New boats help ensure regular monitoring of remote schools in Cambodia

One of the boats to be used by District Education Officers to visit floating schools.
© UNICEF Cambodia/2013/Nick Sells

It is baking hot in Boribor district, Kampong Chhnang province. On the Tonlé Sap Lake, the air smells of fish and petrol as the mid-day sun on the water creates an eye-dazzling reflection. The loud roar of boat engines is the sound of parents returning from fishing or going to market.

Helping to make Cambodia's children strong, healthy and clever

Complementary feeding campaign promotes nutritious porridge for children 6 - 24 months.

In April 2012, UNICEF, with funding from Spain through the Millennium Development Goals Joint Programme and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and in partnership with the Royal Government of Cambodia Ministry of Health, National Centre for Health Promotion (NCHP), the National Nutrition Programme, the World Health Organization, the Reproductive and Child Health Alliance (RACHA), and Helen Keller International launched a communication campaign to promote complementary feeding in Cambodia to change the way caregivers feed their children in order to improve child nutrition.

Community preschools in Cambodia give children the right start in education

Muoy Kea’s grandmother combs her hair ready for school.
©UNICEF Cambodia/ 2013/Ouk

The parents of five-year-old Srin Muoy Kea are farmers with a meagre income, but they know the value of early childhood education and wanted to give their daughter the best chance to prepare for entry to primary school when she is six. So they sent her live with her grandparents three kilometres away in Chamkar Sleng village, Tang Kroch commune, where she attends the community preschool.

Child friendly schools help Cambodian children enjoy learning

National policy, training and monitoring increase primary school completion rates in rural Cambodia

Kim Houn (left) and his friend Nap Sophea (right) are in grade 1 at school in a rural area.
©UNICEF Cambodia/2012/Nelson Rodrigues

Six year old Kim Houn lives in Kantreang commune in a rural area some 30 km from the tourist hub in Siem Reap city. He is in grade one at the state-run Tropeang Thnuol primary school in Prasat Bakong district, Siem Reap province.

Growing up in Cambodia: Sok Khen aged 11

Sok Khen, aged 11, wants to complete grade 12 and become a Khmer language teacher.
© UNICEF Cambodia/2013/Lisa Kim

My name is Sok Khen. I’m eleven years old and am in  grade 3. I live in the Prek Khsach village, in Kiri Sakor district. My house is only a couple minutes’ walk from school. My house is medium-sized. It is made out of wood and the roof is made of metal sheets.