After finishing her foundational studies at Trinity College and earning a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Melbourne in 2022, Ron Sophy, a girl who once lived at the Stung Meanchey garbage dump and scavenged for things to sell, is now working at a private school in Australia before returning to Scott Neeson’s Cambodian Children’s Fund (CCF). “When I was studying for my Bachelor’s degree, I couldn’t work. So I didn’t want to return home without getting some work experience first. I am working at a private school in higher education for two years first, and so far I have…
Author: Raksmey Hong
Satcha Handicrafts Incubation Centre, located in Siem Reap town was officially opened by Minister of Culture and Fine Arts Phoeurng Sackona on March 11. The centre is the first of its kind in the Kingdom. Sackona highlighted the importance of preserving traditional know-how, a strong focus of the government’s next mandate. Prime Minister Hun Sen recently announced that the government will fund a national vocational training programme which will train 30,000 to 60,000 people. “I thank the founders of Satcha for helping to preserve traditional know-how and national identity, and for working hand in hand with the ministry of culture…
The UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), in partnership with Seedstars, has launched an open call to startups across Asia to take part in the Smart Cities The project invites entrepreneurs with a regional focus on either Sihanoukville in Cambodia, Chiangmai in Thailand or Surabaya in Indonesia, to collaborate with municipal governments to scale up sustainable smart city solutions. “Sihanoukville was selected for the SCIL programme because of its rapid growth and potential to become a major economic hub in Cambodia,” said Anurag Maloo, regional director for Asia-Pacific and vice-president of global partnerships at Seedstars,…
Banteay Meanchey Museum has been open to local and international visitors and students for nearly 15 years. The museum displays ancient artefacts that were seized from smugglers at the Cambodian-Thai border or excavated from archaeological sites. Cheng Vanna, deputy director of provincial Department of Culture and Fine Arts who is in charge of the museum, said the museum has received many ancient artefacts from members of the armed forces and provincial authorities who have seized looted artefacts since the late 1990s. He added that a large portion of the artefacts were moved to the museum from other provinces after they…
A Phnom Penh-based Portuguese photographer is working with the NGO Douleurs Sans Frontieres (DSF) to organise an exhibition at the French Institute of Language in order to raise awareness about palliative care for patients in Cambodia. Palliative care is specialised medical care that focuses on providing patients relief from pain and other symptoms of a serious illness, no matter the diagnosis or stage of disease, though it is most often employed for patients with terminal illnesses. “Recently we marked international cancer day and this NGO [DSF] is doing important work in this field by providing a more dignified end of…
The NGO EnergyLab Cambodia aims to promote clean energy use throughout the Kingdom, and is making inroads in the five provinces that surround the Tonle Sap Lake. A local organisation which was founded by an Australian in 2018, EnergyLab is currently partnering with NGO People in Need and more than ten solar energy suppliers. “We focus on supporting those who have the idea or desire to open a new solar business, and provide finance and training for them to make their dreams a reality,” said Chin Sonita, startup programme manager at the organisation. “We organise workshops to raise awareness on…
Cambodia’s national flower – the rumduol – and stars are considered to be lucky objects to be displayed on the occasion of Khmer New Year and are common decorative motifs. Soeun Sokhom, 48, the wife of the owner of Sour Sdey Chamlak Dek Meas Rachana handicraft in Siem Reap town and province, which sculpts items for display. Products range from rumduol flower lamps, lanterns, colourful lamps and lucky star wall lamps. They make objects shaped like moon lanterns, queen lanterns, princess lanterns and leaf shaped lanterns in the Khmer style found on temples. “The best-selling display objects in 2023 are…
The Cambodia Book Fair returns on the occasion of the 8th National Reading Day on March 11. The event, which will run from March 10 to 12, is organised by the Cambodia Book Fair commission in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts and the Ministry of Information. The fair, which focuses on works by Khmer authors, will be held at the Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC) from 8 am to 8 pm. Ngin Mischel, coordinator of the fair’s team of volunteers, said the event will feature 110 display stands.…
Since the Big Bad Wolf Book Fair opened on February 22, it has sold almost one third of the half a million books on display. “About 30 per cent of our books have sold – with the most popular being children’s books, of course!” Geetha Nair, head of PR at Big Bad Wolf Books, told The Post. She said she wants to see more than half of the book sold in the remaining ten days or so of the fair, and hopes more people will come and take advantage of the amazing deals that are on offer. “We need to…
At the height of Covid-19 in 2020, over 500 Holstein-Friesian dairy cows were flown from Australia to Kirisu Dairy Farm in Opheasaing village of Kandoeng commune in Takeo province’s Bati district. Just three years later, the imported cows have given birth to over 1,000 calves across three generations. The cows are raised to produce milk using advanced milking technology, and each of the calves is fitted with a chip in their ankles to monitor their health. “We put a chip in the ankles of the cattle aged 12 and over to monitor their health condition at all time. For example,…