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United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF)

Address

United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF)
P.O. Box 176
Phnom Penh
Cambodia

Contact Information

If calling from Cambodia:

Tel: 023 426 214
Fax: 023 426 284

If calling from overseas:

Tel: +855 23 426 214
Fax: +855 23 426 284

Website

http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/cambodia_contact.html

Email

phnompenh@unicef.org

Alternate Address

Street Address:
No. 11, 75th Street
Srachark Quartier
Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Activities

UNICEF activities include capacity-building of the government in legal and social protection through technical and financial assistance, including policy and regulatory framework development. Provide technical assistance and funding for local and international organizations combating trafficking; establishes comprehensive community-based child protection networks for prevention and protection of children-at-risk as well as reintegration and rehabilitation of children and community awareness.

Currently, there are active Provincial Child Protection Committees (PCPC) and Community-Based Child Protection (CBCP) networks established in two provinces: Prey Veng and Svay Rieng. It assists the Cambodian Bar Association's special legal team to represent children in court. In addition, UNICEF supports capacity-building activities in the fields of monitoring and evaluation, social work, law enforcement, advocacy and awareness raising. It also supports the Ministry of Social Affairs for the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between Cambodia and Thailand on bilateral cooperation for eliminating trafficking in children and women and assisting victims of trafficking.

Certain programme components are nationwide while others are in Battambang (Kamrieng district), Bantey Meanchey (Ou Chrov district), Phnom Penh, Prey Veng (Ba Phnum and Kampong Trabaek districts), Svay Rieng (Kampong Rou, Romeas Haek, Svay Teab and Svay Chrum districts.

The UNICEF programme in Cambodia addresses the most serious threats to the fulfillment of children's and women's rights. The major priorities of the Country Programme are:

reducing the high rates of infant, child and maternal disease, mortality and malnutrition by increasing access to basic health and nutrition services and improving the knowledge and skills of parents and other caregivers;
ensuring the right of every child to a quality education by increasing access to learning opportunities and reducing disparities and gender gaps;
strengthening capacity at all levels on social and legal protection for children, and assisting rehabilitation services for children and efforts to reintegrate children with special protection needs back into their families and communities;
reducing the spread of HIV/AIDS and the socio-economic impact of the epidemic on children, youth and families through preventive interventions as well as services and initiatives for people living with HIV/AIDS;
promoting improved child survival, development, protection and participation through a targeted advocacy and social mobilization approach.

One UNICEF program being successfully implemented on the Thai-Cambodian border involves drop-in centers where children are given shelter and taught basic skills to break the cycle of poverty.