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This is a capacity strengthening project which aims to strengthen Salvation Centre Cambodia’s (SCC) approach to working on livelihoods, land rights and social enterprise with vulnerable populations in urban Cambodia; primarily people living with HIV and AIDS and the poorest of the poor. SCC’s target communities in the urban areas of Siem Reap and the outskirts of Phnom Penh suffer from insecure land tenure, an inability to improve their housing, limited livelihoods opportunities and low levels of income. Over the course of this project, CAFOD will support SCC to: 1) increase knowledge on conducting advocacy on land security, 2) diversify the income generation options that are presented to their communities, 3) learn about the concept of ‘social enterprise’ and prepare a business plan to transform one of their child care facilities into a profitable business, with proceeds reinvested into their development programmes.

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There is a strong gender-imbalance in Cambodian society which means that girls and women have access to fewer opportunities and wield little decision-making power in their relationships and communities. Gender based violence among young people is rapidly increasing. Current HIV prevention campaigns are not adequately gender-sensitive and often do not consider the underlying patterns of behaviour and inequality within relationships between men and women which contribute to HIV prevalence. However, CAFOD partners are increasingly recognising the need to address these underlying gender inequalities. CAFOD partners are also reporting that issues of gender based violence and unequal relations between men and women are affecting non-HIV activities, such as working with indigenous communities to secure land tenure in resource-rich areas. This project will adopt and build on the Communities of Practice approach that CAFOD has previously used to support three HIV partners to develop best practice in gender based community prevention approaches. It will also support two non-HIV partners to consider and address unequal gender relations within their community-based programme activities. The Communities of Practice will be facilitated by long term CAFOD partner Karol and Setha. K&S run an educational programme aimed at adolescents, young adults and couples/ parents, seeking to address issues relating to sexuality and relationships. Through training for youth, teenagers, partners and NGO staff, K&S aims to enhance positive gender relationships by giving an opportunity for people to better understand themselves, their relationships and relationship dynamics in order to contribute to gender harmony, peace and development in society. The K&S approach promotes critical thinking and the provision of full and accurate information to increase people’s sense of responsibility and help them to make thoughtful choices, adjust their behaviour patterns and resist peer pressure. K&S will adapt this approach to support other CAFOD partners to integrate gender sensitivity into their programmes. The CoP will include two 5-day trainings, two 2-3 day strengthening trainings and four follow up sessions. The strengthening sessions will allow K&S to accompany the partners in utilising what they have learnt during the 5-day trainings in action planning, such as the development of gender mainstreaming strategies within their organisations.

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Outcomes of the Funded Activity 1.By 2022, project interventions in the Kaptagat landscape create the foundations to reduce emissions, contribute to poverty alleviation, address land degradation, and Influence County, national and global climate change policy commitments. Outputs of the Funded Activity 1. A Kaptagat integrated landscape restoration plan is established and under implementation, including >1,000 ha under restoration 2.Strengthened local capacity results in enhanced and diversified livelihoods being initiated towards increased climate resilience for 1,000 people living in the Kaptagat forest landscape. BEIS ICF Grant Agreement T & Cs 45 3.Progress is made towards the implementation of green recovery solutions in the wider Elgeyo Hills-Cherangany Ecosystem and national/regional/global climate change approaches are influenced by key project insights and lessons learnt.