Informes

BANGKOK, 24 January 2014 (IRIN) - More than three decades after an estimated two million Cambodians died in a genocide perpetrated by the Khmer Rouge, post-traumatic stress disorder and other forms of emotional trauma continue to…

Business costs go down when seasonal workers avoid illness In rural Cambodia, Si Dara’s employee health coverage starts with nets covering beds. Each seasonal worker on Dara’s farm gets an insecticide-treated net—an effective way to keep biting…

Highlights • Twenty provinces and 377,354 households, according to the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM), were affected by 2013 floods. • The emergency response from national and local authorities, the Cambodian Red Cross (CRC), international and local…

HIGHLIGHTS Flooding in September affected 377,354 households and 139,000 ha of agricultural land (The impact reports of rice cultivation from Battambang, Pursat, Pailin were not available at the time of publication of this bulletin). The cultivated area of…

Highlights and key priorities Waters are receding in most provinces, however in some areas more slowly than expected; National and local authorities and the Cambodian Red Cross (CRC), as well as UN organizations, international and national NGOs continue…

PHNOM PENH, 6 November 2013 (IRIN) - More than one million children and youths up to age 15 in Cambodia have been vaccinated against measles and rubella in a first-time campaign that aims to immunize another…

Highlights and key priorities Twenty provinces affected by floods and flash floods since the third week of September; Waters are receding in most provinces, however in some areas more slowly than expected; 188 confirmed deaths, of which 64 women,…

Water is still dripping from Heng Chey’s* clothes as he sits shaking by Tonle Sap Lake in north-west Cambodia. He was crossing a bridge when it was swept away by a rush of floodwater. “I saw that…

Appeal Goal - $125,000 OCT. 24, 2013 SITUATION: As noted in an Oct. 11 situation report, Cambodia is experiencing severe flooding as a result of greater-than-average rainfall caused by typhoons and other severe weather systems. The Mekong and Tonle…

International aid organisation CARE is distributing emergency supplies to thousands of households in north-east and south-east Cambodia affected by flooding throughout September and October. Following heavy rains and flash flooding, an estimated 1.7million people have been affected…