Disability in Cambodia

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Joint directive to benefit disabled persons
December 27, 2018
The Ministries of Land Management and Social Affairs today issued a joint directive requiring all buildings to accommodate those with physical disabilities by building infrastructure such as wheelchair ramps and allocating parking spaces.

The directive applies to train stations, airports, schools and other public spaces. It also applies to apartments, hotels, restaurants, factories and other private buildings.

It notes that new buildings are required to facilitate persons with disabilities by building accommodating infrastructure such as ramps and parking spaces, while old buildings, though not required, must accommodate to the best of their abilities.

It said building and construction site owners must arrange for the implementation of ramps, ladders, locks, doors, elevators and bathrooms that are disabled-friendly.

Em Chan Makara, secretary-general of the Disability Action Council, said some buildings have accommodations for disabled persons, but noted that specifications must be standardised.

Mr Chan Makara said some ramps are too high and lack railings, which makes it difficult for a disabled person to use.
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Everyone is too scared to mention FOOTPATHS
Cambodia,,,, Don't fall in love with her.
Like the spoilt child she is, she will not be happy till she destroys herself from within and breaks your heart.
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CAMBODIA: Salesian Missions donors provide funding for wheelchairs and new elevator so students with physical disabilities can attend Don Bosco Tech
By MissionNewswire at January 4, 2019 | 12:06 pm |

(MissionNewswire) Youth with disabilities attending Don Bosco Technical School in Kep City, Cambodia have wheelchairs and a new elevator thanks to Salesian Missions donors. Don Bosco Kep has been in the process of making broad changes to ensure that students with disabilities are able to access an education.

In addition to these donations, in January 2015, Don Bosco Tech was awarded a grant from the Office of American Schools and Hospitals Abroad at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to make changes to the school’s buildings and dormitories to ensure they are accessible for students with physical disabilities. The school also received funding to aid the construction from Don Bosco Bonn and the Sawasdee Foundation.

Don Bosco Kep, which has 250 students, 40 of whom live at the school, began welcoming students with disabilities in 2013. School administrators were concerned that the campus was not as accessible as it could be for the new students to access all of their classes. Often students would have to rely on their friends for assistance getting to classrooms on higher floors and into dormitory living, making them feel like a burden.

With the 2015 USAID funding, Don Bosco Kep made modifications to the school, including the construction of ramps to access areas for community gatherings and the creation of a student and teacher residence with all of the modifications that will allow those with physical disabilities to live and attend school independently. The funding also supported creating accessible bathrooms and the purchase of equipment to aid the learning environment for youth with disabilities.

“We appreciate the funding from our donors and USAID, which has allowed the Don Bosco Kep campus to welcome and give greater access to students with physical disabilities,” says Father Mark Hyde, director of Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco. “The new construction modifications open up the campus allowing students to have better access from building to building and have a greater degree of self-sufficiency.”

For children with disabilities living in Cambodia, access to education is limited and the opportunity to break the cycle of poverty is almost nonexistent. UNICEF notes in its State of the World’s Children 2013: Children with Disabilities report that globally, close to 61 percent of boys finish school but for boys with disabilities that number drops to 51 percent. For girls, 53 percent finish school but among those living with a disability, only 42 percent finish their education.

Don Bosco Kep provides basic, secondary and technical education to poor youth living in the Cambodian provinces of Kep, Kampot, Takeo, Ratanakiri and Mondolkiri. The school’s educational and social development programs help students break the cycle of poverty and become contributing members of their communities.

Because students with disabilities are so marginalized in Cambodia, it is taking some time for families to learn about the modifications at the school and send their children to the newly accessible campus. The school currently has a few students with physical disabilities. Salesian missionaries plan to continue to promote their accessible campus for other students who wish to access education in an environment that accommodates them.
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Snap-a -loo. Raising awareness for the disabled with a public toilet photo contest.

A ‘loo-vely’ idea: First toilet photo contest in Cambodia
Sous Yamy | Publication date 09 January 2019 | 13:39 ICT
Answering nature’s call is one of life’s few necessities. But finding a hygienic and comfortable public toilet in Cambodia remains a daunting challenge for most people. Add to that a wheelchair, a disability, old age and even pregnancy, and the challenge to also find somewhere accessible makes life that much harder for millions of people.

To raise awareness of this problem and encourage an inclusive environment for the disabled in Cambodia, one charity has come up with a novel idea.

The Cambodian Disabled People’s Organisation (CDPO) – in conjunction with Australian Aid and WaterAid – is holding its first Public Toilet Photo Competition this January, encouraging photographers to capture the best and most unique pictures of public toilets in Cambodia.

The competition began on December 26 and will run until January 15. It is open to everyone regardless of disability and age, with the winning photographer receiving a $150 coupon, while those placed second and third will receive a $100 coupon each.

Training Assistant at CDPO Mean Vibol Ratanak – who is wheelchair-bound himself, said: “Public toilets are everywhere, but they are not accessible to everyone. So when we started this photography project, we wanted to find a creative way to engage young people and get them to take an interest in public toilets,” he said.

Founded in 1999, CDPO is based in Phnom Penh and most of their staff are disabled. It works closely with the government in providing feedback and highlighting the concerns of Cambodia’s disabled community, as well as guiding future government disability policies.

It also helps establish and works closely with Disabled People’s Organisations (DPO) across Cambodia to promote awareness and support work at the commune, district and provincial levels. They now have 75 DPOs working in every province in Cambodia.

For more information on this novel competition and to submit an entry, visit the CDPO website or their Facebook page: @CDPO.org.
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First ever – coffee shop supports Kingdom’s deaf and non-verbal
11 January 2019

Swapnil Deshmukh’s first encounter with a restaurant hiring exclusively deaf staff was on holiday in Vietnam in 2017, when his server handed him a menu with a pen and a note paper without saying a word.

“I didn’t know the staff were deaf. I asked where to sit and what to do but I didn’t get a response. Then I read the menu, it said: ‘All our staff are deaf, please write what you want. There is no Wi-Fi, no music and we ask that our guests do not talk,’” Deshmukh explains.

At that time, Indian national Deshmukh was vice-president of digital banking for Maybank in Cambodia. But his experience in Vietnam inspired him, leaving him curious about how he could apply the concept in Cambodia.

Soon after the 36-year-old left his job in banking and decided to travel the world to learn about coffee. And despite not having any experience in running a cafe, he decided to return to Cambodia and establish Socials Coffee and Humanity. The concept was simple; a socially responsible enterprise set up with the aim of generating employment opportunities for the deaf and non-verbal community.
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Previous South East Asia Globe article on this coffee shop :
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I've just learnt that 1/it's World Radio Day today and 2/there is a radio station for the disabled in Cambodia.
I bet you didn't know that either.

Cambodia’s Voice of Persons with Disabilities marks #WorldRadioDay
Wednesday 13 February, 2019

Cambodia’s Voice of Persons with Disabilities (VPD) station will host with a series of special programs to mark World Radio Day (WRD) on February 13.

Launched in 2014, the station is operated by the Cambodian Disabled Peoples Organisation, and is based in Phnom Penh.

It aims to generate awareness of the rights and capabilities of people with disabilities and to promote their socio-economic development.

VPD is broadcast in three provinces, on FM 92.25 MHz in Siem Reap, FM 88.75 MHz in Preah Sihanoukville, and FM 90.25 MHz in Svay Rieng.

To mark WRD, in addition to its regular social inclusion programs, VPD will broadcast special discussion programs on the power and influence of radio, and its cost-effectiveness as a tool to promote human values, equal opportunity, education and learning.

VPD Radio will also Facebook live-steam a panel discussion about the impact of radio and talk-back radio on free speech.

Read more at: http://www.asiaradiotoday.com/news/camb ... ldradioday © Radioinfo.com.au
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Speak up Duncan. they are listening to you.
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February 12, 2019
City Hall set to repair damaged sidewalks

City Hall will repair sidewalks along Russian Federation Boulevard from Norodom Boulevard toward Phnom Penh International Airport and make them more disabled-friendly, according to a statement obtained yesterday.

In a letter signed by Phnom Penh Governor Khoung Sreng on February 8, City Hall ordered all those who have built structures on the sidewalks along the stretch to remove them.

Mr Sreng said City Hall has noted that two sidewalks along the stretch which leads to Phnom Penh International Airport are very old and fragile because of improper use by the public and traders.

He said some traders also illegally pave the sidewalks with their own tiles which have become an eyesore.

“To improve the beauty and public order along both sides of the public road, City Hall will renovate the sidewalks for the public to use without obstructions,” Mr Sreng said. “We will also make them more disabled-friendly.”
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NGO pushes for more disabled-friendly restrooms

The Cambodian Disabled People’s Organisation is urging the public and private sectors to implement disabled-friendly restroom standards by expanding entrances and providing ramps.

Ngin Saorath, CDPO executive director, today said during a forum in Phnom Penh that despite previous efforts to make access to toilets easier, there are still challenges that need to be addressed.

“In Phnom Penh, there are only 15 public restrooms that are friendly to people with disabilities,” Mr Saorath said. “We should provide ramps for pregnant women, the elderly, children and those with disabilities.”

“What we want to see is something acceptable, so that disabled people can use a public toilet without help from others,” he added.
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I didn't even know there were fifteen public restrooms...
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In the UK we have had problems for a long time with a disproportionate number of disabled children being born to Pakistani families and the cause has been put to the tradition of marrying cousins. As so many Khmer died they started with a smallish population after pol pot and difficult travelling conditions so i wonder if ther are similar traditions here, or if maybe the small gene pool in an area leads to this sort of problem much here?
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