Dear Supporters and Friends,
On behalf of Cambodian Volunteers for Community Development, I would like to
extend my heartfelt thanks to all our staff, volunteers, donors, and partners.
Your enthusiasm, support and on-going commitment to CVCD over the past two years
has enabled us to achieve great success.
For the 84% of the population living in the rural areas of Cambodia, 2003-04 was
a period where drought was experienced by our farmers and employment opportunities
remained stagnant. As a result, the country saw a mass movement of families and
communities to urban dwellings - specifically the squatter and slum areas in Phnom
Penh. Such a movement only raised the demand for education and community programs
highlighting the need for CVCD in these communities.
Cambodian Volunteers for Community Development strives to educate and empower the
disadvantaged of our society. During 2003-04, CVCD worked in communities providing
over two thousand Cambodians with literacy, vocational and community development
skills. Some of the highlights of the past two years include: the enrolment of 100
additional children in the Khmer literacy program; the implementation of the
UNESCAP project; the enrolment of 15 additional landmine amputees at the Vocational
Skills Training centre in Kampong Cham; the establishment of a Sewing Co-op in
our Sewing Out Poverty program; the increase of local and foreign employees in our
workplace; the implementation of our strategic and annual planning forum; the
Positive Paper program; and the Rice buying initiative.
We wish to thank all those who have been involved in our work and encourage you to
continue to join with us, so that we can bring change and development for the
disadvantaged of our nation.
Yours faithfully,
Mr Doeur Sarath
Executive Director
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