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"Tobacco Breaks Hearts! Choose health, not tobacco"!

Press Release

World No Tobacco Day

By Project EMBRACE

Sandan District, Kampong Thom Province

May 29, 2018

 On May 29, 2018, members of ADRA Cambodia’s EMBRACE team celebrated World No Tobacco Day 2018 on the theme of "Tobacco Breaks Hearts! Choose health, not tobacco" in Tomring commune, Sandan district, Kampong Thom province. They highlighted the harmful effects of tobacco and the second hand smoke on children, newborn babies, and pregnant women, the key beneficiaries that EMBRACE project is targeting. The session was held in cooperation with the Provincial Health Department, Operational District and the local authorities in Sandan district with total of 450 participants (245 females) come from around Tomring commune Sandan district. Kampong Thom province.

Key Objectives:
   1. To improve knowledge of people in the community to aware the serious affected of Tobacco on health through cigarettes and second hand smoking and others picture tobacco usages.
   2. People will know the serious affected of tobacco usage for pregnancy women and children caused by tobacco.
   3. Encourage people (parents, caregivers) to give up tobacco usage to improve their health and people around.

We were able to broadcast live on air via our project Radio program that was live at 10am to 11 am from the Kampong Thom Radio FM105.3 MHz in which we open questions for participants to ask guest speakers and chat related to the event.

Mr. Ken Chamroeun, Senior Assistant Project Manager of the Sandan EMBRACE Project, said the program was designed to raise awareness among the community about the serious health effects of smoking or tobacco or tobacco products to understand the serious health effects of smoking or tobacco or tobacco products. Pregnant women or small children who inhale secondhand smoke. Encourage people to give up their habit of smoking or tobacco for themselves and others.

Mr. Chum Virak, Deputy Governor of Sandan, said this is the first time that authorities and development partners have promoted tobacco products related to health and the economy. He said that tobacco products contain 7,000 toxic chemicals that make the user more ill with more than 6 million deaths and injuries each year, reported by the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization. More than 15 million Cambodians have more than 2 million tobacco users (Data from the National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning 2014). And Cambodia has lost 10,000 people every year (Ministry of Health report). He added that for the benefit of the community, we all live healthier, we stop using tobacco products, which means we promote the health of the welfare community and also support the government in developing the nation! He has directed all the participants to bring this knowledge to the local community and to start from each one of us.

Mr. Randy, Police Officer: He used to smoke 2-3 packets a day. Everywhere people say he smells even when he is not in smoking. He lost a lot of money and did not get anything that brought bad health, such as rest to work, coughing and sharpening. After he quit smoking even his friends asked him to smoke, he refused at all times. Now, his health returns to good health and there is no cough and sharpness.

Project EMBRACE (Enhancing Mother/Newborn/Child Health in Remote Areas through Health Care and Community Engagement), is being implemented by ADRA Cambodia.  It is primarily funded by Canada’s International Development – Global Affairs Canada department with support from ADRA Canada’s generous donors.

EMBRACE team celebrated Midwifery Day "Midwife provides quality care"!

Press Release

Midwifery Day

By Project EMBRACE

Rovieng District, Preah Vihear Province

May 24, 2018

On May 24, 2018, members of ADRA Cambodia’s EMBRACE team conducted an awareness meeting on Midwife's Day on the topic of "Midwife provides Quality Care". The event was conducted to raise awareness and improve knowledge of women and villagers​​ on other problems pre and post birth deliveries and to encourage husbands to bring their wives to help on deliveries at health centers. The session was held in cooperation with the Provincial Health Department, Operational District and the local authorities in Chey Sen district, Preah Vihear province.

This was a live on air program event. We were able to broadcast live to local Phnom Tbeng Radio 97.3MHz, in which we open questions for participants to ask guest speakers to answer as much as possible.

Over 300 people including children, women, men, female and male youth participated.

Mr. Tith Sokham, deputy district governor of Chey Sen District who presented as a chairperson for the event, addressed to all participants to focusing on caring mothers and child health specifically Antenatal care (ANC) and Postnatal Care (PNC).

Ms. Muy Chanmoly, representative of midwives from provincial department gave a provincial health reports and provided some advices to mothers, fathers, also students to take care health by encouraging and bringing their wives, mothers, and sisters to closer health centers and hospitals.

Ms. Naung Sotheavy, representative of midwives from Tbeng Mean Chey Operational District, also provided similar messages of health care and what danger signs that affected mother and child health. She also encouraged mothers to go to health centers and hospitals even when there are no danger signs during pregnancy.

Project EMBRACE (Enhancing Mother/Newborn/Child Health in Remote Areas through Health Care and Community Engagement), is being implemented by ADRA Cambodia. It is primarily funded by Canada’s International Development – Global Affairs Canada department with support from ADRA Canada’s generous donors.

Sexual Reproductive Health and Right MUST not Secret for Our Communities

Before Learning 10 topics of SRHR, we are in the dark of how to take care our health and follow our mothers and relatives advice and we shy to talk abut this issue. After learning from our teachers, we are clearer of SRHR and to prevent ourselves from SRHR problems. What I know to usually share to my relatives who didn't come to school. Now we openly talk among girls and boys

The more you do, the more you get, more food you have

Mr. Hor Pov living in Trapaing Tantem village

Mr. Hor Pov, studied 3 years in Buddhist Pagoda from O Por village, Rumany commune, Rovieng district married Ms. Chhim Sokhy living in Trapaing Tantem village, Rumtum commune, Rovieng ditrict.

We have two children, older daughter 11 years old name Pov Sok Im, now she is studying at grade 5 and 5 years old son studying in Kindergarten class name Pov Sok An.  I am now as a farmer to do agriculture such grow vegetable and rice to support my family, my wife working as commune supervisor. I am follow Buddhism.

 Before ADRA’s project come, we were working on the rice farm, to find old post in the forest, digging to find golden mine to support family.  

When ADRA project come, my wife passed as commune supervisor, I feel very happy then I know ADRA project clearer.  ADRA Project also support my family and seeds through agriculture training, then I wish that our family will much better in the future due to my children have enough foods such vegetable which is natural, no chemical foods.

As I heard ADRA working and good image for long time in our community to help our community, actually through meeting, education my wife, my mother-in law, and I get more knowledge on how grow vegetable, decrease the violation in family such as fighting children, take much more care to children such I know how to feed children and think about family health and I have shared knowledge to my villagers to take more actions on family health.

ADRA Project is helpful to our community; I wish to have a latrine from ADRA project if project has. I hope ADRA project will continue more work in our community to release from health problems and family violation and poverty.

Unhealthy is not always because of poverty. Anywhere and anytime, we can make it better

Check out some pictures from our staff who made a visit to one of our beneficiaries and experienced seeing her smiling faces with her lovely vegetable home garden:

 Tom Hy is an EMBRACE MCHG member, living in Chherteal Village, Chherteal Commune,
Sandan District, Kampong Thom Province, Cambodia.

She enjoys with her plants and she is happy that has joined the Key Hole program
of EMBRACE to let her get more knowledge on plants with the good seeds for her plants.

She has a well in front of her small healthy house. She is using the water
from well to wash her vegetable that she's just harvested.

She has a well in front of her small healthy house. She is using the water
from well to wash her vegetable that she's just harvested.

This is her house and we can see her bicycle too. She is coming out of home.

And now she is relaxing and behind her house, is her field vegetable enclosed fence.

 Tom Hy and her smiling daughter

Tom Hy is very happy and proud of her growing

Photos: Sovoun Ong

“I will definitely delivery my tenth baby at the Health Center!”

The end of last month, Sopheak, our project Monitoring & Evaluation for Learning Officer along with his partner from M’day Rik Reay Kone Rik Reay (MRKR) Veasna visited Morokot commune, Choam Ksant district in Preah Vihear province and met this family. They were able to sit and spend some times with the family asking about her life and family. Here is a short story of the woman they met:

The woman’s name is Mrs. SAMOEUN, married to a man who is a soldier at the border (a majority of the families living in the community are soldier families)! “I have had ten children including the one in my tummy because I’m now eight months pregnant.” SAMOEUN said. “But I now only have six children including the one in my tummy because my other 4 kids had passed away.” she mentioned when asked about her children’s names and their ages.  When asking about how they died, she told that she wasn’t sure. The babies were too young, but she said maybe because of the Measles. One of her kids who died was one month old. And there were no health centers nearby. She continued that she never got to deliver all her babies at the Health Centers. But for this tenth child, she is planning to go to the health center to deliver her baby to seek a better health care.

SAMOEUN has been participating with EMBRACE Project for about 12 months now! She has actively joined the Reflect Circle Group discussion meetings and has learned quite a lot of knowledge, especially about nutrition and pregnancy women care. She has visited a few times already to a health center and has been taking the iron tablet, eating good nutritious food to make herself and her child healthy, which she has learned through the group meeting. After joining with the project, she has hoped she would learn more and improve her family to be healthy. She is hopeful that her child would be born healthy!

“And I also wish ADRA and the supporters to be healthy and be successful in all they do” She thanked us

Story collected by: EMBRACE Project team (Sok Sopheak, Veasna_MRKR)