Cambodia Nutrition Project (CNP) aims focus on enhancing maternal and child health and nutrition services by targeting pregnant/lactating women and children in their first 1,000 days across specific provinces throughout the country.

• Reduce Neonatal Mortality
• Enhance Maternal/Child Nutrition
• Improve Routine Immunization Coverage

While the project has positively impacted maternal and child health outcomes, notably decreasing maternal mortality rates from 442 in 2005 to 154 in 2021-22, persistent malnutrition remains a crucial public health issue for women and young children.

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The recent Cambodian Demographic and Health Survey 2021-2022 found that 28% of children 6-23 months consumed sweet beverage and unhealthy food consumption, with 29% consuming zero vegetables or fruit the day before the survey.

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The KAP4 Study was mixed-method research that included both quantitative and qualitative. The quantitative component involved surveying 1,558 respondents from different demographics, rural and urban areas, and various age and income groups across Cambodia, using stratified sampling to ensure a national representative. The qualitative team conducted 35 qualitative in-depth interviews with stakeholders, alongside eight focus group discussions aimed at marginalized groups in various regions. At the sub-national level, seven focus group discussions encompassed seven diverse groups with 51 participants, prominently featuring 30 women.

• Track Changes: Monitor knowledge, attitudes, and practices across KAP studies
• Evaluate Government Initiatives: Investigate the effectiveness of climate change interventions.
• Enhance Best Practices: Address climate change impacts through improved practices.
• Develop a Communication Strategy: Utilize video documentaries, awareness campaigns, capacity building, and stakeholder engagement to drive climate change responses

Within the context of identifying the primary causes of climate change, an overwhelming 77% of respondents attributed this environmental challenge to deforestation.

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Results show 84% of respondents were familiar with the term "climate change," while 80% recognized"global warming." However, these numbers portrayed a somewhat shallow understanding, as 57% acknowledged a lack of comprehensive knowledge about climate change, with a similar proportion (55%) admitting a limited understanding of global warming.

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There were positive efforts on health and nutrition services. The health equity funds, linked to the ID Poor cards, have been distributed and are acknowledged by public health facilities.

• Save the Children sought to undertake an in-depth situation analysis of the children and families in the remote Tonle Sap regions of Kampong Chhnang and Pursat.
• Save the Children’s mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.

A third of households were below the National Poverty Line of KHR 4,446 or US$1.11 and a fifth of households just above poverty line or at risk to falling into poverty by shocks such as crop failure, disaster, sickness, loss of job or payment of heavy debts.

The main objective of this baseline is to gather information about the caregivers, children, and communities in the target area to help the project team to better tailor the intervention activities.  The results of the study establish a baseline against which to measure future growth and change and is meant to address two specific objectives:

• To provide a benchmark for where children in the 0-42 month and 43-73 month age groups are in terms of their progress against child development milestones.  

• To understand current knowledge, attitudes and practices of caregivers as it relates to the learning and development of children.

The project is grant funded by the World Bank-administered Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF).

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The data showed that caregivers are more likely to have knowledge about or practice activities like talking, playing, singing, or reading with older children (43-72months), as opposed to younger children (0-42months).

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There were more than a million migrant workers officially registered (Office of Foreign Workers Administration, 2011). Besides the registered workers, there were additionally more than 1.4 million family members and unregistered workers, according to a conservative estimate by the Thai Interior Ministry (Huguet et al., 2011, p.11).

• in present-day Miao communities there is no direct governmental interference in religious activities, unlike during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976).
• is the improvement of village health.
• the creation of convenient and inexpensive hospitals and clinics where the patients can be cured.
• Xiangxi Miao communities, many of the young people consider the messenger ship a deceptive activity because they do not believe that humans can communicate with spirits.
• The chu-badui is both animist and profoundly syncretic.

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The area’s poverty prevalence and the potential of the area to be linked to the tourism market in the Sambo Prey Kok Temple and in the adjacent areas of Angkor Wat and Preah Vihear is a strong rationale to develop alternative sources of income and employment through micro and small enterprises.

• poverty incidence reduced to 20 percent in project villages by 2016
• real income levels target increased by 25 percent in 900 households by 2014
• village-based employment increased by 20 percent in 11 villages by 2014

The project area is characterized by potential beneficiaries of more than 3,000 households and some 38 percent are considered poor. Its population is skewed toward more young people, with most of the labor force from 10 to 24.

Results of the fieldwork on the Mekong Discovery Trail Project Baseline Survey which was conducted from 21–27 November 2011 are based on interviews with target stakeholders including households in each community and foreign and local tourists, and key informants. Further, review and collection of several relevant documents were done. The findings and analysis are presented in the following section of this report.

• supported by UNWTO and SNV, aims to promote sustainable tourism along the Mekong River in Cambodia.
• the average expense is less than USD25 and average stay is 1.6 days in Stung Treng and 3.2 days in Kratie.
• Steung Treng existent figures for domestic tourists  yield to some USD11.604 million per year and in Kratie this redound to some USD2.253 million expenditure or an overall, this yields to USD 13.858 million.
• Out of 190 households, 149 or 78.4% engage in livestock or poultry raising

The design of the study was agreed on between the Baseline Study Team and the Project Management of the MDT through meetings within October 10 to 4 November 2011.

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The finding provided understand of cross-sectoral analysis of government and private sector service provision in the floating villages and of relevant government mechanisms for responding to the needs of these citizens.

• Identify how climate change and disasters may impact children in floating villages.
• Assess of water safety issues and recommendations for future programming, provide analysis.
• identify changes to living situation of children and families, including: migration and public policy to relocate floating communities.
• Identify other significant factors (such as gender) that would impact the realization of child rights in floating villages, either currently or in the future.

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