On February 15, 2016, Ms. Megan Smith, the representative of UNICEF Cambodia, came to visit Phnom Penh Center for Independent Living (PPCIL) to see the activities and learn about what and how PPCIL is doing to assist persons with severe disabilities living in communities in and around Phnom Penh. Mr. Mey Samith, the Executive Director, […]
On January 22, 2016, the director of Bella Voce Mrs. Mari Jinnai and Mr. Teruo Jinnai came to visit Phnom Penh Center for Independent Living (PPCIL) along with the donation of the proceeds from the Bella Voce Concert in collaboration with Inter-Continental Hotel in Phnom Penh on December 6, 2015 to support activities of PPCIL. […]
From December 29 to 31, 2015, Phnom Penh Center for Independent Living (PPCIL) in collaboration with Cambodian Development Mission for Disability (CDMD) conducted a training workshop on “Disability Issues and Inclusion into Community Development Process” to twenty four local authorities and community stakeholders from four districts in Phnom Penh, which includes four district governors and […]
On December 27-28, 2015, Phnom Penh Center for Independent Living (PPCIL) in collaboration with Cambodian Development Mission for Disability (CDMD) conducted a Personal Assistant (PA) Training to ten new volunteers to be PAs, who are students from different universities in Phnom Penh, at PPCIL office. The main purpose of the training is to have all […]
On November 29, 2015, PPCIL conducted a Personal Assistant Training for new persons who are willing to be personal assistants (PA) to assist people with severe disabilities in daily living. There were 6 students from different universities invited to the training. Being a PA is complicated; it requires all PAs to have a real understanding […]
August 26, 2015, SEOCHO Center for Independent Living team from Korea came to visit PPCIL to learn about the independent living movement of people with severe disabilities in Cambodia. There were 3 persons with disabilities from different communities invited to the program. The Executive Director Mr. Mey Samith introduced thoroughly about what PPCIL has been […]
Among the two weeks studying in Cambodia on people with disabilities, Turning Point Program made a few visits to people with disabilities in various communities around Phnom Penh and Kandal province on August 23, 2015. The main purpose of the visit is to study about the real situation of persons with disabilities: their daily living […]
On August 22, 2015, Phnom Penh Center for Independent Living (PPCIL) conducted half-day advocacy campaign called “Mini-TRY” under the topic “Barrier-free Environment” by divided 3 groups walking along the main roads to advocate and request all business owners to have enough facilities and accessibility for people with disabilities led by the Executive Director of PPCIL. […]
On August 21, 2015, Phnom Penh Center for Independent Living (PPCIL) conducted a forum on “Sharing Life Story of Persons with Disabilities”. There were 50 people participating in this special event. The main purpose of the forum is to share life experience and story between Cambodian people with severe disabilities led by the Executive Director […]
Wheelchair is the necessary tool for people with disabilities who cannot walk to help them move easily and independently for work, going to school or training and participating in community activities as well as supporting their family living. PPCIL who the one organization working for providing services to persons with severe disabilities, trying hard to […]
24th of July 2015, Mr. Samith who is the PPCIL Founder/Executive Director had great chance to be invited by DAC to be key note speaker with National TVK, TV talked Showed on the topic was about Best practice on Barrier-free Environment project for Person with disabilities in Kandal province, Kean Svay district, Cambodia.
The Phnom Penh Center for Independent Living (PPCIL), would like to express our thanks to the chief of Chea Sim Chhoukva High School with has been well organized and being a good cooperation with PPCIL to make a short lecture on the concept disability and personal assistance services to help people with severely disabilities in […]
On 11 April, 2012 PPCIL has organized the first event that never have before which have been invited all severely disabled persons who are currently using our personal assistant (PA) service and university students together with PPCIL staff to visit the royal palace and Kohdach resort where the place having beach and as affluent of […]
On 24th August, 2011 Phnom Penh CIL has conducted seminar on Independent Living and Personal Assistant (PA) Training for assisting to severely disabled people at Cambodia-Japan Cooperation Center (CJCC). Usually, before one day event, Phnom Penh CIL always take and give an opportunity to all severely disabled participants to stay at office at night for […]
Phnom Penh CIL has conducts a seminar under topic “Independent Living of Disabled Persons” at Khan Dangkor seminar hall, Phnom Penh city. The purpose of this program is for promoting the persons with disability rights and dissemination about the personal assistants service for serious disabled persons in Cambodia. At that time PPCIL had shared some […]
Objective: Create and increase relationship of the disabled persons and non-disabled persons Date: August 20, 2011 Place: Chamkar Pring Dream Garden and Night market Introduction All the severely disabled persons were come to stayed together at office for one night. Before the program started the presenter was introduced to the participant about the purpose of […]
Two directions (severe disabled persons and non-disabled persons) will deeply understand and satisfy each other in sequence to eliminate discrimination in order to make one society for all. Otherwise, we have conducted a attendant training by selected our criteria target is university students and more than ever persons who are interested in disability issues and […]
On 22 July, 2011 Phnom Penh CIL has conducted half day seminar on IL movement at Porng Tek commune office, aim to disseminate about IL movement, personal assistant (attendant) service and disability perspective to government officer, non-disability people and especially, to encourage persons with disability to satisfy their disability aim to make a disability movement […]
Every two years the ASIA TRY will conduct at one of each countries of Kokorozashi IL international network members. In this year, under organized by Universal Progress Independent Living Center, the ASIA TRY 2011 was conducted in Mongolia from 26 June to 5 July, aims to promote independent living movement, people with disability rights and […]
Phnom Penh Center for Independent Living (PPCIL) is the first IL movement in Cambodia, which is non-governmental organization established in September, 2009.
