Once I came back from Ratanakiri, I stopped for a short period of time in Kratie before continue traveling to Phnom Penh in early September, I took a picture of a man who is riding his bycycle as you can see in this picture below. Handicraft (hand made) products were placed on his bycycle as […]
From 1st to 3rd September 2008, I went to Sna Ansa commune located in Krokor district, Pursat province. This commune is not far from Pursat. It is about 15 Km from provincial town. This is the picture my friend took for me while I was standing in front of the commune office, the old office […]
Good news for Cambodian women. They are appointed as deputy governors at district and provincial levels. This is a move forward to promote gender in Cambodia, where almost all levels of local administrations, women were not placed in the high ranking positions. Since before the July 2008 election, Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun […]
“I thought this project was just to distribute rice seed to the community but when I implemented it, I realized the challenges” Mr. Nhok Chhuor, Commune Chief.
Lvea commune is located in Pouk district on National Road #6 in Siem Reap province, on the way from the provincial center to Krolagn district. Lvea commune is 4km […]
Khnar Po commune was separated from Chan Sar commune in 1986. It lies about 24km from the center of Sotr Nikum district, located about 8km north of Angkrang Market. Khnar Po commune consists of eight villages: Chhouk, Bos, Damrei Chhlang, Sambat, Samroang, Bos Thom, Romdeng and Chub. The land area of the commune is 54km², […]
Rolea Pha Ear commune, in the district of the same name, lies within Kampong Chhnang province, located around 13km from the provincial center. The commune holds a total of 7,884 residents, equal to 1,759 households; there are 4,223 residents between 18 and 60 years old (Commune Profile 2006). Part of the land in Rolea Pha […]
Taches commune is located around 30 minutes drive from Kampong Chhnang provincial town. After traveling away from the national road for about 15 minutes on a laterite road (approximately 5km), it can be observed that living standards start to change the further you go. Living standards are better in the upper part of the commune, […]
Decentralization taken in 2002 at commune levels has brought with hope of local democracy and development. Elected commune councilors between 5 to 11 members in all 1,621 communes shall have to work in old commune offices. The offices were not equipped with new materials and lack of tables, and chairs. The old offices had made […]
On Friday, 4 July 2008, a second Lecture Series on “Concepts of D&D and the Cambodian Context” at World Vision Main Meeting Room 7.30 - 11.15 am with 122 participants from civil society organizations and individuals from Phnom Penh and provinces. It is the Lecture Series organized by Working Group for Partnerships in Decentralization […]
I see many signatures posted at commune offices and other public places at provinces. I noticed this as I traveled many times to provinces and communes of Cambodia. The signatures as you can see in the picture is the signature regarding price list of land registration produced by Pact Cambodia for its anti-corruption program.
This […]
