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Kampuchea Sela Handicap
A workshop for mentally handicapped Cambodians
HandicapInternational solidarityInternational
With 20 €,
Kampuchea Sela Handicap finances:
1 day(s) of training to learn how to work in an open environment
140 €15,000 €
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Challenge
Kampuchea Sëla Handicap (KSH) aims to accompany its beneficiaries towards significant independence, raise awareness of mental disability in Cambodian society & promote a new sustainable, easily replicable model for the care and integration of adults with mental disabilities in Cambodia.
The association aims to develop its actions over the long term because some of its beneficiaries, because of their disability or because they are without family, will remain with them for the rest of their lives. This means that its organization must be able to anticipate and manage its resources and expenses in a sustainable way, while offering diversity in its therapeutic & educational programs in order to increase its beneficiaries' autonomy over time.
The association aims to develop its actions over the long term because some of its beneficiaries, because of their disability or because they are without family, will remain with them for the rest of their lives. This means that its organization must be able to anticipate and manage its resources and expenses in a sustainable way, while offering diversity in its therapeutic & educational programs in order to increase its beneficiaries' autonomy over time.
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 3-5 years, and 90% within 10 years.
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 3-5 years, and 90% within 10 years.
Recent result
After 9 years of experimentation, KSH and its jam factory, L'IRRÉSISTIBLE, have gained significant notoriety both for the quality of its products and for the social impact this sheltered workshop has been able to have on a mentally handicapped public in Cambodia. To date, 45 mentally handicapped young adults have been cared for by its programs.
The money will be used for
The funds made available will help professionalize the confectionery (bringing it up to health standards, obtaining quality certification, investing in production equipment) and develop its integration program by training its educational team.
Goal
- Double its production capacity (8 tons today, 16 tons within 3 years)
- Diversify its product offering (fruit paste, dehydrated fruits & dehydrated vegetables)
- Contribute financially up to 50% within 3 years and 90% within 10 years to the KSH organization's operating budget
- Take charge of and train 8 new beneficiaries by 2024
- Integrate 3 to 5 young people a year into "conventional environments"
- Raise awareness among Cambodian society and authorities of the value of work by people with mental disabilities
- Diversify its product offering (fruit paste, dehydrated fruits & dehydrated vegetables)
- Contribute financially up to 50% within 3 years and 90% within 10 years to the KSH organization's operating budget
- Take charge of and train 8 new beneficiaries by 2024
- Integrate 3 to 5 young people a year into "conventional environments"
- Raise awareness among Cambodian society and authorities of the value of work by people with mental disabilities
394 CHEMIN DE SOUSSOUMIER, 84800 L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, Cambodge
Disability - Living together - Empowerment
KAMPUCHEA SELA HANDICAP (KSH) is a community living space and sheltered workshop aimed at the social and professional integration of young adults with mental disabilities (autism, Down's syndrome, mental retardation) into Cambodian society, through various living and working programs.
Through its actions, KSH aims to support its beneficiaries towards significant independence, raise awareness of mental disability in Cambodian society & promote a new, sustainable, easily replicable model for the care and integration of adults with mental disabilities in Cambodia. She aims to make the structure financially self-sufficient through the work of her community members.
The jam complies with health standards, and we're moving ahead with the commercial development of our workshop and the financial autonomy of our organization!
After a year of renovating and bringing our protected jam factory-workshop up to standard, we have signed a sales agreement with a local distributor who will be responsible for marketing our jams and syrups throughout Cambodia!
Thanks to this sales agreement, we plan to be able to finance 30 to 40% of our organization's operating budget by the end of 2025!
Thanks to this sales agreement, we plan to be able to finance 30 to 40% of our organization's operating budget by the end of 2025!
The second stage in the professionalization of our jam factory has been completed: the purchase of equipment!
Thanks to your support, we were able to complete the second phase of the professionalization of our jam factory last June.
Next step, obtaining hygiene and quality certifications and signing a commercial agreement with a national distributor!!
Many thanks on behalf of our living and working community for the integration of young Cambodian adults with mental disabilities!
Next step, obtaining hygiene and quality certifications and signing a commercial agreement with a national distributor!!
Many thanks on behalf of our living and working community for the integration of young Cambodian adults with mental disabilities!
The first phase in the professionalization of our confectionery business is now complete!
Thanks to your support, we were able to complete the first phase of the professionalization of our jam factory, after about 2 months of work.
Next step, purchase of equipment to increase our output and to obtain hygiene and quality certifications!
Many thanks on behalf of our community of life and work for the integration of young Cambodian adults with mental disabilities!
Next step, purchase of equipment to increase our output and to obtain hygiene and quality certifications!
Many thanks on behalf of our community of life and work for the integration of young Cambodian adults with mental disabilities!