Annual report Helpcode Italia - EN

Cambodia
Cambodia, between 2000 and 2018, registered an impressive reduction in the
rate of poverty and levels of inequality. Nevertheless, since then progress
has been slow and more recently influenced by the consequences
of the pandemic. Already prior to the Covid crisis more than 30%
of children under 5 suffered from malnutrition, with long term
negative effects on human development and economic progress
of the country.
Since the pandemic brought about an increase in the rate of
poverty, food safety and levels of malnutrition are bound to
increase further and might not only slow down but jeopardize
the progress achieved in recent years. The country still has
a way to go to guarantee fair access to quality education.
The prolonged closure of schools in 2020 and again in 2021
due to the pandemic exacerbated the pre-existing inequality
in access to schooling. Growth in Cambodia has also brought
about a loss in biodiversity with devastating effects of flooding
and erosion, and an increase in climate-related vulnerability.
In Cambodia, Helpcode’s work focuses on supporting the
education sector both through providing school materials to
contribute to guaranteeing that children attend school, as well as through
infrastructural improvement
Two important programs for Helpode in this country regard furnishing bicycles to girls, to
allow them to reach school safely, and the creation of swimming and water safety classes
for students: it is estimated that 5 children die by drowning every day in Cambodia.
We have been here since 2006
In 2021 we invested € 102,250
Sectors
Education • Water • Gender equality • Childhood protection
3 Health and Well-being
We contributed
to the following SDGs
4 Quality education
5 Gender equality
6 Water and hygiene and healthcare services
Active projects in 2021 6
Regions of operation
Sihanoukville, Kandal, Kampot, Phnom Penh and the islands Koh
Rong and Koh Rong Sanloem
Partners 5
Full-time workers and collaborators 5
Minors benefitted 6,000
Total beneficiaries 26,000
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ANNUAL REPORT 2021