Cambodian Childrens Fund

OUR MISSION IS TO BREAK CYCLES OF POVERTY AND ABUSE AND TO CREATE POSITIVE CHANGE IN CAMBODIA THROUGH INTERVENTION AND EDUCATION FOR THE MOST IMPOVERISHED CHILDREN ANDTHEIR FAMILIES. BY PROVIDING HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION, JOB TRAINING AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, THE CHILDREN IN OUR CARE WILL ENTER CAMBODIAN SOCIETY WITH THE SKILLS, CONFIDENCE AND INTEGRITY TO HELP THEIR OWN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES IN AN ACTIVE WAY NO GENERATION HAS BEFORE. WE BELIEVE THAT FOR OPTIMAL DEVELOPMENT AND HEALING, THEC HILDREN IN OUR CARE MUST REMAIN CONNECTED TO THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES.TO SUPPORT THIS OBJECTIVE WE RUN A BROAD SPECTRUM OF FULLY INTEGRATED COMMUNITYS ERVICES THAT COLLECTIVELY OFFER THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE SAFETY NET FOR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES IN CRISIS.

CCF COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATION AND KGETHE 2ND WAVE OF COVID PANDEMIC HAS HIT THE COUNTRY EVEN HARDER COMPARED TO THE YEAR 2020, LEADING TO SCHOOL CLOSURES FOR ALL AMOST THE ENTIRE YEAR. TO COPE WITH THE SITUATION WHERE IN-CLASS TEACHING AND LEARNING WASN'T POSSIBLE, CCF HAS CONTINUED BUILDING ON ITS DISTANCE-LEARNING PLATFORMS (BOTH ONLINE TEACHING & LEARNING AND SCHOOL WORKSHEET DELIVERY) WHICH HAS BEEN DEVELOPED SINCE LAST YEAR TO ENSURE CONTINUED EDUCATION FOR ALL THE STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM. IN THAT YEAR, ONLINE LEARNING WAS ROLLED OUT TO STUDENTS IN ALL GRADES (EXCEPT FOR THOSE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION). AS ALL OF CCF BENEFICIARIES ARE IN VERY POOR LIVING CONDITIONS, THERE WERE LOTS OF CHALLENGES FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS ONLINE LEARNING FROM HOME. THUS, IN ADDITION TO THE PROVISION OF PREPAID CARDS TO SUPPORT THEIR INTERNET (5$/STUDENT PER MONTH), CCF SET UP WIFI INSTALLATION AT SOME OF CCF WORLD HOUSING COMMUNITIES TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS COULD HAVE ACCESS TO INTERNET FOR THEIR ONLINE LEARNING.

EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATIONTHE 2ND WAVE OF COVID PANDEMIC HAS HIT THE COUNTRY EVEN HARDER COMPARED TO THE YEAR 2020, LEADING TO SCHOOL CLOSURES FOR ALL AMOST THE ENTIRE YEAR. TO COPE WITH THE SITUATION WHERE IN-CLASS TEACHING AND LEARNING WASN'T POSSIBLE, CCF HAS CONTINUED DISTRIBUTING SCHOOL WORKSHEETS TO THE STUDENTS. GIVEN THE STUDENTS IN THIS PROGRAM ARE TOO YOUNG TO BE INDEPENDENT IN THEIR LEARNING AND THEIR FAMILIES DIDN'T HAVE KNOWLEDGE TO SUPPORT THEIR ONLINE LEARNING, THE PROGRAM STAFF INITIATED COMMUNITY PLAY-BASED LEARNING WITH AN AIM TO PROVIDE TEACHING AND LEARNING SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS AT THEIR HOME. CCF COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATION AND KGEIT'S OBSERVED THAT A SMALL NUMBER OF STUDENTS HAVE LEARNING DIFFICULTIES TO ACHIEVE BASIC SKILLS OF PROFICIENCY IN LITERACY AND NUMERACY BEFORE LEAVING PRIMARY SCHOOL.LEARNING SUPPORT PROGRAM (LSP) IS A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM THAT AIMS AT ENSURING THAT ALL CHILDREN ACHIEVE APPROPRIATE LEVELS OF LITERACY (KHMER AND ENGLISH) AND NUMERACY DURING THE COURSE OF THEIR PRIMARY EDUCATION. OUR UNDERSTANDING OF IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF CHILDRENS EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES TO BE GREATLY ENHANCED THROUGH RESEARCH. WIDE RANGES OF STRATEGIES WILL BE USED TO ENSURE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROGRAM INCLUDING, SECURING AN APPROPRIATE AND EFFECTIVE PROGRAM, PROMOTING THE USE OF TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCESSES THAT WILL ENABLE STUDENTS TO CATCH UP WHEN THEY ARE BACK IN THE MAINSTREAM AND ACHIEVE TO THEIR FULL POTENTIAL, SETTING STUDENTS CHALLENGING TARGETS AND THEN MONITORING THE PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS TO ENSURE THOSE TARGETS ARE MET.THIS LSP HAS BEEN INITIALLY INTRODUCED SINCE 2020 AND THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT FROM 2021 WHEN ON-SITE CLASSES WERE REPLACED WITH DISTANCE LEARNING FOR NEARLY THE WHOLE YEAR DUE TO SEVERE COVID PANDEMIC.

KHMER GENERAL EDUCATION (KGE)INTENSIVE PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION: IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2020-2021, CCF FULL KHMER GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAM WAS RUN ONLINE BECAUSE OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC SITUATION. TO ENSURE THE PROCESS OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SMOOTHLY, CCF SCHOOLS REDUCED SOME SUBJECTS SUCH AS ART, STEM, COMPUTER, AND SPORT. IN ADDITION, THE NUMBER OF TEACHING HOURS WAS REDUCED FROM 39 HOURS TO 30 HOURS PER WEEK. FURTHERMORE, A CLEAR STRUCTURE OF TEACHING, LEARNING, AND SUPPORTING WAS DEVELOPED. BOTH TEACHERS AND STUDENTS HAD CLEAR SCHEDULES FROM MONDAY TO FRIDAY WITH ASSISTANCE OF TEAM SUPPORTERS TO ENSURE THE TEACHING AND LEARNING HAPPENED SMOOTHLY; ICT TEAMS AND ACADEMIC TEAMS SUPPORTED THE TECHNICAL WHILE SCHOOL OPERATION TEAMS SUPPORTED NEEDED RESOURCES AND OTHER SERVICES.