Cambodia Mondulkiri
$70,926 needed of $131,303
Implementing Organization
World Hope International (WHI)
Program Summary
This program works with Indigenous Bunong communities in Mondulkiri Province, which is located in the far eastern part of Cambodia along the border with Vietnam.
The program is working to strengthen and equip Bunong farmers with the skills and knowledge to produce horticultural crops that meet market standards for quality, safety, and sustainability. Where appropriate, farmers are supported to achieve third-party food safety certification—such as CamGAP and Ecocert—ensuring continued market access and positioning them for premium value chains.
The further goal is to link Bunong farmers to markets through community-driven enterprises. These enterprises—including producer groups, contract farming arrangements, and direct sales to buyers—enable farmers to engage in value chains that are inclusive, climate-smart, and economically viable. Through targeted training and support, enterprise leaders are equipped to manage operations, build market relationships, and ensure long-term sustainability.
The program also works with survivors of gender-based violence, human trafficking, and exploitation as well as other vulnerable households, helping them to gain increased access to sustainable livelihood opportunities, both agricultural and non-agricultural. Through tailored skills development and ongoing support, participants are empowered to diversify their household income, strengthen their economic independence, and build pathways toward long-term wellbeing.
Sreymom's Story - Cambodia Mondulkiri
Success Stories
Turns Out Raising Chickens is the Answer
With her husband Va traveling away from home to work as a seasonal laborer, Sovanna was often left to take care of her five children all alone. Sovanna also had to join Va at times, leaving the children with family or neighbors, a precarious situation for the children.
When World Hope International’s Sexual and Gender Based Violence Team learned that the family was facing severe income constraints, leaving them vulnerable, they stepped in to help.
Close family members suggested that Sovanna and Va could benefit from learning to raise poultry as a business, and the family’s diet could be supplemented with the eggs and meat. World Hope’s Livelihood Team conducted an initial needs assessment on family resources and conditions and indeed found that a poultry business would be a good fit.
So Sovanna and Va received training in simple chicken-raising techniques, a medium-sized cage-style coop, and 15 hens. With training they both work tirelessly to follow the technical steps of vaccination and farm management, and are now feeling genuine hope that they will be able to make their children’s lives better.
Sovanna and Va no longer need to migrate far away from their children for a living. Besides raising poultry, this couple practices sustainable farming, improving their soil quality with chicken manure, growing bananas to supplement chicken feed, and saving a significant amount on daily expenses by eating a portion of what they produce.
Sovanna counts her family-scale farm as a sustainable income generator and is relieved and grateful to be able to keep her family together. She is committed to attending regular training on agricultural topics. In short, guidance in parenting and poultry raising have empowered her to be a responsible mother, wife and small-business owner.
Cambodia Mondulkiri Program
Led by World Hope International