On 11 April, 2012 PPCIL has organized the first event that never have before which have been invited all severely disabled persons who are currently using our personal assistant (PA) service and university students together with PPCIL staff to visit the royal palace and Kohdach resort where the place having beach and as affluent of Mekong river).

The objective of this event is; in very year when the New Year celebration, unlucky all disabled persons are always stay at home and they do not have a chance to go out with their family or friend. When the PPCIL was established since 2009, PPCIL has new vision as well as new concept regarding IL movement, has created PA service to assisting severe disabled persons at their house. As now severe disabled people they able to using PA service they be able to do anything by themselves in life-living as they can go out, playing as well as see friend especially they can chose, decided and responsible for their own life.
This year we encourage severe disabled persons to use PA to go out for getting new experience of life that they never met before regarding sightseeing trip event.

This event it was start from 7:00clock in the morning, all staff are getting on the van and direct from office go to pick up other 5 people with severe disabilities from their home are located in urban of Phnom Penh. We have spent about 3 hours to pick them up so we arrived at royal palace about 10:30am, immediately start to visit royal palace on 11:00am. Actually, we were really enjoy with our visiting unfortunately the time is limited we have to leave from royal palace at 12:00pm to Kohdach resort for have lunch there because everyone are do not have breakfast.
Note: from royal palace to Kohdach resort take about 1hour and half due we have to use ferry boat across Mekong River to reach the resort.

After lunch, everyone was enjoying with swimming in the river.
All people severe disabilities are never going out to somewhere with their family or friend in the New Year, this is the first time that PPCIL conducted they were very much enjoyed. As well as university student, when they were becoming PA volunteer they are very much happy to join all activity of IL center. For example: Ms. Vong, Mr. Nhip and Ms. Ly who are severe disabled persons and other disabled persons are very pleased to visit these places.

Enclosed with our enjoyment, we also have some difficulties that; 4 female with severe disabled people together with us but have we have only 2 PA to assist so that it very difficult to assisting when they need to go toilet or having lunch. However, our 2 PA volunteers they were trying a lot to do this job. Especially, Ms. Soriya she’s quiet new PA, she have received PA training in 7 April and she start assist disabled people in the event. She’s not enough good experience but Ms. Monirath who is our existing volunteer try to teach her during the real practice. Other one more thing is accompany with us we have 7 manual wheelchairs unable to get on one van so that we decided to ask other tricycle motorbike to take only wheelchair. So it takes too much time to get on and take off.
Conclusion:
It is very fantastic times that together are trying to make a Rights Real in order to take equality in the society without any barriers.

We leaving from Kohdach resort about 5:00pm and we sent off severe disabled people back home till 8:00pm.

Group photo at Royal palace

Group photo at Kohdach resort

On 24th August, 2011 Phnom Penh CIL has conducted seminar on Independent Living and Personal Assistant (PA) Training for assisting to severely disabled people at Cambodia-Japan Cooperation Center (CJCC). 

Usually, before one day event, Phnom Penh CIL always take and give an opportunity to all severely disabled participants to stay at office at night for getting experiences of life such as go shopping and late chatting at night to make a friends as well as gathering with PA for experience themselves, moreover aim to gain on PA volunteer ability.

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Phnom Penh CIL has conducts a seminar under topic “Independent Living of Disabled Persons” at Khan Dangkor seminar hall, Phnom Penh city. The purpose of this program is for promoting the persons with disability rights and dissemination about the personal assistants service for serious disabled persons in Cambodia. At that time PPCIL had shared some main activities of Phnom Penh Centre for Independent Living that has 36 participants.

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Objective: Create and increase relationship of the disabled persons and non-disabled persons

Date: August 20, 2011

Place: Chamkar Pring Dream Garden and Night market

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Two directions (severe disabled persons and non-disabled persons) will deeply understand and satisfy each other in sequence to eliminate discrimination in order to make one society for all. Otherwise, we have conducted a attendant training by selected our criteria target is university students and more than ever persons who are interested in disability issues and social welfare to receive the training. In this quarterly we have conducted 2 attendant trainings at Phnom Penh-CIL office. Hence, on 28th-29th July, we have conducted 2 days attendant training with technical support by Ms. Zakki from Mainstream Association.

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On 22 July, 2011 Phnom Penh CIL has conducted half day seminar on IL movement at Porng Tek commune office, aim to disseminate about IL movement, personal assistant (attendant) service and disability perspective to government officer, non-disability people and especially, to encourage persons with disability to satisfy their disability aim to make a disability movement in order to change the society for all. In this event we also talking about Japanese social welfare and personal assistant system by Ms. Yamasaki Kaori (Zakki) and Ms. Mey Monyroath has talked about activity of personal assistant which is providing service to severely people with disabilities by Phnom Penh CIL.

Samith talked about IL movementGoverment officer has took in partMs. Zakki from Mainstream and Monyroath from Phnom Penh CIL talked about personal assistance serviceMs. Bopha talked about disability perspective

Zakki san arrival at Phnom Penh International Airport, welcome by staff

After Zakki san arrived, we all went to have night food at Pochentong market

Zakki working at Phnom Penh CIL office (Behind is Malyka san)

Every two years the ASIA TRY will conduct at one of each countries of Kokorozashi IL international network members. In this year, under organized by Universal Progress Independent Living Center, the ASIA TRY 2011 was conducted in Mongolia from 26 June to 5 July, aims to promote independent living movement, people with disability rights and barrier-free environment. The TRY movement has divided by three potentially groups walking along these cities and make a negotiation with the city bureaus of local government, such as Ulaanbaatar group, Nuur group and Darchan group.

The participants are from coming from Asia countries such as Japan, Korea, Pakistan, Nepal, Taiwan and Cambodia aims to promote an independent living movement in particularly and people with disability rights to live in fully participation in society. Otherwise, Asia TRY movement also penetrates about disabilities needs to government and communities to accept to change the old culture and to change negative thinking on disabled aspire to build a new one society for all. In addition, a member from Asia nations has sharing experiences concerning persons with disabilities rights promotion to live a life to be individual become independent.

Other more, the TRY event also bring all group nations to be good friends, be fall in love and we were feel as a families, in Japanese called [ Ichi gan! ]

Phnom Penh CIL has conducted discussion program aims to discuss about reason of discimination on persons with disabilities, disseminate the IL movement and personal assistant service. Program has invited university students, communities people and people with disabilities to participated.

During discussion, program has divided in three groups to make a discussion to find out the reason of discriminations on disabled persons that cause by people with disabilities themselves or cause by people with non-disabilities.

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On 28 February, 2011 from 10:00AM to 11:00AM PPCIL was very happy to welcome visiting of the student in major Systems and Network Administration of CIST at PPCIL office, the objective of the visit are:

• To learn about disability perspective and IL movement
• To learn how people work or behave in our organization
• To know about the profile and activity of PPCIL
• To understand about the organizational structure
• To see the IT infrastructure

On 19 January 2011, from 10:00AM to 14:00PM the Phnom Penh Center for Independent Living (PPCIL) have a great honored welcome and was held half day Exchange meeting with team of Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), Korea and PPCIL at PPCIL office, Phnom Penh. We also warmest greeting for staff of Seoul Center for Independent Living.

The purpose of meeting is to gain the knowledge on disability perspective and to shared an experiences of Korean disability movement and Cambodian disability movement. The totally of participants is 30 persons.

On 15-17 December 2010, Mr. Mey Samith has participated in International Symposium on Social Enterprise for Sustainable Employment of People with Disabilities which was held during 15-17 December, 2010 in Diana Garden Resort, Pattaya, Thailand. The symposium aims to promote social enterprise among countires in the ASEAN region, and to spread a social enterprise concept and good example of social enterprise as a promotion guide line to people with disabilities. The participants are come from Cambodia, Laos PDR, Myanmar, Vietnam and Thai government officers, Non-government working on Enployement for PWDs, Business, Mass media, academicians and others. A gain, the symposium also invited speakers from Japan, Hong Kong of China, Malaysia, Taiwan and Thailand.

Objectives:

1. To share internaational experience to participants

2. To find-out the ways to promote Social Enterprise

The money that supported by community people in fund raising event on 26 September, 2010 now PPCIL and Psar dek commune office by work together with NCDP, as well as commune office’s fund contribution to built an accessible ramp for persons with disability use for access to receive any administration services.

PPCIL really happy to sees this new accessible ramp was built successfully for serve for people with disabilities in this commune. Especially, this accessible ramp built by man with disabled, his name is Mr. Veth. When the accessible ramp was built most of community people are likely to use this ramp more than stair. Again, PPCIL will make the direction of disabled mark to hold on this ramp as soon as possible.

On September 26, 2010 the Phnom Penh Center for Independent Living was held the Society Awareness raising and Fund raising movement of the disabled people in Psar dek Commune, Pornhea lue District, Kandal province. Total participators are 25 people is including university students and 7 people with disability are with wheelchair users.

The purpose of event is to spread the disability concept into the society and make fund raising for build ramp at Psardek Commune office to create more opportunity for disabled people to get any administration services and get more fully participation in community development. We started 09:00am to walking and appeal around Oudong market and Oundong mountain. The program finished on 03:00pm.

Total of money that has supported us is 715,900.00R (KHR), We really appreciated and would like to thanking you for all donators had strongly supported our movement to build society for all.

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