Ssf Newsletter 2008 Volume 1

People a Self1Help Group Publisher: SSF in Daun Art village formed Volume

Issued: April 15, 2008

20 housewives of the poorest of the poor and vulnerable families SAOSkus SARY FOUNDATION (SSF) is a Colleagues, in Kampong Dear Speu province's Samrong Tong district's Monthlycommune's meeting non-profit, non-government, nonDuan Art village joined together forming a Self Help SSF would like to extend to you our with Riverkids political party organization Group in their village and invested 10000 Riel (about USD2.5) sincerest appreciation to all SSF funding Children. each member, working to help poorest of the according a consultative meeting facilitated by SSF and technical advising partners who poor and vulnerable families in the staff on February 10, 2008. continue financial support and technical Cambodia’s poorest communities At the beginning, this group is having look each other to find assistance, without your a contribution it caring for their children especially Villagers in Daun among someone them to become a group leader, Secretary and would not be possible for us to continue girls from all forms of violence, Art villagetreasurer formed a that that they poorest can become ourthey visionbelieve and work to help of the to group exploitations and abuse. Our self help group representatives directing their group and to easily poor and vulnerable families caring forcollaborate dedicated team is committed to with SSF andtheir other stakeholders. Thisthem groupfrom members will be some girls whom living with children and avoid all support provide emergency support to elected theirforms representatives next week when they will meet poor families to attend of violence, exploitations and extreme extremely poor communities in together to collect the investment capital as of appointment abuse throughout the Kingdom Now people plantagain public schooltowhile their parents are Cambodia reduce drop-out and grow deadline. vegetables Cambodia. While the extreme needs of impossible and wanted them to job rates from public schools and to the poor and vulnerable in Cambodia to seeking. Please we back to review something that happened before assist this families in becoming ----------------fight for survival are far from satisfied, SSF uses its effort to aware them group was formed with serious working by SSF in attempting economically self-sufficient so you can take pride in the knowledge that until this again forown them SSF, we doservices everything supports to them. People in this village, they were they no can happening provide for their in 2008, we continue to make a with new without methodology that their to ensure longer poorest believable of together, to other services supported fromchildren social having to real impact on the lives of those very group responsible to their invested the poor and organizations because they said that "they used to cheat by institutionalize some their children in poor and the most vulnerable. money own self. SSF is really proud vulnerableNGOs families in that they accessed into this village and asked them orphanages. to Children have a right to see positive impact to this the Cambodia’s invest likes SHG but a after gathered fromofthem, to an they education and to growvillage up To get realthey sense for themoney progress and poorest people can down poorest communities took the collected intovitally their personal money". withThey their own families sit where whichmoney you are essential,pocket we have and work together to serve their are able to carewant for toprepared Now People do don't see this matter again in to their village. SSF accesses possible. this newsletter bring you up their children to speed on eventsSSF and activities asshare they you an amazing success story that we would like to themselves! SSFtarget wasarea registered with the happen and to give you all a better feelin our got from a community that we mobilize Ministry of Interior (MOI) the for the facts on thepeople ground; who have we in this village from doing nothing on the land toofgreen Kingdom of Cambodia as a nonhelped, what havefield we at learned and how the moment. 10 poor familiesassistance among theplease household in For further contact can we improve in this the future. village change their habit and follow to a demo farmer we #42, Phsa Chas village, Svay Kravan trained andcontribution advised. SSF delights to seeChba this happen We sincerely welcome your commune, Morn in their district, village. never thoughtKampong that a little support from us given of in SSF work. We wish you SSF all the blessing Speu province,Kingdom impact toCambodia their livelihoods. of long, fruitful them lives positively and meaningful work, and we share in the dream of Mobile: (855) 12 471 106/415 332 go back to see what happen within this community, continued peacePlease in we our beloved Tonlab is the name of a village located in Skus commune, Cambodia. I remain, E-Mail: [email protected] Samrong Tong district, Kampong Speu province. Villagers in this http://www.ssfcambodia.org Sincerely Yours, village, they did not habitWebsite: to plan or grow their crops in dry Blog: http://ssfcambodia.blogspot.com season or when their land is free from rice transplantation. Only Monthlya Meeting with Riverkids Children season a year, they transplant their rice crop and wait to SSF Executive Director met 10 educational sponsored children granted harvest. by Riverkids foundation On Saturday 02, February 2007 at SSF office locates in Late Kampong province. into This this meeting was focused is 2006,Speu SSF accessed village and beganon to how support going on with their family education aftertheir theythree attend secondary more a poorest sending underage girlsschool that parents than threeattempted months and givenjob them insecticide [SSFfor gives insecticide to to seek as garment factory to school and then sponsoredachildren every three month]. select another family to be a demo famer, plant morning glory by using non chemical fertilizer. Villagers over there, don't Almost children, reported that their education is to still rank believe they to what we didus and they gave value less uslow by saying among their classmates because they never get extra training at that "Now is a chemical fertilizer era, most people they use why Teacher's you home especially mathematic subject. Teacher gave them an are crazy to return back" and "Why do you need to plant average score and suggested them glory? to learn pay extra if they it vegetable likes morning It and is cheap pricemoney [on market] want to bewill better score. Some of them requested us to support learning not balance to the labour and capital you invest?” extra course on Mathematic at their teacher's home and others promise us to wake upInatfact, the They earlytold morning learn by them self to ensure Yes, us theand correct answer if we plant morning they can pass or not. glory like what they habit to do, planting one ridge or row and

waiting to harvestthose and then continue plan another but At the end of meeting, children wereto weighted and one gave SSF and farmer to do improve is creating a Morning insecticidewhat tablets and we demo plan together hygiene, workingGlory as Planting Business for a family that they at least 10-20 team, assist monks of champatep temple to do something asgrow guidance ridgesup per monthbefore and they to harvest them from 25-50 and early wake to learn goinghave to school.