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The Economic Development for Rural Cambodia Organization (EDRCO)

EDRCO is a registered Cambodian Non-Governmental Organization in the Kingdom of Cambodia, with its headquarters in Battambang. EDRCO seeks to provide individuals in the rural areas of Cambodia with access to economic and educational opportunities by conducting the following: 

• Establishing animal husbandry projects and agricultural credit programs as means to provide sustainable livelihoods for the people in the countryside; 
• Providing scholarship support for youth who lack access to quality higher education;
• Conducting trainings community development trainings and adult education classes for literacy, accounting, financial management and environmental education

Projects Supported by our organization:

• CCDFDN has provided a one year grant for an animal husbandry project in Svay Reing, Cambodia

A Message From EDRCO Founder, Sok Chanthorn:

The Economic Development for Rural Cambodia (EDRCO) organization currently implements integrated community development projects in Cheg village, in the Svay Rieng province of Cambodia. Most of people in this village work as farmers and fisherman, but the land is getting worse because many people do not have the knowledge to use the land in a sustainable and effective way. Many children in Chege village do not have the chance to go school, so most them go to Vietnam to beg for money and food.

There are many organizations in Cambodia working to eliminate poverty, but they do not often reach people in remote areas of the country. Because of the lack of resource and capital for people living the countryside, EDRCO looks for support from organizations and individuals like The Cambodian Countryside Development Foundation to help with our projects. With the support of The Cambodian Countryside Development Foundation we have we have purchased a number of cows for our cow bank project.

In addition to our cow bank project we provide saving groups in the village with small loans to run small business and livelihood activities such as fish raising, chicken raising, pig raising and home gardening which people can use to earn income to support their family.

Through our cow bank project, and the support of the Cambodian Countryside Development Foundation, we have helped raise income of families involved in the project to $700 per year, but EDRCO does not have enough funds to help all the poor families in this village and others in Cambodia. We hope that CCDF and the people that support them can continue to help us in the future.

Finally, my dream is to continue to empower people in my Country with education and economic support, and I thank all you very much for your commitment to serve Cambodia.

My best regards,

Sok Chanthorn