Caritas Czech Republic in Cambodia
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Caritas Czech Republic in Cambodia Details
The overall aim of the Caritas Czech Republic in Cambodia is to add value to already existing development programmes and deliver it to the most needed. Thus, in area of health care, the CCR implemented projects in specific areas of eye care, and mother and child health care. Significant improvement of professional capacities of the local eye care specialists, to which the CCR projects contributed, has been appreciated by the Cambodian Government, that in 2017 publically rewarded CCR with a Royal Order. The CCR project on mother and child healthcare has improved situation in three hospitals in one of the least developed Cambodian provinces Kampong Chhang. In area of education the CCR focused on issue of inclusion of pupils with light social or health handicaps. Public perception of handicaps of various sorts has traditionally been negative in Cambodia, and it prevented from access to education as well as later labor market integration. In this respect, the CCR ran a project enhancing qualification of young people with disabilities and helped to create a social enterprise in small electronic repair and in a public laundry. Disaster and risk reduction has been another field of the CCR interest. Cambodia suffers from variety of natural hazards that are typical for the region, and that have been sharpened by recent climate changes. While the weather extremes and relating risks can hardly be avoided, there still is a possibility to increase adaptation capacities and prevent damages and losses. The CCR disaster and risk reduction programme engaged elementary schools and local communities, with aim to spread the impact of the intervention as broadly as possible.
