▪ Project report, monitoring report ▪ Road accessible to target areas
in target communities construction of 20 aprons
▪ 150 vulnerable families benefited ▪ Project report, monitoring report
from 150 ceramic filters distribution
▪ 800 people improved household ▪ Project report, monitoring report
sanitation condition
2.3.2 Cooperate with VDCs to support ▪ Project staff, budget, construction ▪ 10 open wells were constructed ▪ People responded positively
beneficiaries to construct open materials, vehicle, ring molds and benefited 50 vulnerable to our request for them to look for
wells and aprons families in 5 villages. sands and gravels on their own
2.3.3 Cooperate with VDCs to select ▪ Project staff ▪ 81 households were selected to
150 vulnerable families to receive receive 81 bio-sand water filters
water filters in 30 villages
2.3.4 Provide 150 water filters to 150 ▪ Project staff, budget, construction ▪ 81 bio-sand water filters were ▪ Beneficiaries attended water filters
vulnerable families in 30 villages materials, filter molds, vehicle distributed to 81 families in 12 villages construction led by CWS-SVR
technical staff.
2.3.5 Support VHVs to provide water ▪ Project staff, budget, IEC materials ▪ 120 well and bio-sand water filter ▪ Due to time constraints the
and sanitation education to beneficiaries were introduced with Project staff was able to target the
800 people in 30 villages water and sanitation awareness beneficiaries of well and bio-sand
by staff in cooperation with VHV. water filters only.
2.3.6 Cooperate with VDCs to select ▪ Project staff ▪ 5 families were selected as the
40 vulnerable families benefit latrine beneficiaries.
from 40 latrine constructions
2.3.7 Support beneficiaries in latrine ▪ Project staff, construction materials, ▪ 5 sets of household latrine ▪ People participated in digging
construction budget materials were distributed to latrine and contributed the
5 selected beneficiaries. materials for making roofs. The
construction will start in FY09
2.3.8 Cooperate with school masters ▪ Project staff, budget ▪ Not done ▪ There was no concrete study
and teachers to provide water yet; however the productivity
filters and how to maintain them of the water filter construction
was still low due to the lack of
technical staff.
2.3.9 Support HC to provide water and ▪ Project staff, budget, IEC materials ▪ Not done ▪ PDoH suggested CWS
sanitation awareness to 750 develop MoU with MoH/PDoH
school children and teachers in before the cooperation starts
5 primary schools
2.3.10 Cooperate with PDRD to organize ▪ Project staff, budget, IEC materials ▪ Not done ▪ Staff were busy with the
the World Water Day with annual Project planning and
300 participants staff training in March.
2.4.2 Cooperate with District Office of ▪ Project staff, budget ▪ School material such as
Education to provide education books, school uniforms
materials to 100 children (60% and bag were given to 60
girl) from vulnerable families poor school children ( 32 girls)
2.4.3 Encourage parents to keep on ▪ Field staff ▪ Staff regularly encouraged ▪ They responded positively
supporting their children's children's parents to support all children we support
education their children education went to school regularly.
2.4.4 Cooperate with school teacher ▪ Project staff, budget ▪ Not done ▪ MCH work was prioritized and
to provide incentive to high score took much time and staff's energy
(60% up) targeted children to implement. So, some of the activities
were not done.
2.5.2 Cooperate with PDoA to conduct ▪ Project staff, budget, ▪ Not done ▪ Refer to 2.5.1
training on livestock raising training materials
to 160 selected families.
2.5.3 Provide each target village of 10 ▪ Budget, fowl alternatives, livestock ▪ 16 hens and 4 roosters were ▪ Refer to 2.5.2
fowl alternatives and 2 livestock's and vaccines provided to 4 families in 1 village
and vaccination to 160 families in
30 villages.
2.5.5 Cooperate with PDoA to conduct ▪ Project staff, budget, ▪ Not done ▪ Refer to 2.5.4
training on fish raising to 40 training materials
families in 30 villages.
2.5.6 Provide fingerling and materials ▪ Budget, fingerlings, plastic net and ▪ Not done ▪ Refer to 2.5.4
to 40 families who raise fish plastic sheet
in 30 villages
2.5.7 Cooperate with VDCs to select ▪ Project staff ▪ 9 farmers selected from ▪ The Project started with 9
40 families in 30 villages for 3 villages for SRI training interested farmers first.
SRI training
2.5.8 Cooperate with PDoA to conduct ▪ Project staff, budget, ▪ 9 farmers were introduced the ▪ People showed interest in
training on SRI to 40 families training materials SRI techniques and its the concept but hesitated to start
in 30 villages. advantages
2.5.9 Provide rice seed to 40 families ▪ Budget, rice seed ▪ Not done ▪ Refer to 2.5.8
in 30 villages
2.5.10 Cooperate with VDCs to select ▪ Project staff ▪ 20 families were selected for home
160 families for home gardening gardening in cooperation with VDC
in 30 villages
2.5.11 Cooperate with PDoA to conduct ▪ Project staff, budget, ▪ Not done ▪ There was no coordination with
training on vegetable growing training materials PDoA from the beginning
to 160 families in 30 villages of the Project. Staff has shared
their best practices and
understanding on vegetable
growing during household visits
2.5.12 Provide vegetable seeds to 160 ▪ Budget, vegetable seeds ▪ 20 families received local
families in 30 villages seed, which was collected by
staff from other villagers.
2.5.16 Organize field day in 9 places with ▪ Project staff, budget ▪ Not done ▪ Refer to 2.5.13
9 demo farmers for 270 people
2.5.17 Conduct community meeting on ▪ Project staff, budget ▪ 95 people (54 women) from 12
SHG and the advantages of group villages were introduced to SHG concept.
formation in 30 villages
2.5.18 Form 49 SHG/ interest group at ▪ Project staff and materials ▪ Not done ▪ It was not done as SHG was
least 12 members of each group not formed yet.
2.5.19 Conduct workshop in SHG ▪ Project staff, budget, ▪ Not done ▪ Refer to 2.5.18
concept and the advantages of training materials
group formation for 588
participants
2.5.20 Provide training on SHG book- ▪ Project staff, budget, ▪ Not done ▪ Refer to 2.5.18
keeping to 245 participants training materials
2.5.21 Provide grant support/ WCA to ▪ WCA grant ▪ Not done ▪ Refer to 2.5.18
30 SHGs/ interest group
4.1.2 Coordinate with PRC to provide ▪ Program/Project coordinator, budget, ▪ Not done ▪ The selection was done late
2 training courses on CBDRM to training materials in June, so the Project could
VDVs and CCs. not perform this activity.
4.1.3 Support VDVs to conduct echo ▪ Project coordinator/staff, budget, ▪ Not done ▪ Refer to 4.1.2
training on CBDRM to 200 inter- training materials
ested key persons in 24 villages
4.3.3 Support emergency kits to PRCs ▪ Budget, project coordinator/manager ▪ Not done ▪ The Project and Program
Offices have built relationship
with PRC on RCV election;
however, the support was
based on the demand of the
PRC and there was no such
request yet.
Theme 5: Project Development, Management and Supervision
OBJECTIVE
Effective and efficient program management and functioning; enhance community development planning and practice
Output 5.1
Monitor and support field staff and ▪ Monthly project monitoring visits ▪ ▪
field operation in appropriate manner (monitoring of project management
and implementation and field staff
performance)
▪ Semester monitoring visit for M&E ▪
system
5.1.3 Conduct monitoring & evaluation ▪ Project manager / coordinator ▪ Program officers, project ▪ Monitoring system was conducted
system two times per year vehicle, Program officers/coordinator coordinator, staff participated in first time by FMER focusing on
Program manager monitoring system conducted planning
by FMER
Output 1.2:
Strengthen leadership among local • 40 CCs/VLs (40% women) trained
partners and community structure to in Leadership skills/practice
better understand and implement
community development principles • 40 CCs/VLs (40% women) trained
and processes in Com Dev concepts
1.2.1 Provide training on Leadership • Credit Program Coordinator, PDRD • 10 CCs (2 women), 49 VLs • The participants were more
skill to 40 CCs/VLs in SvR budget, training manual, materials (6 women) and 7 CDFs prepared because this course
received training on Leading and is very important for their
Managing Rural Organization community leaders such as
CCs, VLs and CDFs.
1.2.2 Provide training in CD concept • Credit Program Coordinator, PDRD • 5 CWS staff, 3 PDRD staff • To build their capacity and
to CCs/ VLs budget, training manual, materials 7 CDFs, 5 CCs (1 woman) knowledge in order for them
received training on CD concept to echo such training to
CCs and VLs next times
1.2.3 Assist the CDFs to conduct • Credit Program Coordinator, CDFs, • 15 VLs, 99 WSUG members • The VLs and WSUGs are the
training course on Com Dev budget, materials (40 women) received training on core groups who will take
concept to 300 vulnerable CD Concept lead in development
people from 15 target villages of their communities
Output 1.3
Vulnerable families are better able to • 60 vulnerable people from15 villages • •
plan and manage household were coached in household planning and
resources, leading to improvement practice
in overall living conditions
• 120 vulnerable people were trained on • •
how to conduct family assessment
1.5.1 Conduct handing over of CWS • Program and project staff, budget • Not done • Phasing out from the village
assets to community members will be considered in FY09
in 50 villages because CWS is not yet ready
and well prepared for the
phasing out; however,
the community needs more
support on leading and
managing before we can
hand over the development
task to them.
Output 2.2
Improve understanding of good • 500 people received nutrition • •
nutrition among target communities awareness conducted by CDFs
and health status of under and with support from CWS
malnourish children
2.3.2 Collaborate with SvR PDRD in • Project staff, PDRD staff, CDFs • 32 upgrade hand pumps were • Constructed in 15 new
in constructing/ upgrading 50 Budget constructed benefit to 205 villages in 5 communes of
aprons of hand pump/ open persons including 49 children Romeas Hek and Rumduol Dist.
wells benefited 250 families. (114 women and 24 girls).
2.3.3 Collaborate with SvR PDRD • Project staff, CDFs, PDRD • 31 WSUGs with 155 members (79 • 31 WSUGs were included
in formation of 14 well budget, materials women) were established in FY06, 07 and 08 target
committees in 15 villages in 31 villages, 5 communes. villages.
2.3.5 Collaborate with SvR PDRD • Project staff, PDRD staff, CDFs, • 232 water filters benefited • Installed in 9 new villages of
in providing 400 biosand filters Budget, biosand filter molds 1,285 people including 305 children Daung commune in Romeas
to 400 families in 15 villages. (659 women and 155 girls). District for the first semester.
2.3.7 Collaborate with SvR PDRD in • Project staff, CDFs, PDRD • 218 (111 women) educated • Project staff, PDRD staff
educating clean water and budget, IEC materials on clean water and sanitation and CDFs trained in 15
sanitation to 800 people in villages,5 communes
15 villages 2 districts
2.3.8 Collaborate with SvR PDRD in • Project staff, PDRD staff, CDFs, • 51 latrines benefited for 276 families • Constructed in 7 new
supporting communities to Budget, construction materials including 74 children (149 women villages, Daung commune
construct 120 latrines and 33 girls) of Romeas Hek District.
2.3.9 Install 25 bio-sand water filters in 5 • Project staff, PDRD staff, CDFs, • 27 water filters were installed in six • The location is in Romeas Hek
primary schools Budget, biosand filter molds, primary schools and onesecondary District, Daung commune
construction materials school benefited 52 teachers
(12 women), and 2,288
children (950 girls)
2.3.11 Collaborate with SvR PDRD in • Project staff, CDFs, PDRD • 64 school teachers (11 women) and • Trained in 9 schools of 5
education on WatSan to 750 budget, IEC materials 778 students (341 women) in 6 primary communes of Romeas Hek
students and teachers and one secondary schools and Romdoul Districts.
• 33 teachers (4 women), 472 • Less than planned as
school children (166 girls) we provided to selected
from 8 primary and 2 students only and they will
secondary schools in 3 share their understanding
communes of Romeas Hek and knowledge to other
and Rumdoul Districts students
introduced the clean water
and hygiene practices.
2.3.12 Collaborate with SvR PDRD in • Project staff, PDRD staff, CDFs, • Not done • Refer to 2.3.10
constructing 2 school latrines budget, construction materials
for 2 primary schools in CWS
areas.
2.3.13 Conduct refresher training • Program and project staff, CDFs, • Not done • They are able to provide
on WatSan to 10 CDFs, and PDRD, budget, training manual such training to beneficiaries
3 PDRD staff independently.
2.5.2 Coordinate with program staff • Program and project staff, CDFs, • 148 (41 women) were trained on • Beneficiaries from 15
in supporting CDFs to provide budget, materials, vegetable seeds home gardening. villages of 5 communes
training course on home of Romeas Hek and
gardening to 160 vulnerable Rumduol Districts were trained
people
2.5.3 Conduct training on interest • Program and project staff, CDFs, • Not done • Refer to 2.5.1
group concept and advantages budget, materials
of group formation to 168
people
Output 5.1:
Field staff and field operation • Monthly project monitoring visits • Monthly achievement report
appropriately monitored and (monitoring of project management,
supported project implementation and field
staff performance)
Output 2.4
Better informed programming & • # Program M&E to partners • One M&E exercise carried out to • Program and Project staff
practice as result of periodic routinely KNTO to learn and give feedback continue to monitor the
evaluations of CNGO partners to the partner partners
• Partnership reflection workshop • This is the second time that
conducted with 34 CWS partners CWS partnership organized
and staff the partnership reflection
workshop after 2003 (FY04).
Activities: CWS's Inputs Actual Output Variances/ Remarks
2.4.1 Support the project manager • Program/project staff, time, budget • Assisted Project Manager of BT & • This was not done due to the
to develop TOR for M&E BTM to develop monitoring tools for continuation of funding support
M&E workshop to planned partners. This will be
done in FY09.
2.4.2 Coordinate for internal or • Program/project staff, time, budget • Cooperated with M&E team and • Cooperate with M&E team
external M&E to partners FMER staff consultant to develop the M&E tools to continue monitoring to
and conducted M&E exercise to partners
KNTO for testing tools
2.5.3 Develop Grant Monitoring Tool • Program staff • Grant monitoring tool was
developed and presented to
the Country Director. The form
shared to the program staff.
2.6.2 Attend NGO/ donor forum • Program staff • Attended two meetings of NGOs • The nominations were not
Forum as CWS nominated the successful.
partnership program manager to
be candidate of CCCManagement
Committee in 2008.
Output 2.7
Staff development; effective • Program staff possess OD skill • 6 Partnership Staff attended
training and mentoring of field office M&E system development
staff; enhanced capacity building of
program office staff • Project staff possess project cycle • Ongoing coaching and follow
management skill up the progress of project
implementation to ensure the
quality of work
• OD Program Officer received • This support was a part of field
technical coaching for three times visit to the participants and
for the training curriculum. assisted the OD program staff.
Activities: CWS's Inputs Actual Output Variances/ Remarks
2.7.1 Provide on-going coaching to • Program staff • Coaching meetings with • The Ecumenical staff resigned
program and project staff on the ecumenical Program officer and in April 2008. The program staff
OD & Project Cycle capacity building Program officer carried out extra responsibilities
Management regarding the training course and to implement the project and
approaches on how working with reporting
them more effectively.
• Ongoing coaching to Project
Managers in Kompong Thom and
Battambang regarding the
approaches working with partners
and exit strategies between CWS
and partner and Partners with
their communities
2.7.2 Encourage Program & Project • Program/Project staff • Six Partnership staff attended
staff to learn necessary skills the M&E Training early FY08
through internal & external and carried out a field practice
training/ workshop to test the tools developed by
the team. As a result, staff
understood definition, tools
used and take ownership on
M&E to the project in future
• Sent KPT partner coordinator to • This conference was continued
attend VBNK conference, 2008 from 2007, and VBNK wants to
of community dialogue on "Make a CWS staff representative to
different society for today and join in this dialogue.
tomorrow", in Banteay Meanchey,
22-26 June 2008.
Output 1.1:
Matured organizational capacity • KORCD's Strategic Plan (VMG) • Strategy of KORCD exists • The strategy was reviewed by
for 1 CNGO partners developed board of directors and is being used.
• Annual Plan document developed • Annual plan with details of • Staff used the annual plan as a
activities and timeframe was milestone for implementing
developed and being implemented the organization activities.
• CAT conducted for HAPO, COP • Capacity Assessment conducted for • Staff conducted M&E to three
and CIDC HAPO, CIDC and COP Small Grant partners by using CAT
• KORCD staff are able to use CAT • CAT training and practice was • Six KORCD staff are able to
conducted for KORCD use CAT to evaluate their organization
• KORCD's Admin & Staff policies • KORCD's Admin & Staff policies • Documents are available
reviewed were reviewed
• Training need assessment identified • Training Need Assessment • Project staff and KORCD staff
was conducted for KORCD completed the training FY08
• Staff policies implemented by • Staff policy was developed & • It was reviewed and being used
KORCD staff being implemented
Activities: CWS's Inputs Actual Output Variances/ Remarks
1.1.1 Train KORCD staff on • Program and Project staff, budget, • Project staff with support from • The strategy was reviewed
strategic plan (VMG) training materials partnership program officer by KORCD's board of director
conducted training on strategy and is being used.
1.1.4 Provide training on CAT • Project staff, budget, materials, • CAT training and practice were • KORCD staff are able to use
Assessment to KORCD motorbike conducted for six KORCD staff in CAT to evaluate the organization by
May 08 at KORCD's office from themselves for next year.
17-18 June 08.
1.1.5 Coach KORCD staff to revise • Project staff, materials, motorbike • Administration system and staff • KORCD staff were involved in revising
administration system and policy of KORCD were reviewed administration system and
staff policy staff policy
1.1.6 Conduct TNA for KORCD staff • Project staff, motorbike, materials • TNA was conducted for • KORCD and Project staff
KORCD and put into staff conducted training followed TNA plan
development plan
1.1.7 Monitor KORCD staff on plan • Project staff, motorbike • Project staff monitored the KORCD • Project staff also stayed
implementation of annual staff and program four times per at the communities with
and organizational month to make sure the manage- partner staff to learn more
management policies ment system & activities were about their livelihood
carried out as planned.
1.2.9 Train 10 CNGO staff on CD • Program and Project staff, budget, • 11 CNGOs partners staff (KORCD • CNGOs staff were clear on CD
concept materials five and CIDC six) received training theory and they practice it more with
on CD concept for two days from their community in facilitation skills
Project staff on 21-22 Jun 08.
Output 1.3
Matured practice among • Good relationship between CNGO • KORCD staff regularly attend the • CC members were happy with
partners staff and CBO, CC and local authorities monthly meeting with CC. KORCD participation
• Target beneficiaries of the partners • 103 families from eight • Project staff encouraged KORCD
have home garden, animal raising vegetable groups have home staff to mobilize villagers to plant
compost making, Kroma weaving gardens. They earned a total plant vegetables for reducing poverty.
group and rice bank of 6,642,600 Riels
• Four poorest families in Vaing • Three buffaloes and one cow were
Cheung , Kang Meas cheung, Kang delivered to four poorest villages.
Meas Tbong and Tuol Chan village Due to the price of cow increased,
received three buffalos and one cow the group members contributed their
for raising money to increase KORCD's budget
1.3.4 Provide coaching to ADOVIR Assisted and coached ADOVIR ▪ The program and strategy of
staff to integrate gender, staff to prepare program & ADOVIR are more holistic &
human rights & peace building strategy by integration of gender, responds more to the need
in their program. & peace building as cross of communities.
cutting issues.
Output 1.5:
Resources mobilized in support ▪ At least one CNGO partner received CFEDA & KNTO were assisted ▪ Australian Embassy
of CNGO partners. fund from other funding agency. to prepare DAP proposal FY 09 provided DAP grants to
& submitted to Australian KNTO & CFEDA.
Embassy.
Activities: CWS's Inputs Actual Output Variances/ Remarks
1.5.1 Share funding information & ▪ Project and Program staff Shared funding information
establish link between CNGO with CFEDA and KNTO.
partners and potential donors.
Output 1.6
CNGOs, CBOs, CCs are to ▪ At least 3 small projects approved Three small project grants were
implement small projects in support of and implemented (health, peace provided to 3 small grant
the most vulnerable in their building, community development, partners:
communities. food security and HIV focused DYMB implements HIV/AIDS DYMB works in 158 villages
program etc.). focused program in support of of Mongkol Borei district in
Building New Life Center BTM. The grant period
income generation project starts from March 2008
(BNLC). DYMB supports BNLC and will finish in February
staff to improve skill &marketing 2009
on flower craft and bead-jewelry
making to earn income for
• Study tour organized for three • 3 local church partners from • Done during the last
ecumenical partner staff Svay Rieng were sent to join semester
the study tour with COWS
partner Kompong Thom
1.2.2 Provide training on Strategic • Program staff, budget, training • Sent 2 CSCM staff, 1 woman • The same training will be
Planning to 12 partner staff material and transportation received training of actual conducted for ICA in FY 09
strategic planning for KORCD
at CWS Kompong Thom
1.2.3 Provide training on CD concept • Program staff, budget, training • Sent 7 ecumenical partners • CSCM and KCC took
and CO to 9 partner staff material and transportation to join the CBO training some topics and delivered
conducted by partnership in training to their community
of partners (2 from local
church Svay Rieng, 2CSCM,
2 KCC and 1 ICA)
1.2.5 Train 12 staff of partners on • Program staff, budget, training • With Program staff, conduct • Most of the trainees have
Presentation and facilitation skill material and transportation Presentation skills to 12 staff more confidence in public
of Ecumenical Partners communication and they
(3 ICA, 4 CSCM, 2 KCC and have improvement in
3 local churches) developing session materials
1.2.6 Train 12 staff of partners on • Program staff, budget, training • Sent 8 Ecumenical Partner • Partners staff used report
Report Writing Skills, Gender material and transportation staff (3 women) to attend format in producing report
Awareness and Peace Building Report Writing Training time to time with a quality
conducted by Partnership
Program
1.2.7 Train 12 staff of partners on • Program staff, budget, training • Sent 5 senior partner staff • Partner have submitted
Simple Proposal Writing material and transportation (KCC :2, CSCM :1, ICA :2) to proposal to CWS funding
attend a 2 day training course committee
on proposal writing which is
conducted by partnership
program
1.2.9 Organize internship for three • Program staff, budget and • None • This was not achieved due
partner staff transportation to staff on sick leave.
Output 1.3
Matured practice among the Mentoring partners:
ecumenical partners
• Three partner profiles and baseline • Assisted 2 partners CSCM, • CSCM, CDA will use PRA
data developed and reviewed CDA to document their result for planning and
profiles of PRA develop their proposal
• Three partners applied their knowledge • 3 partners CSCM, KCC, ICA • Partners continue next
for training workshop conducted training workshop year
on different topics to their staff
stakeholders & communities
• 30 farmer families prepared home • 35 SHAG members formed by • CSCM staff will continue to
gardening by CSCM CSCM to plant the plastic follow up gardening activity
bottle for vegetable growing
• 12 partner staff coached and • Provided the advise to partner • Will support peace
mentored on gender, human rights, KCC, ICA, KCC on cross building activities to ICA
and peace building culture work and the concept and student fellowship to
of ecumenism CSCM
1.3.4 Coach and mentor partners • Program staff, budget &transportation • With advise from ecumenical • Since Jan, 08 to present,
on awareness of gender, partnership, in a whole year totally 280 students from
human rights, and peace ICA staff were to mobilize different universities have
building resources with 40-50 dollars supported food program,
to help 80-100 street children one friend committed to
and young victims support 5 years further
Output 2.1
Improved capacity of Ecumenical • At least one visit per month to each • Regular visits to partner office • will continue to visit other
partners to plan, implement and partner and their target areas partner' target areas
monitor, assess and report
outcome
2.2.2 Coach and mentoring partners • Program staff • None • Project staff will cooperate
to develop relevant evaluation with M&E Team to use
tools monitoring tools
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT
PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
FUNDING, MONITORING,
VBCD-ACTIVITY
EVALUATION & REPORTING KOMPONG THOM
CWS-CAMBODIA
VBCD-ACTIVITY
PROGRAM PREAH VIHEAR
DIRECT SERVICES
WATSAN COOPERATION PROJECT
SVAY RIENG
NOTICE
Manage
Support
PARTNERSHIP PP-ACTIVITY
BATTAMBANG/BANTEAY MEANCHEY
PP-ACTIVITY
KOMPONG THOM
FIELD ACCOUNTANT
ECUMENICAL
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ANNEX B:
Project partners:
Holistic Support: CFEDA and KNTO Preah Vihear Village Based
Small Project Fund: DYMB, DYMTB Community Development
MAG Demining
Project partners:
Project Beneficiaries: [27 villages] Government Departments (PHD, PDRD,
Direct families: 2,286 + 30 (MAG) PDEYS)
[P: 12,814, W: 7,023] CBOs/ VDCs/ VHVs/Literacy Teachers
Indirect families: 2, 127
[P: 10,103, W: 5,010] Project Beneficiaries: [18 villages]
Direct families: 360 (P: 1,800, W: 900)
Indirect families: 800 (P:4, 000, W: 1800)
Battambang Partnership
Project partners:
Holistic Support: ADOVIR, KCDA
Small Project Fund: DYBTB
Kompong Thom Village Based Community
Project Beneficiaries: [27 villages] Development
Direct families:1,632 (P: 7,201, W: 2,520)
Indirect families: 1, 612 (P: 8,014, W:2,318) Project partners:
School Children: 120 Phnom Penh Government Departments (PHD, PDRD,
PDAFF, PDEYS)
CBOs/ VDCs/ VHVs/ TBAs/VDVs/ Literacy
Teachers
Emergency Response: Self Help Groups