STORY: Chinese, Cambodian NGOs unveil livelihood improvement projects in Cambodia
SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 19, 2023
DATELINE: Dec. 20, 2023
LENGTH: 0:02:47
LOCATION: Phnom Penh
CATEGORY: SOCIETY

SHOTLIST:

1. various of the launch event of Chinese-aided projects for livelihood improvement in Cambodia
2. SOUNDBITE (Khmer): CHEA MONYRITH, planning and project director of CSAF

STORYLINE:

Several Chinese non-governmental organizations (NGOs), in collaboration with the Civil Society Alliance Forum (CSAF) of Cambodia, on Tuesday unveiled several projects, aiming at improving the livelihoods of rural people in Cambodia.

Those Chinese NGOs include the China Foundation for Peace and Development, China Foundation for Rural Development, Beijing Lingfeng Charity Foundation, Beijing-based Peaceland Foundation, Amity Foundation, and Commerce Chamber of Shandong Non-Government Foreign Exchange Cooperation, among others.

They have been cooperating with the CSAF to carry out a number of projects in poverty alleviation, education, healthcare, water supply and sanitation, solar power, bicycle donation, film production, and agricultural development in various provinces.

Under the Silk Road Connectivity Action, these projects are expected to benefit tens of thousands of local people and students.

Tep Ngorn, second vice-president of the Senate of Cambodia, said these projects are a result of close cooperation between Cambodia and China under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), adding that they will greatly contribute to promoting the bond of friendship between the peoples of the two countries.

SOUNDBITE (Khmer): CHEA MONYRITH, Planning and project director of CSAF
"Today, Chinese and Cambodian civil societies jointly launch several cooperation projects for the benefit of our two countries' peoples. These projects, firstly, are to further strengthen and expand cooperation between Cambodian and Chinese civil societies, and secondly, are to provide practical benefits to local people based on their needs. Overall, these six projects are expected to benefit more than 100,000 people."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Phnom Penh.
(XHTV)