Community Building
SSF realizes the economic disparity in the impoverished communities with which we work, and is committed to raising their standard of living. Our Community Building Project was created with intention the community becoming wholly involved in order to raise the standard of living, create fair access to education, and to foster economic independence in Kampong Speu. Together, we hope that the community can come out of poverty. This would mean that children in Kampong Speu could pursue education rather than be subject to abuse, violence, child labor, child marriage and human trafficking. The Community Building Project was established with assistance from SSF.
Overall Objectives:
•To mobilize available resources to use locally rather than
relying on external resources
•To form a community based organization, bringing the community together to discuss with each other common problems affecting their lives such as children’s education, health, environment, agriculture, and animal health.
•To provide families with training on organizational, financial and micro-business management in order to generate income. We also aim to encourage the responsible use of savings through capital investments and monthly saving. We will do this through monthly meetings concerning household and group planning for the future.
•To help impoverished families get loans both in-kind and in cash, which most families are currently unable to access. We aim to prevent families from having to borrow from moneylenders, who charge exorbitant interest rates of 5-30% daily.
•To help families in the CBOs improve the standard of living and strengthen the capacity of members to generate an income through a general or agricultural business. With these income-generating activities, CBOs can earn a viable income and increase the groups’ internal funds, eventually sustaining self-finance and self-reliance.
•To provide families with clean water, access to sanitation and good hygiene habits.
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