Cambodia
Cambodia
Capital Phnom Penh
Population 14.4 million
Life Expectancy 62.1
Access to clean water 65%
Adult Literacy 73.6%
Under five mortality 54.79 per 1,000 live births
GDP per head (US$ PPP) $2,000
Cambodia: Using the airwaves to fight malnutrition
Radio dramas are teaching women in the workplace about healthy food and nutrition practices.
Our Joint Programmes
Creative Industries Support ProgrammeCambodia’s rich cultural heritage is known worldwide and its tourist industry is booming. But tourism has not brought prosperity to the 5 million Cambodians who live on less than half a dollar a day. Siem Reap Province, which receives 1.5 million tourists each year, is still the second poorest province of Cambodia.
Joint Programme for Children, Food Security and Nutrition in CambodiaThe Joint Programme is aimed at improving the nutritional status of Cambodian women and children, targeting in particular children aged 0-24 months and pregnant and lactating women. In partnership with relevant government ministries, the programme has produced a package of nutrition and food security interventions to reduce under nutrition, strengthened nutrition monitoring systems, and implemented nationwide communication programmes to promote breastfeeding, complementary feeding and improved maternal nutrition.
IN THE NEWS
UNDP: Rural Cambodians face high risk from climate change
Predicted rises in temperature could have devastating effects on rice crops.
STORIES
A safety net for Cambodia’s malnourished children
Frail, lethargic and desperately malnourished at the age of nine months, to the smiling, healthy boy he is today, Sok Chea is a success story for the MDG-F-funded programme tackling malnutrition in Cambodia’s Kampong Speu province.
Cutting-edge business tools revamp age-old Cambodian tradition
Indigenous handicraft weavers are learning marketing, quality control and costing skills through an MDG-F-funded programme to boost incomes for the country’s poorest people.
