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The Goal of the Prakas is to ensure the best interests of the child and protect the basic rights of the child separated from his/her biological parents and receiving kinship or foster care, so that they are safe and thriving in a warm, loving and happy family environment. The Prakas aims to set principles, procedures, rights, conditions, roles and responsibilities of relevant competent ministries, institutions, entities and service providers to implement kinship care or foster care, complementing Prakas No. 2280 MoSVY dated 11 October 2011 on procedures to implement the Policy on…
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As the only formal entity at the commune level responsible for women and children in Cambodia, commune committees for women and children (CCWCs) play an important role in protecting children in community. This handbook highlights the role CCWCs can play in support for the implementing the Action Plan for improving child care, which is being carried out in five priority provinces -- Phnom Penh, Battambang, Siem Reap, Kandal and Preah Sihanouk. The Action Plan intends to safely return 30 per cent of children in residential care to their…
This document provides minimum standards and guidelines for service providers who work with orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in Cambodia. It aims to harmonize interventions for OVC and to ensure that hey are provided with consistent and high quality support.
The goal of this Prakas is to ensure the best interests of the child and to protect the basic rights of all children especially children who are in need of special care and protection or at-risk children, to fully develop in a family environment in an atmosphere of happiness, love and understanding. This Prakas is intended to define roles and responsibilities of relevant competent agencies and establish procedures, operational guides, and forms to implement the Policy on Alternative Care for Children, aiming to uphold the best interests of the child as the paramount consideration, recognizing…
This document includes the Minimum Standards on Alternative Care for Children set out by the Government of Cambodia, including both the Minimum Standards for Residential Care for Children and the Minimum Standards on Alternative Care for Children in the Community. The standards address health, hygiene, clothing, food, social and cultural development, education, participation, discipline, premises and buildings, responsibilities of managers and caregivers, complaints and legal protection, record keeping, monitoring and evaluation, and more.