Community Development

Project in Kampong Cham

Province

Mr. Chan Sophea

 Contents
I- Project Brief
II- Project Achievements
1. VDC ( Village Development Committee)

2. Training

3. IGAs (Income Generating Activities)

4. Infrastructure
 I- Project Brief
 Objective: Poverty reduction through
- Enhance the Capacity of stakeholders (VDC +
training)
- Improve living environment
- Strengthen Income generating activities
- Enhance the capacity of local staffs
 Project Location: Batheay district, Kampong
Cham province
- Sambo Commune: Chong and Tabaek village
- Chbar Ampouv Commune: Stung Chhveng village
 Project Brief (Con.)
 Project period & budget:
- Project period: Dec. 2006- Nov. 2008 (24 months)
- Total budget: USD 940,790 (of which pilot project:
USD 464,000
 Project Implementation:
- Ministry of Rural Development (MRD), Cambodia
- Korea Rural Community & Agriculture corporation
(KRC), Republic of Korea
 II- Project Achievements

1- VDC (Village Development Committee)

 Why is VDC needed?
- One poor household can do nothing to escape from
poverty
- Collective actions by organizations or groups are
stronger counteractions to poverty rather than efforts
by one household
 VDC (con.)
 What for?
“Powers” to negotiate with outside counterparts
such as buyers and sellers
“ Voices” to represent their opinions to decision
making which affect to their livelihood such as
village development and administrative decision
What for ? (con.)

“ Collective action” to escape from poverty cooperatively

as “A core- body” for solidarity of villagers

“ self- reliance village organization” to stand alone in

sense of managing capacity and financial capability
 VDC (con.)
1-1 VDC Establishment (June, 2007)
 Village General Meeting
- Consulting for villagers
- Selection of Candidates
- Support from PDRD
 Election of VDC members
- Vote by villagers
- 9 members and 2 advisors
- 5 men and 4 women
 Registering at PRDC
 VDC (con.)
1-2 Village fund establishment
 Incomes
- users’ fee from the project components
- interest from the village credit
 Expenditures
- O&M costs of infrastructure and facilities
- village development project

1-3 Internal regulation establishment

- PMC team provided a model
- VDC decided the details following the village situations
- Foundations of daily activities of VDC
 2- Training

- Training in Korea
- VDC Operation by PDRD
- Leadership, Problems solving, Facilitation
technique, Writing proposal, Management,
Planning, Monitoring, Meeting and Reporting
by PDRD
- Pilot project management and operation by
PMC team
- Village credit operation and management by
MRD
- Farm production technology by PNSA
 2- Training (con.)

- Farm machinery operation by sellers

- Village workshop participation
- National workshop participation
- Irregular training by PMC team
- Self-training through decision making,
persuasion process, meeting and contacts
with outside organizations
 3- IGAs (Income Generating Activities)

 Village credit provision

- Group loan without collateral as “Grameen Bank”
- Small scale loan around $ 50/ hh
- Operate by women’s sub-committee under VDC
- Interest of village credit = A source of village fund
  Example of IGAs

Pig Buying bamboo tree

for
Vegetable Poultry basket manufacturing
growing

Operating
Agricultur Non-
retail shop
al Fish Agricultural at village
Chemicals IGAs IGAs
raising

Buying
Fertilizer Retailing
seeds
petroleum
at village
 4- Infrastructure

3 village hall constructions/ 3 villages

 3 desks & 3 chairs / 3 VDC
 3 white boards, 3 file boxes/ 3 VDC
 Village library establishment:
1,308 books, 6 bookshelves, 18 iron tables, 108 plastic chairs/ 3
VDC
 Hand pump well construction:
34 wells/ 3 villages
 Village road rehabilitation: 5,739m (width 3.0-4.5m)/ 3
villages
 Reservoir rehabilitation:
2,890m (width 3m and 1 m height)/ 2 villages
 Farm machinery provision:
- 20 two wheels cultivators
- 3 engines power paddy threshers
- 20 water pumps
- 20 water intake horses
- 3 second hand trucks
- Ceremonial tent set ( 1tent, 15 tables and 150 chairs)