Author: communication
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Day Care Centre Makes the Difference for a Young Girl with Disabilities
Piseth* is 16 years old and lives with her grandparents and younger brother in a remote village outside Neak Loeung. Both children have physical and intellectual disabilities and require significant assistance during daily activities, including basic hygiene, which is difficult for her ageing grandparents to manage. Piseth was born with a congenital hip condition, which…
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Disability Outreach Helps Vulnerable Communities in Neak Loeung
Poverty is both a cause and a consequence of disability in Cambodia. Malnourished mothers and children result in cognitive and physical development delays. These conditions are more likely to be left untreated or undiagnosed if the family is impoverished and cannot access proper medical care. As their condition worsens, children with disabilities are excluded from…
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Former Alternative Care Beneficiary Celebrates Family Reintegration
Sophae* speaks with strength in her voice that surpasses her 17 years of age, but her eyes retain a playful wit typical of girls her age. However, Sophae’s life has been far from that of a typical 17-year-old girl, yet she refuses to let her past define her. She was raised in a village on…
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Home for the Holidays
The mood is elevated at Damnok Toek Kep on the first Monday back at work after the Pchum Ben holidays. The residents and staff work together with the jovial energy that typically follows a break from work for annual holidays. The residents themselves are particularly happy to welcome back Ieang and Vet, who have just…
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Walking Campaign Raises Disability Awareness
On 25 August 2023, DT hosted a walking campaign for disability awareness in Kep Province. The aim of the event was to raise awareness of the rights and abilities of people with intellectual disabilities. The walking campaign consisted of two separate groups comprised of residents and staff of DT Kep, beneficiaries and staff of Kampuchea…
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Flower Festival Brings Community Together
In Cambodia, the Flower Festival goes back to ancient Buddhist times. It is a religious tradition of picking flowers and offering them to Buddha at the pagoda. In recent times, this tradition has become a successful method to raise funding for social purposes, while still respecting the values of original religious traditions. DT’s Executive Director,…
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NFE Centre Gives Hope to Promising Student
Cheng Im* is a 14-year-old girl living with her mother and her younger brother in Chankiri village, just outside of Poipet, in the northeastern province of Banteay Meanchey. She comes from a very modest household. Her single mother, Sreymom, works as an assistant in a beauty salon and earns a monthly wage that barely allows…
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Children’s Day Celebration in Neak Loeung
At Damnok Toek, it is a yearly tradition to celebrate Children’s Day. We use the occasion to emphasize the rights of children and their vulnerability, as well as the importance of education and safe childhood. On June 1, 2023, the Neak Loeung team hosted a Children’s Day event for more than 400 people. The theme…
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Inauguration of Semi-Independent Living Arrangements in Kep
On the 7 th of March 2023, the Damnok Toek team in Kep swapped their daily operation of the disability program into a day of celebration. The reason was the inauguration of three semi-independent living arrangements for up to 14 people with intellectual disabilities (PWIDs). The inauguration event was joined by all Kep team members…
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DT Organizes Workshop Continuum of Care for Children With Disabilities
The beginning of a new year has started, and Damnok Toek has organized a meaningful and fruitful Workshop on the Continuum of Care for Children with Disabilities in Cambodia. Many guests and partners from local and international organizations, and the Cambodian government, joined the workshop at Cambodiana Hotel in Phnom Penh on Friday, 3rd March…
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Family Reintegration from SGH A Big Success
In the lush farmland of Kampong Thom province, about 3 hours north of Phnom Penh, children finish a lesson in the colourful 1st-grade classroom of a rural primary school. They are a bit more giddy than usual, in awe at the visitors who have just arrived to visit Chantha*, Damnok Toek’s first successful case of…