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Cambodian HIV/AIDS Education and Care (CHEC) is a non-government organization (NGOs) localized from a training projects of Quaker Service Australia since 2001.
CHEC works extensively in local communities to improve health care &support services, education and training awareness related to HIV/AIDS, Gender Based Violence and Home Based Care Program.
CHEC believes that sustainability of all of our programs is crucial.
Therefore we provide high quality training to beneficiaries ensure that community participate and mobilization.
CHEC has highly experienced in strengthening the capacity of youth, women and men to work together with local authorities in the dissemination of information and services to the wider community, youth groups and marginalized groups so that they can sustain the project activities within their own communities. So far, the intervention of the program includes production of TV debates, radio call in shows, community forums at community level have provided the opportunity for in and out of school youths and community people at all age express opinions and accept to change behaviour in relation to sexual reproductive health and sexuality. Our staff are well expertise in the provision of training to these target groups on Sexuality, Gender, Reproductive Health and Life Skills for many years and conduct interactive peer-to-peer through the peer gathering at the community level.
CHEC works towards the sustainability of the program through provision of training and community participation and mobilization to create a sense of self-reliance and ownership of their responses to HIV and Sexual Reproductive Health, gender based violence and support them to run education sessions.
Over the past four years CHEC engage with men and boys through sports events (volleyball contests) to disseminate the information on gender and encourage and assist women subjected to, or at risk of, gender based violence to contact CCWC, District Women's Affairs, or other NGOs for support.
CHEC also provide technical support for the Commune Council for Women and Children in their role to support women subjected to, or at risk of, gender based violence, trafficking and link with the police service.
We have strengthened networks of government authorities, NGOs and religious leaders providing support services to women subjected to, or at risk of, gender based violence including trafficking.
CHEC is the first player who leads the initiative on the linkage of GBV and HIV services.
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