A workshop for mentally handicapped Cambodians

Kampuchea Sela Handicap

Action zones

Asia

The project

HandicapInsertion

KSH's main objective is to support young people with mental disabilities towards integration & independence within Cambodian society, to train a new generation of specialized educators in adult mental disability issues, to raise awareness of mental disability in Cambodian society & to promote a new sustainable, easily replicable model for the care and integration of adults with mental disabilities.

beneficiaries

supported since 2011

beneficiaries

RESIDENTS, TRAINEES OR STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY, IN 2023

empowerment programs

(DAILY LIVING & EMPOWERMENT/FAMILY INCLUSION & DAY CARE/VOCATIONAL TRAINING)

Solution

KSH wishes to enhance the value and responsibility of its beneficiaries, and to raise awareness among Cambodian society and local authorities of the living and working conditions of this public still too isolated and stigmatized today. To achieve this, the association aims to become financially self-sufficient by professionalizing its sheltered, income-generating job preparation workshop, the L'IRRESISTIBLE confectionery, by achieving hygiene and quality standards, investing in equipment to increase its output and diversify its products, and developing its educational work-integration program.

In fact, in addition to its educational and awareness-raising component, this project includes an income-generating dimension. In this way, its beneficiaries become the primary players in their change, their path to autonomy and their integration into Cambodian society.

The ultimate goal of KSH is to ensure financial autonomy through the development of its educational program, with the aim of meeting 40-50% of its operating budget within 3 to 5 years, and 90% within 10 years.

News

See all

6/6/2024

Follow the construction of our new project: Café - job preparation center

Follow the construction of our Café - Centre de Préparation à l'Emploi de KSH, an innovative initiative supporting the autonomy and integration of young Cambodian adults with intellectual disabilities. By funding our café, you are investing in vocational training, the promotion of artisanal products and the financial autonomy of our organization.

We still need 40% more funding to accomplish this project towards the autonomy of our young people and the financial autonomy of our community.

Every donation helps change lives and build a more inclusive future. Thank you for your support!

2/12/2024

Discover our new project: Café - job preparation center

Kampuchea Sëla Handicap (KSH) aims to develop its actions over the long term as some of our beneficiaries, because of their disability or because they are without family will remain with us for the rest of their lives. This means that our organization must be able to anticipate and manage its resources and expenses sustainably, while offering diversity in our therapeutic & educational programs to increase our beneficiaries' autonomy over time.

The ultimate goal of our global project is to ensure, in time, financial autonomy & food self-sufficiency through the development of our educational program, with the aim of meeting 40% to 50% of our operating budget within 3 to 5 years and 80% within 10 years.
This objective is broken down into 3 activities (social enterprise jam factory/Café job preparation center/Agrotherapy & food self-sufficiency).

This dossier concerns one of these 3 projects, namely a
CAFÉ - CENTRE DE PREPARATION A L'EMPLOI

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Social enterprise, Café - center de préparation à l'emploi
Horizon of 2026 - (3 years of development)

Open a Coffee Shop on the site of our organization as a training center for catering professions, a showroom for our confectionery products and a window on society to prepare our residents for life in the community while enabling the public to discover our beneficiaries in their living and working environment.

- The priority is to develop a new activity where all our residents can find their place and contribute to its success;

- A transitional stage to train some of our residents to work "Hors les murs" in our partner restaurants/cafés in Phnom Penh ;

- A new means of communication to promote our artisanal products (jams and syrups) and for our visitors to discover our residents in their living and working environment ;

- Generate additional income while limiting social enterprise expenses (coffee on our organization's website);

- Raise awareness of disability among the local population, showing them that people with mental disabilities are capable of contributing to local society in their own way.

Through this project, we plan to generate annual income to finance up to 20% of our organization's operating budget.

Support us in this new step towards the empowerment and integration into society, of our residents, young Cambodian adults, with intellectual disabilities!

The money will be used for

- Develop income-generating educational activities to achieve the organization's financial autonomy (confectionery/café/employment preparation center/therapeutic farm) ;
- Offer training workshops and follow-up to the families of beneficiaries for the care at home of their child, young adult carrying an intellectual disability;
- Promote field actions to raise awareness among society in favor of the acceptance of this public in Cambodia;
- Operate advocacy actions with the Cambodian authorities for the development of legislation and a legal framework for this public.