STORY: China is role model in helping other countries alleviate poverty: Cambodian civil society chief
SHOOTING TIME: May 12, 2024
DATELINE: May 14, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:43
LOCATION: BATI, Cambodia
CATEGORY: SOCIETY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of Tanorn village
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Khmer): KEMREAT VISETH, Chairman of the Civil Society Alliance Forum (CSAF)
3. various of Tanorn village
4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Khmer): KEMREAT VISETH, Chairman of the Civil Society Alliance Forum (CSAF)

STORYLINE:

China has been a role model in assisting other developing countries around the world to reduce poverty, said a Cambodian civil society chief on Sunday.

SOUNDBITE 1 (Khmer): KEMREAT VISETH, Chairman of the Civil Society Alliance Forum (CSAF)
"I would like to highly value China's role in helping other countries, especially Cambodia, in alleviating poverty. China has served as a very good example for the world as it's actively contributed to poverty alleviation."

Viseth said the CSAF has been carrying out a Cambodia-China Friendship Village for Poverty Alleviation Project in the far-flung Tanorn village of southern Takeo province's Bati district since January 2021.
   
With funds from the China Foundation for Peace and Development, the project has been transforming the tiny village with a total of 132 households into a model village for poverty alleviation in the Southeast Asian country.

Under the project, concrete roads, clean drinking water system, solar power, drainage system in flood prevention, and essential public facilities have been developed.

SOUNDBITE 2 (Khmer): KEMREAT VISETH, Chairman of the Civil Society Alliance Forum (CSAF)
"The Cambodia-China Friendship Village for Poverty Alleviation Project in Tanorn village is a pilot project that shows the generous hearts of Chinese people in helping alleviate poverty in this village. This project has contributed to improving the villagers' livelihoods significantly."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Bati, Cambodia.
(XHTV)