New finding Eco-tourist waterfall in Lain Village

Tompun Community in Larin Village wants Kakluk Waterfall to be a popular eco-tourist place in the future. The two communities, Lain Srea and Lain Chamka, try to turn the waterfall into a good place for local tourism. Kakluk Waterfall is a heritage from the Community’s ancestors and therefore it is a special place for them and a place they worship.  It has happened twice that the community has had to clear tree areas and plant new ones around the waterfall in order to keep the renewable green landscape around the waterfall and protect the area. This waterfall is located in Lain village, Toeun Commune, Konmom District, Ratanakiri Province, and the community received the Communal Land Title from the Government in 2012. This project is supported by NTFP-EP and NTFP-ICCO and coordinated by Cambodia Indigenous Peoples Organization in order to create eco-tourist in Lain

Stop the massive land grabbing in Preah Vihear

To date, thousands of of Kuy (indigenous) people were displaced since the government of Cambodia granted the economic land concession (ELC) of 42,422 hectares of land in Preah Vihear to the five subsidiaries of the Chinese company Hengfu Group Sugar Industry Co., Ltd. in 2011. 

Create community store to develop local economic

The indigenous community will convert to creating community enterprises to end hunger and create jobs and income in their own community. One of more than six hundred indigenous communities, Kor Dontey community in Kompong Speu Province initiative created a litter of store which sells daily demand goods to generate their income that leads by Sui youth. This creative idea began in February that was started building a store by their own team who live there and took two months in the process of building. 

Poem of suffered situation of Indigenous was written by Ali Razza Hussain

Ali Raza Hussain, a young volunteer from the United Kingdom, a month working in Cambodia Indigenous Peoples Organization, is a good writing story and poem about the situation of indigenous peoples in Cambodia. Full August working, he achieved on writing short stories on the land dispute and dept meaning poem which talked about Deforestation, Ethnic Minority, Puzzle, and Community Spirit. Bellow is the full version of his writing poems;

Kbal Romeas and Srekor village claim the publish service and stop force eviction

Kbalromeas and Srekor villager marched from Ministry of Interior to Priminister Cabinet to submit the petition  

On 29 August 2017, fifteen indigenous communities from Kbal Romeas and Srekor village affected by Sesan hydropower dams, submitted petition to Ministry of Interior and the Cabinet of Prime Minister Hun Sen to claiming back the public services such as schools, hospitals, administrative, and stop the armed forces to  threat and force indigenous people to eviction . According to Choeun Srey Mom said that under the development of the Lower Sesan Hydroelectric Dam, local authorities withdrew and shut down public services in Kambor Meas and Srokkor villages in 2015; moreover, they used armed forces to leave the villagers. And Mrs. Choeun Srey Mom argued that this was an act