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Development for displaced populations

Rural development for vulnerable displaced populations for two Norwest- Provinces of Cambodia. The project has been successfully implemented in accordance with the original plan within the 36 months timeframe and budget, with only modest changes made to improve outcomes as reported in interim narrative reports and this final one. Broad objectives have been achieved or exceeded with a discernible and sustainable improvement in the poverty/food security position of target poor families. The project, though distinct, has operated complementarily with similar initiatives funded by Canada CIDA and the Kadoorie Charitable Foundation, and has built substantially on its predecessor EC funded project completed in December 2005. “Food Security For Vulnerable Rural Populations in the province of Banteay Meanchey, Cambodia”. Equally complementary for lessons shared has been, EC member state UK-DFiD funded project completed on 30 June 2007 “Capacity Building in Good Governance and Decentralisation in Cambodia”. All these projects have been subjected to external evaluation at mid-period and end junctures with reports shared with the EC-Phnom Penh Food Security Programme Officer. They have also been subjected to external audit annually and/or on completion.

Ockenden International has met its obligations for its co-funding contribution of 25% to overall costs through grants from the States of Jersey and Guernsey, for which it is grateful  as well as private donations and its own resources.

Ockenden and its partners (KBA and ADA) have implemented the programme from 1st January 2005 to 31 December 2007, thus improving the livelihoods of those vulnerable poor displaced people as a result of the civil war in Cambodia within the target areas in the two north-western provinces of Battambang and Oddar Meanchey so enabling most of them to become self sufficient and achieve better quality of lives. These have been achieved through a series of income generating and skills development activities such as self- help group/savings and micro-credit schemes, agriculture resource banks, dry season rice & crop production, diversified farming, community forestry, and vocational training. In addition personal and group skills have been added through literacy and capacity building training with key emphasis on Community Based Organisations (CBOs) and NGO partners. This has been aimed at strengthening the human resources and development structures at the community level for sustained improvement in future years and to ensure pro-poor sensitivity and active participation.

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