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OEC PROFILE
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| Summary |
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Founded in 1996 with the name of “Operations Enfants de Battambang” (OEB), approved by Cambodian Ministry of Interior in 1997, then later become “Operations Enfants du Cambodge” (OEC) and re-approved by the Ministry of Interior in 2006 (read page “Genesis of OEC”), OEC is an organization not-for-profit, non governmental, not to be part of, or controlled by, government or an intergovernmental agency and not affiliated with any political party, working to save and protect the rights of children, without any exception, distinction, or discrimination based on the basis of race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinions, national or original origin, state of wealth or birth, focusing principally on having the poor children, children with disabilities, orphans and vulnerable children affected by HIV/AIDS, children of landmine survivors and children addicted drug users, enjoyed equal basic rights and opportunity to their similar of normal conditions, especially right to life, to be protected, to development and to participation. In the main purpose to strengthen children rights, OEC also works to empower landmine victims by enhancing their livelihood through physical rehabilitation, income generating activities, so they can liberate their children from domestic forced labor for schooling. For economic growth, combating poverty and eliminating all forms of domestic violence, as well as to prevent new HIV/AIDS infection, OEC works in collaboration with military region 5th organizing health care education for military families and strengthening gender equality, including people around the military positions to build smiling families. OEC has established its strategic plan, 2011 – 2015 of three programs with additional projects, such as rural women empowerment to fix people in their rural community with livelihood improvement and joining countryside with towns, human rights education through formal and informal settings to build human rights culture and reinforce national harmony. (See OEC strategic plan) |
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| Contact Information: |
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Mailing Address: Operations Enfants du Cambodge, No 23, Sophy II village,
Raatanak commune, Battambang city, Cambodia |
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Website:www.oecbtb.org |
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Phone: +855(O)53 952 752 |
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E-mail:oec@camintel.com |
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| Organization Details |
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OEC/Executive Director: Mrs. Tith Davy |
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Chair Person of the Board: Mr. Vay Po |
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Board Size; 5 |
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Founder: Mrs. Tith Davy |
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Year Founded: 1996 |
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Fiscal Year: End 31 December of the year |
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Financial Information From: Audit |
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Member of NGOs: Member of Disability Action Council (DAC), NGO Education Partnership (NEP), Cooperation Committee for Cambodia (CCC),
MEDICAM, NGO Alliance and Battambang Network to Support Decentralization and Deconcentration (BNSD) |
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| Awards |
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OEC received a Felicitation from the Ministry of Social Affairs Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation on 25 April 2003. |
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OEC received a Medal of National Construction from the Cambodian Royal Government on 30 June 2003. |
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OEC received a Felicitation from Provincial Committee of Rural Development on 25 February 2005. |
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OEC received a Certificate of Compliance with NGO Good Practice on 8 December 2009. |
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OEC received a Working Golden Medal for disability affairs from the Cambodian Prime Minister on 18 November 2009.; |
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| Purpose |
| The Operations Enfants du Cambodge raising funds from International Humanitarian/Social/ Economical organizations, Foundations and Individual Donors, works to save and protect basic rights of children, improve access to education for self-development, empowering people with disabilities by rehabilitation, emergency assistance and provision of possibilities to enhance their livelihood, allowing them to liberate their children for educational mainstream. Our main purpose focuses principally on having poor children, children with disabilities, orphans and vulnerable children affected by HIV/AIDS, children of landmine survivors and children addicted drug users, including the ones in remote areas, enjoy equal opportunity and equal liberty of outcome as their similar of normal conditions. The empowerment of rural women and human rights education has been newly mentioned in the strategic plan 2011- 2015. |
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| Our Vision |
Disabled children, handicapped people caused by mines, young people and children in areas facing difficulties in Cambodia receive heightened capabilities, good standing of life, with dignity, freedom, adequacy and equality of opportunity, living with each other in the society full of peace and prosperity. |
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| Our Mission |
Our mission is to build and raise capabilities, and good living condition of the above targeted people by means of primary health care, rehabilitation of working possibilities, reproductive health;
support human rights education in formal and non formal settings in education and life skills development, by strengthening existing communal structure, and supporting logical initiatives of local people for cooperation.
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| Our Core Values |
We use our integrity in endeavoring to respect, protect and promote the fulfillment of children’s rights and obligations of all Cambodians to solve children problems based on national laws, international bill of rights and the real existing conditions. We therefore commit ourselves to the following:
- To be non-partisan and non-discriminatory
- To promote equality of access, equality of opportunity and equality of outcome of Cambodian children,
- To adhere to the principles of democratic governance:
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| General Principles |
OEC keeps its operation always committed to:
- The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia, especially the article 31, chapter III, concerning rights, respect to, and recognition of international bill of rights,
- • The Cambodian Labor Law, newly amended in 2011, law on people with disabilities and other national laws related to civil, social, economic, cultural, security, criminal and environmental laws,
- The Code of Ethical Principles and Minimum Standards for NGOs in Cambodia,
- The Code of Ethics & Conduct for NGOs, elaborated by the World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (WANGO).
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| Achievement |
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I-Projects completely finished: |
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Donorss |
Project Title |
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Project
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Total Budget in $ |
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1- Association of Marie
France Botte
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Improving nutritive condition of patients, HIV/AIDS in Battambang Referral Hospital, with other absolute needs |
From 1996 to 2000 |
1044 patients supported(70 deads) |
63,519.00 |
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2-Proper fund of Mr. François Pochon’s family.
francois.pochon@wanadoo.fr
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Development of access to basic education in remote areas facing difficulties: mobilizing local community to construct temporary classes with assistance of teaching techniques, school supplies and teachers’ allowance in Sangker, Bavel & Maung Russei. |
From 1996 to 2008 |
503 students supported;
Monthly allowance for 12 contracted teachers; 6 classrooms later integrated into public school |
11,291.00 |
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3-UNESCO
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Development of access to Basic education in remote areas of Maung Russei, Ratanak Mundol and Bavel: School supplies to students and teaching aids to teachers with monthly allowance. |
From 2002 to 2005 |
2,898 students supported; monthly allowance for 55 teachers; later 26 classrooms with 1,420 students integrated into public schools | 83,699.00 |
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4-WORLD BANK
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Access to education for children at risk in Kamrieng: Provision of learning and teaching materials to 9 child-care classes, 4 literacy/ vocational classes (sewing and agriculture), with allowance and training fee for teachers plus refreshment for child-care classes. |
From 2003 to 2004
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184 students supported; monthly allowance for
5 teachers |
14,500.00 |
| 5-UNICEF |
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Access to education for children at risk in Kamrieng: Provision of learning and teaching materials to 9 child-care classes, 4 literacy/ vocational classes (sewing and agriculture), with allowance and training fee for teachers plus refreshment for child-care classes. |
From 2006 to 2007; |
358 child-care students supported, 149 young people trained for
Literacy and
Vocational skills
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85,595.00 |
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6-ChildHope UK
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Social/Economic reintegration of child-Landmine survivors: Rehabilitation and integration into educational mainstream provision of school facilities and bicycles, with vocational train ing for the high-ages.
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From 2003 to 2004 |
51 children rehabilitated; 39 children integrated into public schools equipped with 30 bicycles; 46 young children vocationally trained with capital for starting their own enterprise |
26,776.00 |
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7-UNFPA
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Youth Reproductive Health: dissemination and education of birth spacing, safe motherhood, gender equality, adolescent and youth, human rights/women rights and safe sex, prevention against HIV/AIDs and STI; improvement of nutritive condition of HIV/AIDs people in civil and military hospitals safe sex, prevention against HIV/AIDs and STI; improvement of nutritive condition of HIV/AIDs people in civil and military hospitals |
From 1998 to 2006 |
1,585 children following their parents in hospital trained; 1,230 HIV/AIDS patients nutritionally and
materially supported; 75 monks educated as bridge for dissemination; 94 Peer educators trained; 34 Universities students in BTB trained; 3500 people aware of HIV/AIDS and Productive Health.
supported; 75 monks educated as bridge for dissemination; 94 Peer educators trained; 34 Universities students in BTB trained; 3500 people aware of HIV/AIDS and Productive Health. |
262,245.00 |
8- FHI
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Smiling Family Program: working in military regiment 51 of Banteay Meanchey and military regiment 53 of Batambang province to promote happiness life rid of HIV/AIDS, with assurance of safe sex |
From 2007 to 2011
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149024 People reached by HIV/ AIDS prevention and education; 26162 families reached by program (military and civilian); 4190 men and women referred and used STI services |
$ 463,814
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II-Projects toward phase out |
| Donors |
Project Title |
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End Date |
Project
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Total Budget in $ |
| 5-UNICEF |
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Home Care Base and School Re-integration for Children With Disabilities. In Sampov Loun, Phnom Proek, Kamrieng districts Battambang Province, Malai district Banteay Meanchey Province, Anlong Veng, Trapaing Prasat districts Otdor Meanchey Province and Pailin municipality (2001…) |
01/01/2001 |
31/12/2010
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301 children with disabilities and 38 disabled people rehabilitate, 165 CWD integrated into the mainstream schools, 86 bikes are distributed to CWD for traveling to their schools, and their parents are aware of |
$432,776.00 |
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| III- Projects effectively in operations |
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| 1-Children with Disabilities, becoming actually Children Without Appropriate Care, supported by Save the Children Norway (SCN) integrated now in Save the Children, from 1997 up to present time. The project is now working in Rukha Kiri districts of Battambang porovince, and in Krakor, Kravanh and Bakan district of Pursat. The project will study the possibility to work in Siem Reap and Koh Kong province from 2011 to 2014. |
Budget funding: $ 649,839
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| 2- Socio-Economic Reintegration of Landmine People Survivors supported by Adopt-A-Minefield (AAM) operating in the district of Maung Russey, Sampeou Loun, , Samlot, Rattanak Mondol, Koh Kralor and Bovel of Battambang province, Pailin province, Malay district of Bamteay Meanchey province, to promote, protect and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all landmine victim survivors, through actions of emergency and pre-hospital care, hospital assistance, physical rehabilitation and socio-economic reintegration of mine victims started from 2004 up to present time. |
Budget funding: $ 646,052
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 AAM
Sweden |
| At the end of AAM Sweden support on 31 December 2011, CMAC succeeded to bring new donor supporting OEC in running the project “IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES” corresponding to the purpose of the Svenska PostkodStiftelsen which is to promote a sustainable development for two main areas, nature and the environment, and people's living conditions. The main activities are to develop economical situation of the landmine victim survivors (life skills, technical and vocational knowledge, small business management, financial plan and balance, way to choose professional business adapted to geographical condition and market situation), so that landmine survivors can enjoy basic rights of human rights with dignity, having then equal access and opportunity to participate in their community affairs, allowing them to improve their sustainable livelihood. The project start from January to the end December 2012 with a total budget of $38,000.00 operating in Thmor Puok and Preah Net Preah district, Banteay Meanchey province, focusing on improving standing of life of 20 poorest families, 40 CWDs, 40 Landmine Survivors, and consequently a derivative support to their 180 children in quality of promoting equal access to quality of education and elimination of discrimination in education.
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Budget funding: $23,011 |
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| 4- HIV/AIDS and Drug USE Prevention, supported by USAID and Global Fund through KHANA from 2006 up to present time, presently operating in Phnom Sampeou and Chheu Teal communes of Banan district, Tameun commune of Thmor Kaul district and 6 communes of Battambang city. The main activities are to use peer educators and peer facilitators to identify all categories of drug users including drug injectors and then using psychological way to convince the patients to reduce absorption leading to stop absorbing by accepting voluntary counseling testing, (VCT), or voluntary counseling and confidentially testing (VCCT) service. |
| Budget funding: $ 138,063 |
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| 5- Improving Education and Health care of the poor children and children of family affected by HIV/AIDS, supported by Schmitz Stiftungen, operating in three communes of Sangker district (Roka, Rangker Sey and Tapon communes). The main activities are to provide children in primary and secondary schools with school facilities, uniforms, food supply, medical clearance fee and remedial course fee for some weak students for learning equalization with their classmates including organization of vegetal garden to initiate children in agricultural development. |
Budget funding: $ 104,841 |
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| 7-Towards Sustainable Income Generation Activities for Landmine Victims, supported by European Community (EC) from 1st April 2008 to 31 December 2010 and then resuming activities from 1st March 2011 to 31 August 2013, after a large evaluation accomplished commonly with official partners, stakeholders, networking agencies and especially communal member with direct beneficiary groups, landmine victim survivors, operating in the first phase in Samlot, Ratanak Mundol, Bavel and Thmor Kaul districts. having 560 target victim people, and then starting the second phase in Thmor Kaul, Bavel, Banan and Maung Russey district with 600 target people. The main activities are to improve livelihood of the beneficiaries through generating income activities, hygiene and sanitation education, management of small business, financial planning with techniques identifying market requirement, including house reparation, construction of latrine, taking care of pregnancy and referring the concerned to medical center for rehabilitation or medical clearance, organization of awareness campaign through entertainment and educative game to strengthen the rights of disabled person with integration in their communities. |
| Budget funding: $ 309,529 |
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A tri-joining donor composed of BICE International Catholic Child Bureau, MISEREOR IHR HILFSWERK and Kinder MISSIONSERK agrees supporting OEC in the achievement of the project "SMILING CAMBODIAN CHILDREN", operating in Sihanouk Ville, for a period of 15months, starting from October 2011 with respective partial financial contribution as follows: BICE: $24,937USD; MISEREOR: 35,500USD and Kinder missionwerk: 24,937USD, a total of 78,937USD. The principal strategic objectives are to organize non formal education classes combined with child-friendly spaces activities, supported by formation of child clubs and parents association, the inter-cooperation of which in good communication with Commune committee for Women and Children, leads substantially to effective child protection and resilience, thus eliminate discrimination in education and improve equality of access and of opportunity.
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| Budget funding: $ 70,602; |
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| 9- Toward the elimination of Child Labor in Brick Making Sector and in other fields, supported by ILO/IPEC operating in Sangker and Maung Russey, district of Battambang province, from 1st October 2010 to 31 March 2012, to eliminate forced labors for schooling and vocational training to promote equal access to good quality of education by provision of learning material, conducting awareness campaign on the rights of children, role of parents, teachers and community members in protecting and developing children with great attention to eliminate all forms of commercial, sexual exploitation and discrimination. |
| Budget funding: $ 25,000 |
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| 10- Inclusive Education for Children with Disabilities supported by Australian Red Cross, operating in Kamrieng district, Battambang province. The main activities are to provide school materials to CWDs and children of PWDs to facilitate their regular learning, construct 12 ramps facilitating their move, organize home based classes conducted by contracted teachers, for the ones impossible to attend public school, conduct awareness campaign to strengthen children right, responsibilities of parents, teachers and community members in protecting and developing personalities of CWDs with observance of law on persons with disabilities, refer CWD to emergency hospital or rehabilitation center depending on gravity of disabilities for surgery or physical rehabilitation, or to get prosthesis, develop thinking, expressing, and analytical power with active participation through creation of child club. |
| Budget funding: $ 19,760 |
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| III- Transparency |
| To maintain transparency and strengthen democratic governance, we have established and implemented strictly our Code of Ethical and Conduct. (See our code in yellow box of Home page). Principally we have formed a Management Committee (see governance structure in leaders’page) grouping all project managers, admin manager, financial manager and president of staff association, whose chairman is rotatively changed at the end of a mandate of 6-month, among the project managers. The management committee is assisted by other five sub-committees including staff association, asset committee, procurement committee, internal auditor and permanent secretariat in charge of ethical code observance, complaint resolution in conformity with the conflict of internal policy and the complaint resolution process. Monthly general meeting is a forum for routine reflection and evaluation of all organizational operations, enhancement and adaptation to the requirement of the fields. Annual general meeting with presence of the Board of director’s members is the supreme institution of the organization in democratic governance during which all staff members have a free say to reinforce the rule of law and heighten participation activities and common decision making, after common general reflection and evaluation, and then determining new alternatives or change for organizational growth. |
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| IV-Leadership |
Organizational leadership in OEC is a real balance between the Board of directors, executive director, and management committee and staff association which is the saver and protector of democracy, human rights, justice and well-being of staff in OEC. For instance the job description of the chairperson of the board of directors has been successively signed by Chair Person of the Board of Directors, Chairman of Management Committee and executive Director, while the job description of the executive director has been signed by the executive director and the Chair Person of The Board of Directors.
To assure good orchestration of OEC in democratic governance’s line, leading to accomplish the organizational vision, mission and values as having stated in the by-law and the Code of Ethical Principles, we have determined clearly the different types of conflict of interests, prevention of conflict from appearing and conflict resolution between leading bodies of the organization based on democratic way and pragmatism.
The management committee is the main activist organ to prepare strategic plan, missions, goals, objectives and program of the whole organization. They manage, lead and supervise the daily activities implementation of the organization, including recruitment and dismissal of staff. They can exercise relation with all donors and institutions supporting the organization. All new recruitments shall be proposed by the Executive Director and approved by the Management Committee, then submitted to the Board of Directors for endorsement. OEC practices then collegial authority in the sense of ”We are working in team wining dedicated to accomplish the tasks determined by vision and mission” with continuous empowerment of staff through life skills education held in monthly meeting for working harmony. |
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| Fundamental rules: |
- By-Law of OEC,
- Code of Ethical Principles and Conduct,
- Child Rights Policy,
- Conflict of Interest, complaining Process and resolution process,
- Procurement Committee,
- Asset Committee,
- Internal Auditor,
- Statute of Staff Association,
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