Association of Farmer Development (AFD)

Contact Details

Ms. Keou Pisey

Executive Director

Mobile Phone : (855) 12 954 894 / (855) 12 567 714

Office Phone : (855) 12 713 960

Email address : ng_hout@yahoo.com

Address: Kampong Village, Chun Chum Commune, Kirivong District, Takeo Province.

Background

The Association of Farmer Development (AFD) is a local non-governmental, non-profit,

non-partisan organization. AFD was established in 1993 by a core group of people who were

repatriated from refugee camps to Takeo province, including teachers, handicraft workers, nurses

and farmers. After UNTAC monitoring of the country’s election process human rights and

democratic principles became influential and began to be taught to civilian police. AFD was

registered at the Cambodian Ministry of Interior in 1994. Work supported by KHANA includes

integrated support and prevention one Operational District (Kirivong), two HCs, 4 communes and

35 villages.

Vision

AFD’s vision is to enable people to gain good welfare access, food security, income, knowledge,

experience and democracy through community development programs.

Mission Statement

• To see Cambodian people, women, children and minority groups however small, and PLHIV

develop their living conditions and live in morality in a transparent, democratic, non–violent and

non-discriminatory society by respecting Human Rights, the rule of law, peace and gender.

• To see civil society gain enough capacity to implement freely in accordance with national and

international law and to fill the gaps of government by methods of non–violence for the purpose

of reducing the poverty of Cambodians.

• To integrate equal participation and development of children, women, men and PLHIV into all

fields of Cambodian society.

Human Resources

Currently 16 full time staff, two part time staff and 14 Village volunteers supported through KHANA

Sources of Funding

• USAID through KHANA

• WFP through KHANA

• Other donors: Pact Cambodia

AFD 2008

Program

Projects Funded through KHANA:

• Home Based Care among PLHIV/ OVC and teenagers( Kirivong)

• Inheritance Rights for OVC (Samrong and Kirivong)

• Self-worth Empowerment for women at Risk project (Samrong and Kirivong)

• Food support to PLHIV and OVC

Other Projects:

• Savings and Credit

• Agriculture

• Vegetable Cultivation

• Cow Bank

• General Health

• Handicrafts

• Economic Empowerment of Women