OUR PROGRAMS
What we are doing? Current projects of Kumnit Kumar Organization:
KKO programs aim to ensure that children living on the margins of Cambodian society, whether in remote areas, suburban communities, or provisional settlements, can enjoy their fundamental right. Therefore, children facing challenges in accessing education, health care, and a safe environment due to various reasons such as irregular attendance, school dropout, family economic constraints, or geographical limitations, are prioritized as beneficiaries and partners of KKO. The organization works closely with children and parents to engage local key stakeholders in developing tailored actions to address actual needs. These may include protection and welfare development through community preschool learning, support classes for primary school-level education, follow-up counseling, basic health education, healthcare support, child protection and welfare initiatives involving parent volunteer groups, and collaboration with local authorities, including the Commune Committee for Women and Children, for child rights education, prevention, and protection against child rights violations.
Brick2School
The Situation of Children and Families Living Inside Brick Factories
Cambodia is currently experiencing a construction boom, leading to high demand for bricks and construction materials. The workforce in this industry predominantly consists of extremely poor, indebted migrant workers, who often live with their entire families on factory grounds. Hundreds of families are trapped in extreme poverty, enduring harsh living conditions with little hope for their children to aspire to a better future. Children grow up in unsafe environments with limited access to basic services such as healthcare, water, sanitation, and education.
Kumnit Kumar Organization aims to empower these families by improving their living conditions, restoring their dignity, and ensuring essential health and education services reach their children. Through mobile kindergartens and health services, KKO provides vital support. Emergency assistance helps improve their living conditions, while the development of child-friendly spaces ensures that children can thrive and grow in safer environments
In the Prek Anhchanh commune of Kandal province, Kumnit Kumar Organization collaborates with local authorities, parents, and education stakeholders to ensure that all children have access to school and can enjoy their fundamental rights. Kumnit Kumar works alongside local committees, empowering them to strengthen their capacity to provide health and education services to children.
Mobile Kindergarten
Mobile Health
Education Support for Children in Brick Factories
Water and Sanitation for Children Living inside Brick Factories
People's Genuine Contribution
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Street to School
(Andong Center)
In the impoverished Andong community in Phnom Penh city, families and children face harsh living conditions, numerous socio-economic challenges, and limited access to basic services. Many children in this community struggle with maintaining good health and hygiene, and school dropout rates are quite high. To support these disadvantaged children, the Street To School center collaborates with families to provide:
Education Improvement
Access to the library and organization of cultural activities and outings
Kindergarten Class
Support Class
Sport Class
Access to library and organization of cultural outings.
Promoting Healthy Nutrition Practices
Daily breakfast and lunch with regular nutrition follow up.
Strengthening Community Health and Hygiene
Daily hygiene and health check, support to access adequate health structure if needed.
Community Outreach through the Mobile Kindergarten
To extend the centre services to the most vulnerable children
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Health 4 All: Inclusive Healthcare for All in KSWS
The Health for All project aims to improve equitable access to essential healthcare services for vulnerable populations in the Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary (KSWS), Cambodia, with a particular focus on children and pregnant women.
The project targets 10 Indigenous villages, reaching 2,753 households (10,836 people), including 5,254 women and 1,871 children under six. By strengthening community support systems and public health service delivery, the project addresses key barriers such as limited awareness of services, financial constraints, and geographical isolation.
Key Activities
Health needs assessment: identifying key barriers to healthcare access through community consultations, including reliance on traditional healing, high costs, and limited awareness of services
Community referral system: establishing village-level mechanisms and financial support to improve access to care
Mobile health clinics: delivering essential services to remote villages, reaching over 400 individuals
Capacity building: training Village Health Support Groups (VHSGs) and health staff on maternal and child health and emergency response
Community outreach & engagement: raising awareness of health services and strengthening links between communities and health authorities
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Donated Clothes from the Community
Healthy Future for Student in Mondulkiri
The Healthy Future for Students (HFS) project aims to improve the well-being of children in remote communities of Mondulkiri, Cambodia, through integrated interventions in health, nutrition, and WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene).
The project has reached 10 primary schools in O Reang district, engaging 283 community members (teachers, students, parents, and school committees) in participatory planning processes. In addition, over 1,100 students (594 girls) have benefited from school-based health screenings and basic treatment services, delivered in collaboration with local health authorities.
Participatory school mapping: engaging school communities to identify needs and co-develop school improvement plans
Capacity building: training teachers and school committees on strategic planning, resource mobilization, and proposal development
Health services: delivering school-based health screenings and basic treatment in collaboration with local health centers
Nutrition support (ongoing): establishing parent-led groups and promoting improved nutrition practices for young children
WASH improvements (upcoming): supporting schools through small grants and technical guidance to improve sanitation, water systems, and hygiene practices
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