CRS partners with the McKnight Foundation to help local communities increase their voice in local government, especially in improving natural resources management and livelihoods.

CRS receives support from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria for our HIV and AIDS and tuberculosis programs.

CRS works with Caritas Cambodia in our emergency responses to help survivors of natural disasters rebuild their lives.

As Cambodia's central government takes steps to share power at the local level, CRS civil society projects help highly marginalized people participate in decision making. CRS and its local partner are helping build relationships between Khmer Islam communities and their local governing bodies; helping communities advocate for their needs; and helping community participation in local planning processes. CRS also empowers women to become involved in their communities, through increased participation in decision making and community leadership.

CRS Cambodia's newest program aims to enable all students, particularly those with disabilities, to attend and achieve in school. By focusing on inclusive education (integrating children with special needs into regular primary school classes), children with disabilities benefit from improved and expanded education and community support. CRS and our partners provide training to teachers, principals, and school administrators on disability awareness and management of inclusive classes, identify and screen children who need medical and/or social support, mobilize communities to bring children with disabilities to school, and advocate for the needs of children with disabilities within the general education system.

Cambodia is a country vulnerable to typhoons and flooding. When disasters such as these occur, CRS works with organizations such as Caritas Cambodia to help survivors rebuild their lives.

Since 2006, CRS has collaborated with a Cambodian non-governmental organization to strengthen the ability of community health workers to diagnosis and treat tuberculosis in villages. CRS and our partners support health-care provision in prisons by helping prison health staff administer tuberculosis screening and treatment, as well as HIV and AIDS prevention, care and treatment.

CRS and our partners also work to strengthen community-level health systems. Our programs focus on helping village health workers to deliver their services more effectively; educating communities about their rights to seek health care; coordinating referral and feedback systems to ensure high-quality services; and helping create community transportation systems so that people can access health services when they need them.

For more than 15 years, CRS Cambodia and our partners, such as Maryknoll, have supported home-based care to people with HIV and AIDS (including orphans and vulnerable children), as well as prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV. Our programs train community health volunteers to visit patients' homes to help them take their medicines correctly, learn about possible side effects of medications, and know when to seek care for other illnesses. Community support groups help people with HIV and AIDS deal with social stigma. CRS also trains community health workers to care for HIV and AIDS patients. CRS and our partners also raise awareness of HIV and AIDS in the workplace and promote prevention, especially among migrant populations.

For more than 15 years, CRS has worked with rural communities to improve food security by increasing food production and income. CRS and local partners teach farmers new homestead production techniques for vegetables and small livestock such as chickens and pigs. CRS projects help farmers adapt to changing weather patterns and environmental conditions by promoting diverse production, water conservation practices, and techniques to prevent soil degradation.

Lack of access to financial services is a barrier to moving out of poverty for many families. By forming Savings and Internal Lending Communities (SILC) in villages, CRS and our partners create safe places for poor households to save and increase their income. SILC group members learn how to manage their own small resources, improve their basic financial management skills, and build trust and cooperation between group members.