International Development Grant
Community Education in Agriculture Sanitation and Saving
Project Number: CA-3-S064253002
Status: Closed
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Maximum Contribution: $259,801.00
Start Date: March 31, 2008
End Date: February 09, 2012
Duration: 3.9 years
Project Description
This project takes place in 20 rural villages in the Anlong Veng District of Otdar Meanchey province mainly composed of rural farmers 75% of which depend on income from rice farming. All project activities are under the control of the local communities and reflect their needs. The project emphasizes enabling local human resources to accomplish local objectives. Village-level committees are established composed of volunteers trained to teach agriculture and health sessions to neighbouring families. Agricultural topics include integrated pest management green manure single seedling technique and drip irrigation. Health topics include improved nutritional hygiene and disease prevention behaviours. Committee volunteers also encourage women to gather into savings groups to increase their savings and obtain access to affordable credit. Women's leadership in the community has been considerably strengthened thanks to the project. The local partner is Food For the Hungry Cambodia. This is one of two components of a project valued at $410 605. The first component has been completed.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved as of the end of the project include: all 20 villages have village-level development plans; more females occupy formal and informal leadership positions in twenty villages and commune leadership posts; improved self-help behaviour and civic capacity exists at the household village and commune levels in Anlong Veng District; food security health household assets savings and credit access have improved in Anlong Veng District and forest land cleared for “Chamkar” (slash & burn) rice production has been reduced. 89.6% of Community Savings Group/Community Support Group households in 20 villages express that their household financial security has improved “substantially” from three years ago and 87.2% of them said that their food security and hygiene and disease-prevention behaviour had improved 188%. The project has benefitted some 10 000 direct beneficiaries (70% of whom were women) and approximately indirect 24 000 beneficiaries.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
FH Canada - Food for the Hungry
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
YFMInternaAssistPartnershp&Programing Br
Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Project-type interventions
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Pre-APP