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A Message to our Sponsors and Ambassadors 2011

A message to our valued Sponsors and Ambassadors

Welcome to Cambodia, Kampong Speu and SSF

Kampong Speu province has the largest palm tree plantations in Cambodia. Speu is star fruit in Khmer.

Facts and Figures


In Asia, 12% of the total child population are engaged in child labour, 40% of young women were married before 18 (child marriage) and 48% have permissive attitudes towards domestic violence. Child trafficking is also an issue across the region and is commanding the attention of various organizations in all levels.

Facts and Figures (Cont)


The situation in Cambodia is particularly bleak. The countrys incidences of sex slavery are unacceptably high; it is estimated that there are close to 80,000 to 100,000 sex slaves and prostitutes in the country. In other words, one in 150 people are sex slaves or prostitutes.

Facts and Figures (Cont)


As we move into 2011, Cambodia remains a major receiving, sending and transit country for human trafficking, both for sex and labour. A recent UNAIP report indicates that poverty, socio-economic imbalances between rural areas and urban centers, increased tourism, and lack of employment, education and safe migration are all contributing factors to trafficking in Cambodia. The desperation to survive and the lengths people are forced to go to create a global imperative for action, as trafficking is one of the most abhorrent forms of abuse.

Facts and Figures (Cont)


The 2007 national Consensus Building Workshop on Cambodias HIV Estimates estimated that there are approximately 3,800 children living with HIV in Cambodia. With 1.1% of pregnant women living with HIV, and without interventions to prevent mother-to-child transmission, an estimated 1,547 babies are born with HIV each year. There are currently no available estimates for the number of children affected by HIV.

A 2006 World Bank/ILO report states that nearly 1.5 million Cambodian children aged 7 to 17 were engaged in child labour.

Facts and Figures (Cont)


Using 2004 population projection figures, it is estimated that there were 553,000 orphans living in households in 2005, in addition to the approximately 6,121 living in orphanages. Some provinces, notably Kampong Cham, Siem Reap, Prey Veng, Kampong Thom, and Kampong Speu have a high number of orphans and low impact mitigation coverage. These provinces could be considered as priority provinces for service delivery scale-up.

Sao Sarys Mission


Sao Sary Foundation takes a proactive approach to protect children from any form of violence, exploitation and abuse. Ideally, rather than waiting until its too late, SSF identifies at-risk children and provides protection and assistance to them and their families. We work in response to the needs of individuals and communities through two interlinked programs: Child Protection and Livelihoods. We also respond to individual cases of trafficking, abuse, sexual assault, violence and exploitation (often in collaboration with police). SSF was founded in 2006 and registered as a non-profit with the national government in 2007. SSF is a youth-led, nonreligious, non-political, and independent humanitarian organization.

Why Kampong Speu?


Kampong Speu is situated west and south of Phnom Penh, with the provincial capital of Chbar Mon city less than one hours drive from Phnom Penh. National Highway 4 bisects it, connecting Phnom Penh to the coastal resort of Sihanoukville. The highway has one lane on each side but is currently being expanded to two lanes on each side. There are few other paved roads in the province, outside Chbar Mon city. As of 2008 the population was about 750,000 people, with about 43% under 18 years of age and more than one in seven families headed by a single mother (15%). The provinces total land area is 653,396 ha of which less than one-third is used for farming. Almost all households (94%) list rice farming as their primary source of food and income. The number of farmers using mixed farming techniques is too small to be accounted for in statistics. Because farmers are reliant on rain, they have only one crop per year. (Only 154 hectares of farmland has access to irrigation.) Yields average 1.8 tons per hectare (among the lowest in the region) and about half of all farming households (51%) have less than 1 ha of farmland. About 6% of households are landless. Landlessness is increasing and plot sizes decreasing incrementally as the population expands.

Why Kampong Speu (Cont)?


Poverty: The government has not yet extended its poverty identification program, which identifies two classes of poverty (ID Poor 1, and ID Poor 2) to Kampong Speu so it is difficult to gauge the depths of poverty in the province. Moreover, because the identification cards for ID Poor 1 & 2 have yet to be issued, those who would qualify are ineligible for the free medical services they would be entitled to. Poverty rates, based on reports from commune councils, vary according to district (there are 8) but have been falling from 2006. The rates are at their most extreme in western districts, where up to 44% of all households fall below the poverty line of about 50 US cents a day. Poverty rates are at their lowest (27-30%) in the provincial capital of Chbar Mon.

Why Kampong Speu (Cont)?


Health: The province has 31 public health clinics (about 1 for every 24,200 people), but four times as many private pharmacies, which dispense medicines without prescriptions are staffed, almost exclusively, by untrained pharmacists. Clerks often dispense medicines by asking customers what their symptoms are and then comparing them with the labels on pharmaceutical products, which are sometimes fake and often improperly stored, according to health NGOs. Maternal and infant mortality rates have fallen dramatically since 2006, but still remain among the highest in the region (excluding Myanmar).
Background Image: Eye infections are a common ailment during the dry season when the ponds and streams many villages rely on shrink into brackish pools to be shared with cattle. Parents rely on lime juice to treat the infection.

Why Kampong Speu (Cont)?


Education The ratio of students (6 11) to teachers averages 34:1 province wide, and 39-1 for those aged 12 to 14. However, the ratio is as high as 100 students (aged 12-14) per teacher in one district (Aoral). The ratio of secondary students per classroom ranges from 55 (in the provincial capital) to 130 per class room in Aoral district. About 17% of all schools have no access to water and about 12% have no toilets. About one-fifth of all classrooms have dirt floor and about one-third do not have libraries. Parents also report that at some schools absenteeism is a bigger problem among teachers than it is with students.

School registration rates decline as children age, with 23% of those 15 to 17 years old no longer attending school. (These figures, however, can be misleading as the registration rates do not necessarily mean the students are attending school.) The illiteracy rate is calculated at 6% for those aged 15 to 60, though doubts have been expressed about how literacy is measured. Baseline surveys have shown that the three most common reasons Cambodian children do not receive an education are: 1) there is no school in the village or the school is too far away; 2) the school has no teacher, or the teacher does not show up often; and 3) the parents are too poor to afford school supplies and uniforms, or food for their children.

Why Kampong Speu (Cont)?


Water and Sanitation The number of people per wells (year-round wells) ranges from 46 to 111, according to the district. Almost half of all people, 48%, obtain drinking water from unsafe sources. The percentage rises during the dry season, to 73% in one district. Just 8% of families have access to water filters, while 44 percent report boiling water before drinking it. Province-wide the ratio of people to latrines is showing significant rises, from 43.6 per latrine in 2006 to 29.1 in 2008. However, the rates in some districts remain far above the national average: in 5 of the 8 districts the rate is above 30 to 1, and above 80 to 1 in Basedth district.

Why Kampong Speu (Cont)?


Migration & Trafficking The province has a high rate of work related migration, with about 12% of residents leaving to find seasonal or year round work. The provinces proximity to Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville, draws men from villages to construction sites, and women to garment factories and entertainment venues. Both Sihanoukville and Phnom Penh have a high demand for sex workers, in brothels, karaoke bars, massage parlors and guesthouses. Kampong Speus proximity to the Cambodias financial and resort capitals makes its poorest residents highly vulnerable to trafficking networks, both formal and informal ones.

Partnership in Action
SSF aims to alleviate poverty while combating human trafficking by employing three work-streams that provide both immediate and long-term solutions to provide a sustainable future for the people of Cambodia.
Partner with internationally accredited organizations to scale awareness and impact around the world.

Provide immediate impact by providing shelter, education, and life training to victims of trafficking & rape and most at-risk youth

INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS

Create long-term economic development by providing small scale businesses to impoverished communities

CHILD PROTECTION

LIVELIHOOD DEVELOPMENT

Child Protection Program Purpose and Impact SSF uses the term child protection to refer to preventing and responding to violence, exploitation and abuse against children-including commercial sexual exploitation, trafficking, child labour and harmful traditional practices, such as child marriage. SSFs child protection programs also target children who are uniquely vulnerable to these abuses, such as when living without parental care, in conflict with the law and etc.. SSF uses a holistic and child rights-based process of assessment, taking into account each familys unique situation in determining how at-risk children are

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Child Protection Program


PROVIDE EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES BUILD SOCIAL KNOWLEDGE TEACH LIFE SKILLS SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DEVELOP BUSINESS ACUMEN PROVIDE START UP CAPITAL

Social Welfare Education


PROVIDE BASIC EDUCATION TEACH ENGLISH/COMPUTER LITERACY PROVIDE FUNDS FOR MATERIALS Health & Sanitation IMMEDIATELY ASSESS HEALTH PHYSICAL/MENTAL COUNSELING BIANNUAL MEDICAL CHECKUPS
Shelter

Income Generating Activities

Spread Awareness
PUBLISH IMPACT STORIES HOST WORK-SHOPS ENGAGE LOCAL COMMUNITY

PROVIDE BASIC SHELTER HOME SHELTER PRERERRED SSF PROVIDES SHELTER FOR MOST AT RISK YOUTH

Community Livelihood Program Purpose and Impact


At SSF we recognize that trafficking and exploitation are most prevalent in impoverished communities, so improving the social and economic conditions of these villages lessens the risk that residents will be trafficked. We do this through an approach that fuses a village-based development model designed by Cambodian experts in integrated rural development with our assessment tools for identifying individuals and households most at risk of trafficking and exploitation. Resources are then channeled to those most at risk, while the social infrastructure necessary for minimizing risk is strengthened. This includes building links between families isolated by poverty and other members of the community, as well as working with village leaders and commune councils to integrate household and village development plans into commune development plans, to ensure their sustainability.

Community Livelihood Program


INTRODUCE CLEAN WATER PRACTICES PREVENT DISEASE TRAIN BASIC HEALTH CARE

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Health & Sanitation

IRRIGATION TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOP BUSINESS ACUMEN IMPLEMENT GROWTH PLAN

Financial Literacy
GIVE FINANCIAL TRAINING TEACH PROJECT MANAGEMENT IMPLEMENT MICRO LOANS DEVELOP COMMUNITY COOPERATIVES PROVIDE SUSTAINABLE WATER SOURCE INNOVATE W/ COMMUNITY ENTREPRENUERS INVEST NURTURE CAPITAL CREATE MICRO BUSINESSESES BUILD TRUST LISTEN TO NEEDS FIND LOCAL LEADERS INITIATE PILOT PROJECT

Project Sustainability

Income
Generating

Activities

TRANSFER SKILLS BUILD LOCAL LEADERS SPREAD IMPACT

Community Initiation

EXIT STRATEGY

So Far
4 poorest villages had identified and assisted to economic empowerment 40 at-high risk children and victims are in our Protection Center 138 vulnerable children and youths attending classes at our learning center 9 at-high risk children (2 boys) are finished their secondary (2) and high (7) schools with our support. It was the first ever with their families who have household members received higher education like this. Over 40 cases of rapes and trafficking are assisted. Mostly are crossborder trafficking Over 100 poorest families have been supported through various means, such as microbusinesses support, sanitary toilet, water wells, household plan development, animal raising, vegetable gardening, employment, and etc.

The Five Year Plan.. (2011-2015)


Build SSFs Child Protection village and open Peoples Kitchen 500 most at-risk children under SSF's Protection Program 12,500 community members increase in their knowledge on violence, exploitation and abuse against children-including commercial sexual exploitation, trafficking, child labour and harmful traditional practices, such as child marriage. 500 human trafficking, rape and other forms of abuses cases in SSF's database 125 human trafficking and raped cases filed with the police 10% successful persecution of perpetrators 50 victims rescued and/or repatriated 125 victims under the care and protection of SSF 625 microbusinesses will assist to victims, their families and to families of children at-risk.

GOALS
SOURCE GRANTS SMALL DONATIONS INDIVIDUAL GIFTS 1 TIME DONATIONS LARGER GIFTS LONG TERM 2012 - 2015 25% 30% 10%

PARTNERSHIPS
INTERNAL $ GENERATION

30%
5%

Assess realistic financial achievements Setup best practices to follow after engagement Identify where money will be used and how Revise budgets

HOW TO GET THERE GRANTS


Identify new grant opportunities Google grants Vichetr/Leah owns

SOCIAL MEDIA / DIGITAL STRATEGY


Facebook/Twitter Website Overhaul Image, Brand Online Donations Email Strategy Text strategy

EXTERNAL CONNECTIONS / PARTNERSHIPS


Large donors (Celebrity, etc.) Corporate affiliations Media channels Create generic package to send Post donation communication

SPECIAL PROGRAMS / INITIATIVES


SSF Ambassadors Sponsorships (a toilet, a child, ..) Individual Campaigns Caf

Leadership
The assassination of Mr. Sao Sary, Vichetr Uons father, in 1998 he was responsible for sparked the creating of Sao Sary Foundation. Soon after that, Vichetr was supported by his Australian foster brother that enabled him to go to university. From there, he went on to work in various International NGOs for almost a decade, the most prominent being Church World Service. Following the footsteps of his father, Vichetr Uons next step was to create this foundation to put an end on human trafficking, violence, exploitation and abuse against women, children and vulnerable people. His works have been well documented and recognized by numerous international mediums due to its widespread and effective reach of vulnerable and poor communities in Kampong Speu. His efforts were documented by the BBC and recently, he was chosen as a young leader to represent Cambodia in the Asia 21 Young Leaders Summit 2010.

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