Real progressWith the support of Plan, children and adults inCambodia are working together to develop theircommunities and claim their right to a betterfuture. And real progress is being made. Last year, our work included:

• Training over 100 young people in SiemReap province to provide information totheir peers on issues like reproductivehealth, HIV/AIDS, drugs and alcohol, tohelp adolescents lead healthier, safer lives

• Enabling over 800 families to have clean, drinking water all year round by supporting the construction of 82 wells

• Helping children to get the most from their schooling by establishing over40 study groups in the poorest villages to give extra teaching to pupilsneeding support

• Protecting children against violence by working with a partner organisationto offer training to over 400 teachers, and other education professionals onways to reduce corporal punishment in schools.

Plan’s greatest successes come from a joint effortcombining the hard work and determination ofcommunities, children, volunteers, staff, and partnerorganisations. The ongoing support of our sponsors is a vital ingredient, too. It’s their generosity andcommitment that allows us to continue to help children in 49 of the poorest countries in the world.

So on behalf of the children and communities we work with, thank you to all our sponsors!Plan UKReport on Plan programs in Albania for the year ended June 2007

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Challenge and change in CambodiaCambodia is a country of contrasts. Although its economy is booming, and industrieslike tourism and clothing export are growing, the country still remains one of thepoorest in south-east Asia.

Plan is working with some of Cambodia’s most vulnerable communities and families tohelp them to benefit from their country’s progress and secure a better future for theirchildren. Together, we’re protecting their health, improving their access to clean water,investing in quality education and giving families the chance to increase their incomes.

The progress of any community is reflected in its children, and Plan is committed tolistening to their views and promoting their rights. Violence against children is an issuein Cambodia, so protecting children is a crucial part of Plan’s work. As Pedrito Sandy

Fortuna, Country Director for PlanCambodia explains: “We continuouslystrive to be vigilant in preventingchildren from becoming victims of abuse.”

In this Country Progress Report, welook at the success Plan is having inencouraging parents to send theirchildren to nursery school – a vital step for better education and health.

Cambodia country factsPopulation: 14 million

Capital: Phnom Penh

UN Human Development Indexranking: 129th (of 177 countries)

Percentage of the population who live on less than 50p a day: 34%

People without safe drinking water: 65%

Primary-age children out of school: 35%

(Sources: the UN, the Foreign & Commonwealth Office) Country ProgressReport 2007

Cambodia

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Real progressWith the support of Plan, children and adults inCambodia are working together to develop theircommunities and claim their right to a betterfuture. And real progress is being made. Last year, our work included:

• Training over 100 young people in SiemReap province to provide information totheir peers on issues like reproductivehealth, HIV/AIDS, drugs and alcohol, tohelp adolescents lead healthier, safer lives

• Enabling over 800 families to have clean, drinking water all year round by supporting the construction of 82 wells

• Helping children to get the most from their schooling by establishing over40 study groups in the poorest villages to give extra teaching to pupilsneeding support

• Protecting children against violence by working with a partner organisationto offer training to over 400 teachers, and other education professionals onways to reduce corporal punishment in schools.

Plan’s greatest successes come from a joint effortcombining the hard work and determination ofcommunities, children, volunteers, staff, and partnerorganisations. The ongoing support of our sponsors is a vital ingredient, too. It’s their generosity andcommitment that allows us to continue to help children in 49 of the poorest countries in the world.

So on behalf of the children and communities we work with, thank you to all our sponsors!Plan UKReport on Plan programs in Albania for the year ended June 2007

KHM

Plan is making safe, clean water available in classrooms,so children don’t have to rely on polluted wells or rivers

p

Challenge and change in CambodiaCambodia is a country of contrasts. Although its economy is booming, and industrieslike tourism and clothing export are growing, the country still remains one of thepoorest in south-east Asia.

Plan is working with some of Cambodia’s most vulnerable communities and families tohelp them to benefit from their country’s progress and secure a better future for theirchildren. Together, we’re protecting their health, improving their access to clean water,investing in quality education and giving families the chance to increase their incomes.

The progress of any community is reflected in its children, and Plan is committed tolistening to their views and promoting their rights. Violence against children is an issuein Cambodia, so protecting children is a crucial part of Plan’s work. As Pedrito Sandy

Fortuna, Country Director for PlanCambodia explains: “We continuouslystrive to be vigilant in preventingchildren from becoming victims of abuse.”

In this Country Progress Report, welook at the success Plan is having inencouraging parents to send theirchildren to nursery school – a vital step for better education and health.

Cambodia country factsPopulation: 14 million

Capital: Phnom Penh

UN Human Development Indexranking: 129th (of 177 countries)

Percentage of the population who live on less than 50p a day: 34%

People without safe drinking water: 65%

Primary-age children out of school: 35%

(Sources: the UN, the Foreign & Commonwealth Office) Country ProgressReport 2007

Cambodia

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repercussions for their children. Notonly does it mean they’re less likely tosupport their children’s education, but ithas health impacts, too. Malnutritionand stunted growth are common, forexample, because parents have noknowledge of how to keep theirchildren healthy with a good diet andproper healthcare.

Preparing for lifePlan knew that young children in SiemReap deserved the chance of a betterstart in life. So we joined with a localpartner organisation, Krousar Yoeung,to set up community nursery schools in11 remote villages across the province.

Every weekday morning, the schoolsrun two sessions catering for a total ofmore than 500 children. Saly, who isone of them, explains what happens: “I can play a lot of games. I learn thealphabet, I sing, dance and listen tostories from the teacher.”

While she has fun, Saly is also beingprepared for life. The nurseries are partof a wider programme that Plan andlocal families are working on calledEarly Childhood Care and Development.This is based on the idea that veryyoung children do best when all their

needs – be they physical, social oremotional – are fully taken into account.

Malnutrition and stunted growthare common, because parentshave no knowledge of how tokeep their children healthy with agood diet and proper healthcare.

In Siem Reap, nurseries are not just aplace where children learn the basics forschool. Their diet and wellbeing areequally important. That’s why asignificant part of the nursery schoolprogramme involves teaching forparents. In their spare time, they arelearning about their responsibilitiestowards their children: how toencourage their development throughgames, for example, and how to protecttheir health by preparing nutritiousfood and keeping their homes clean and sanitary.

Changkes is a young mother, and nevermisses a session. She explains: “I amafraid of missing out on valuableinformation. I realise now howimportant it is to eat vegetables toprevent diseases; I didn’t have any ideaabout this before, until I attended thetraining. I also started teaching mychildren in the evening before bedtime.”

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Her little girl’s newfound independenceis part and parcel of growing up, but it’salso thanks to the village nursery schoolshe attends every morning. Here, sheplays with her friends, sings, drawspictures and learns the basics of readingand maths.

It’s a good foundation for school life,and Seyha knows how rare it is to havesuch an opportunity. She and her familylive in a remote part of the province ofSiem Reap, in north-west Cambodia,and here, as in most of the country,nursery schools are scarce. Only 13% of Cambodia’s three- to five-year-oldsgo to nursery, and most of these live in the cities.

There are other, more urgent reasonswhy children in Siem Reap are not atnursery. Many families here struggle tosurvive in absolute poverty. Whileparents toil in the rice fields, olderchildren take care of younger siblings,and no one gets to devote much timeto education.

The value of investing in children’s earlyyears is not widely appreciated either.One village chief in Siem Reap,remembers that nursery education didnot exist when he was a child. Manyparents do not understand how payingattention to a child’s welfare anddevelopment right from the start canpay dividends later on.

Often, mothers and fathers did notfinish school themselves. Sadly, theirlack of education can have serious

Involvement bringsresultsInvolving the local community intheir nursery school has been akey goal for Plan. Experience hastaught us that local people wantto feel part of their community’sprogress and to have a real sayin how they grow in the future.When they get involved, theresults are better too, becausethey have a degree of local knowledgeand commitment which no outsideagency can match.

In Siem Reap, parents have been soimpressed with their training that somehave donated funds and firewood to theirnursery so the children can have a cookedbreakfast of rice and fish each day.

“Most of the children are nowvery brave and smart. They dareto talk and express their ideaswhen asked.”

They are equally impressed with thechanges they are seeing in theirchildren. “Before the establishment ofthe nursery school, most children undereight years old in my village were

scared of studying at school. Everymorning most of them followed theirparents to the forest or rice fields,” says one parent and school committeemember. “Most of the children are nowvery brave and smart. They dare to talkand express their ideas when asked.”

This new generation of confidentchildren already has the building blocksfor a productive life at school, and inthe future. Later, as the kids grow up,the whole community will feel thebenefit of investing in their children’searly years.

Some names have been changed for privacy and childprotection reasons.

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Investing in children Seyha is very proud of her daughter. “She does not depend on her elderbrother and sisters to do anything for her because she always proves that she can do it by herself,” she says.

Parenting education for community members is important so thatmothers and fathers know the best ways to support their children

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repercussions for their children. Notonly does it mean they’re less likely tosupport their children’s education, but ithas health impacts, too. Malnutritionand stunted growth are common, forexample, because parents have noknowledge of how to keep theirchildren healthy with a good diet andproper healthcare.

Preparing for lifePlan knew that young children in SiemReap deserved the chance of a betterstart in life. So we joined with a localpartner organisation, Krousar Yoeung,to set up community nursery schools in11 remote villages across the province.

Every weekday morning, the schoolsrun two sessions catering for a total ofmore than 500 children. Saly, who isone of them, explains what happens: “I can play a lot of games. I learn thealphabet, I sing, dance and listen tostories from the teacher.”

While she has fun, Saly is also beingprepared for life. The nurseries are partof a wider programme that Plan andlocal families are working on calledEarly Childhood Care and Development.This is based on the idea that veryyoung children do best when all their

needs – be they physical, social oremotional – are fully taken into account.

Malnutrition and stunted growthare common, because parentshave no knowledge of how tokeep their children healthy with agood diet and proper healthcare.

In Siem Reap, nurseries are not just aplace where children learn the basics forschool. Their diet and wellbeing areequally important. That’s why asignificant part of the nursery schoolprogramme involves teaching forparents. In their spare time, they arelearning about their responsibilitiestowards their children: how toencourage their development throughgames, for example, and how to protecttheir health by preparing nutritiousfood and keeping their homes clean and sanitary.

Changkes is a young mother, and nevermisses a session. She explains: “I amafraid of missing out on valuableinformation. I realise now howimportant it is to eat vegetables toprevent diseases; I didn’t have any ideaabout this before, until I attended thetraining. I also started teaching mychildren in the evening before bedtime.”

148.5mm INSIDE 148.5mm INSIDE 146.5mm INSIDE

Her little girl’s newfound independenceis part and parcel of growing up, but it’salso thanks to the village nursery schoolshe attends every morning. Here, sheplays with her friends, sings, drawspictures and learns the basics of readingand maths.

It’s a good foundation for school life,and Seyha knows how rare it is to havesuch an opportunity. She and her familylive in a remote part of the province ofSiem Reap, in north-west Cambodia,and here, as in most of the country,nursery schools are scarce. Only 13% of Cambodia’s three- to five-year-oldsgo to nursery, and most of these live in the cities.

There are other, more urgent reasonswhy children in Siem Reap are not atnursery. Many families here struggle tosurvive in absolute poverty. Whileparents toil in the rice fields, olderchildren take care of younger siblings,and no one gets to devote much timeto education.

The value of investing in children’s earlyyears is not widely appreciated either.One village chief in Siem Reap,remembers that nursery education didnot exist when he was a child. Manyparents do not understand how payingattention to a child’s welfare anddevelopment right from the start canpay dividends later on.

Often, mothers and fathers did notfinish school themselves. Sadly, theirlack of education can have serious

Involvement bringsresultsInvolving the local community intheir nursery school has been akey goal for Plan. Experience hastaught us that local people wantto feel part of their community’sprogress and to have a real sayin how they grow in the future.When they get involved, theresults are better too, becausethey have a degree of local knowledgeand commitment which no outsideagency can match.

In Siem Reap, parents have been soimpressed with their training that somehave donated funds and firewood to theirnursery so the children can have a cookedbreakfast of rice and fish each day.

“Most of the children are nowvery brave and smart. They dareto talk and express their ideaswhen asked.”

They are equally impressed with thechanges they are seeing in theirchildren. “Before the establishment ofthe nursery school, most children undereight years old in my village were

scared of studying at school. Everymorning most of them followed theirparents to the forest or rice fields,” says one parent and school committeemember. “Most of the children are nowvery brave and smart. They dare to talkand express their ideas when asked.”

This new generation of confidentchildren already has the building blocksfor a productive life at school, and inthe future. Later, as the kids grow up,the whole community will feel thebenefit of investing in their children’searly years.

Some names have been changed for privacy and childprotection reasons.

Nursery pupils perform a playp

Investing in children Seyha is very proud of her daughter. “She does not depend on her elderbrother and sisters to do anything for her because she always proves that she can do it by herself,” she says.

Parenting education for community members is important so thatmothers and fathers know the best ways to support their children

p

repercussions for their children. Notonly does it mean they’re less likely tosupport their children’s education, but ithas health impacts, too. Malnutritionand stunted growth are common, forexample, because parents have noknowledge of how to keep theirchildren healthy with a good diet andproper healthcare.

Preparing for lifePlan knew that young children in SiemReap deserved the chance of a betterstart in life. So we joined with a localpartner organisation, Krousar Yoeung,to set up community nursery schools in11 remote villages across the province.

Every weekday morning, the schoolsrun two sessions catering for a total ofmore than 500 children. Saly, who isone of them, explains what happens: “I can play a lot of games. I learn thealphabet, I sing, dance and listen tostories from the teacher.”

While she has fun, Saly is also beingprepared for life. The nurseries are partof a wider programme that Plan andlocal families are working on calledEarly Childhood Care and Development.This is based on the idea that veryyoung children do best when all their

needs – be they physical, social oremotional – are fully taken into account.

Malnutrition and stunted growthare common, because parentshave no knowledge of how tokeep their children healthy with agood diet and proper healthcare.

In Siem Reap, nurseries are not just aplace where children learn the basics forschool. Their diet and wellbeing areequally important. That’s why asignificant part of the nursery schoolprogramme involves teaching forparents. In their spare time, they arelearning about their responsibilitiestowards their children: how toencourage their development throughgames, for example, and how to protecttheir health by preparing nutritiousfood and keeping their homes clean and sanitary.

Changkes is a young mother, and nevermisses a session. She explains: “I amafraid of missing out on valuableinformation. I realise now howimportant it is to eat vegetables toprevent diseases; I didn’t have any ideaabout this before, until I attended thetraining. I also started teaching mychildren in the evening before bedtime.”

148.5mm INSIDE 148.5mm INSIDE 146.5mm INSIDE

Her little girl’s newfound independenceis part and parcel of growing up, but it’salso thanks to the village nursery schoolshe attends every morning. Here, sheplays with her friends, sings, drawspictures and learns the basics of readingand maths.

It’s a good foundation for school life,and Seyha knows how rare it is to havesuch an opportunity. She and her familylive in a remote part of the province ofSiem Reap, in north-west Cambodia,and here, as in most of the country,nursery schools are scarce. Only 13% of Cambodia’s three- to five-year-oldsgo to nursery, and most of these live in the cities.

There are other, more urgent reasonswhy children in Siem Reap are not atnursery. Many families here struggle tosurvive in absolute poverty. Whileparents toil in the rice fields, olderchildren take care of younger siblings,and no one gets to devote much timeto education.

The value of investing in children’s earlyyears is not widely appreciated either.One village chief in Siem Reap,remembers that nursery education didnot exist when he was a child. Manyparents do not understand how payingattention to a child’s welfare anddevelopment right from the start canpay dividends later on.

Often, mothers and fathers did notfinish school themselves. Sadly, theirlack of education can have serious

Involvement bringsresultsInvolving the local community intheir nursery school has been akey goal for Plan. Experience hastaught us that local people wantto feel part of their community’sprogress and to have a real sayin how they grow in the future.When they get involved, theresults are better too, becausethey have a degree of local knowledgeand commitment which no outsideagency can match.

In Siem Reap, parents have been soimpressed with their training that somehave donated funds and firewood to theirnursery so the children can have a cookedbreakfast of rice and fish each day.

“Most of the children are nowvery brave and smart. They dareto talk and express their ideaswhen asked.”

They are equally impressed with thechanges they are seeing in theirchildren. “Before the establishment ofthe nursery school, most children undereight years old in my village were

scared of studying at school. Everymorning most of them followed theirparents to the forest or rice fields,” says one parent and school committeemember. “Most of the children are nowvery brave and smart. They dare to talkand express their ideas when asked.”

This new generation of confidentchildren already has the building blocksfor a productive life at school, and inthe future. Later, as the kids grow up,the whole community will feel thebenefit of investing in their children’searly years.

Some names have been changed for privacy and childprotection reasons.

Nursery pupils perform a playp

Investing in children Seyha is very proud of her daughter. “She does not depend on her elderbrother and sisters to do anything for her because she always proves that she can do it by herself,” she says.

Parenting education for community members is important so thatmothers and fathers know the best ways to support their children

p

Real progressWith the support of Plan, children and adults inCambodia are working together to develop theircommunities and claim their right to a betterfuture. And real progress is being made. Last year, our work included:

• Training over 100 young people in SiemReap province to provide information totheir peers on issues like reproductivehealth, HIV/AIDS, drugs and alcohol, tohelp adolescents lead healthier, safer lives

• Enabling over 800 families to have clean, drinking water all year round by supporting the construction of 82 wells

• Helping children to get the most from their schooling by establishing over40 study groups in the poorest villages to give extra teaching to pupilsneeding support

• Protecting children against violence by working with a partner organisationto offer training to over 400 teachers, and other education professionals onways to reduce corporal punishment in schools.

Plan’s greatest successes come from a joint effortcombining the hard work and determination ofcommunities, children, volunteers, staff, and partnerorganisations. The ongoing support of our sponsors is a vital ingredient, too. It’s their generosity andcommitment that allows us to continue to help children in 49 of the poorest countries in the world.

So on behalf of the children and communities we work with, thank you to all our sponsors!Plan UKReport on Plan programs in Albania for the year ended June 2007

KHM

Plan is making safe, clean water available in classrooms,so children don’t have to rely on polluted wells or rivers

p

Challenge and change in CambodiaCambodia is a country of contrasts. Although its economy is booming, and industrieslike tourism and clothing export are growing, the country still remains one of thepoorest in south-east Asia.

Plan is working with some of Cambodia’s most vulnerable communities and families tohelp them to benefit from their country’s progress and secure a better future for theirchildren. Together, we’re protecting their health, improving their access to clean water,investing in quality education and giving families the chance to increase their incomes.

The progress of any community is reflected in its children, and Plan is committed tolistening to their views and promoting their rights. Violence against children is an issuein Cambodia, so protecting children is a crucial part of Plan’s work. As Pedrito Sandy

Fortuna, Country Director for PlanCambodia explains: “We continuouslystrive to be vigilant in preventingchildren from becoming victims of abuse.”

In this Country Progress Report, welook at the success Plan is having inencouraging parents to send theirchildren to nursery school – a vital step for better education and health.

Cambodia country factsPopulation: 14 million

Capital: Phnom Penh

UN Human Development Indexranking: 129th (of 177 countries)

Percentage of the population who live on less than 50p a day: 34%

People without safe drinking water: 65%

Primary-age children out of school: 35%

(Sources: the UN, the Foreign & Commonwealth Office) Country ProgressReport 2007

Cambodia

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Children take part in a lucky dip – one way to make healtheducation fun

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