Gov’t extends financial support programmes for next three months
Gov’t extends its financial support programmes to aid three sectors and poor people.
Tag: poor
PM orders distribution of two million masks
PM orders distribution of two million masks to poor communities in Phnom Penh.
Cambodia’s future depends on its poor, discriminated, and marginalised people
In the spirit of helping one of the poorer and more marginalised communities in Cambodia, Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam) plans to pilot a new development program in Anlong Veng in 2021.
Government continues to battle COVID-19 with $78 million distributed so far
Gov’t has so far distributed $78 million to poor families suffering from the pandemic.
Germany, Australia back Kingdom’s poor aid scheme
The governments of Australia and Germany, along with the UN Development Programme, this week took the lead in assisting the impoverished families of the Kingdom.
Poor families receive first round of government aid
Social Affairs Ministry: 92% of the 560,000 families have received their first installment.
5,878 cases of irregularities found in poor- aid scheme
5,878 cases of irregularities in relation to aid scheme for the poor: Planning Ministry.
Minister: Residents must meet criteria to receive government aid
Minister: Poor families must undergo interviews to find out if they are eligible for aid.
Beneficiaries praise government for aid
Khmer Times interviews the people benefitting from the much needed aid.
Take-home rations given to poor families in 10 provinces
Meals are distributed to at least 1,000 primary schools across 10 provinces.
Scrap scavengers, homeless should return home to get poor ID cards
Poor ID cards are issued based on family books from a persons place of origin: Official.
Poor to benefit from $93 million World Bank-approved loan
World Bank approves $93 million credit for the Cambodia LASED III.
Over 15,000 families receive government aid
Officials distributed around $725,000 to people from the morning until 3pm yesterday.
Government reserves $125 million for vulnerable families
PM: The gov’t has already allocated $125 million for poor and vulnerable families.
The positives and the negatives of money transfer programmes
The monthly cash payments initiative to the poorest families, is widely applauded.
Government launches vulnerable family subsidies
PM announces to launch the programme for families adversely affected by COVID-19.
Land concessions lead to a decline in urban poor
Number of households below poverty line in the capital has declined: Khuong Sreng.
Sar Kheng calls for cooperation in identifying Kingdom’s virus-hit poor
Gov’t urges cooperation to identify the poor to enlist in planned cash subsidy scheme.
Government identifies the poor so they receive aid
Planning Ministry requests numbers and identify poor families to help them.
Just how helpful is the IMF’s debt relief?
Besides granting emergency credits to some, the IMF has decided to provide debt relief for poorer nations under its Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust (CCRT). Are we talking about real help or just symbolism?
The elite S. Korean businesswoman behind Oscar-winning ‘Parasite’
Miky Lee, the executive producer of Parasite is member of S Korea’s wealthiest family.
Electronic tablets to help disburse welfare funds
Over 1,000 electronic tablets are distributed to help impoverished pregnant women.
Government allocated land to nearly 500,000 families
Authorities have allocated land to nearly 500,000 families across the country.
More than 18,000 poor pregnant women receive aid
18,725 pregnant women from poor families have received financial support.
City Hall project to aid urban poor
Over one million Euros for strengthening the capacity of sub-national administrations on urban planning and land management.
Ministry to ensure poor, disabled villagers access aid
Poor and disabled villagers have the right to access government aid with IDs.
Justice Ministry collaborating on national legal aid policy
Justice Ministry to create a national policy on providing legal aid for the poor.
Exports, unequal supply make poor people pay more for water
Yogita has to fetch water up to six times a day – sometimes going out in the middle of the night – from a hand pump about half a kilometer from her house in India’s Madhya Pradesh state, leaving her baby son with a neighbour.
Special legal team urged to aid pre-trial female detainees
PM urges to pay special attention to those in pre-trial detention without a lawyer.
Puffer fish poison Banteay Meanchey family
A woman died and her four children fell ill after consuming poisonous puffer fish.
