In March and April 2013, Heifer Cambodia self-help groups, with support from project partners, organized seven ceremonies to celebrate the Passing on the Gift® of livestock, horticulture, knowledge and skills.
On April 23-28, 2013, Heifer Cambodia staff attended Heifer International’s 12 Cornerstones for Just and Sustainable Development Training with representatives from eight other countries in Siem Reap Province, Cambodia. 
Heifer Cambodia project participant Reoun Theourk, 31, left school in the sixth grade because of her family's poor living conditions. In 2011, she was selected to be a Literacy Facilitator and began changing her life with the help of Heifer Cambodia and Disability Development Services Program. Her community rewarded her efforts and elected her as a village chief.
During the month of March, Heifer Cambodia and its partners celebrated events which mark the social achievements of self-help groups and reflect on continued community development. One event was conducted by the Disability Development Services Program Organization, which included about 500 participants who passed on gifts to other families in need.
Heifer Cambodia conducted a five-day training on Values-Based Holistic Community Development (VBHCD) for the staff of the Gender and Development for Cambodia (GADC) and for a new provincial project coordinator and community facilitators under a brand new three-year grant contract project between Heifer Cambodia and GADC.
After joining a Heifer self-help group, Savon Kongkea began an organic vegetable garden, which allowed her husband to work in their village instead of migrating to Phnom Penh city to earn money as a construction worker.
A joint project proposal from Heifer Cambodia and Gender and Development for Cambodia was awarded about $1,441,720 by the European Union to implement the project, Promotion and Protection of Women’s Rights and Socio-Economic Empowerment, which aims to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment to participate in sustainable socio-economic development in Cambodia.
PME Manager Karla Narcise-Rudolfo of Heifer Philippines reflects on her visit to Siem Riep, Cambodia, for The Global Impact Monitoring Workshop from January 28 to February 3. Monitoring and evaluation practitioners worked together on a new evaluation system to support Heifer's mission to end hunger and poverty.
Ouk Sam On, a farmer living in Cambodia’s Ampao Prey village with her husband and two children, is lifting her family out of poverty, thanks to a Heifer project. She and her husband now have a farm with vegetables, fish, swine and poultry production. Her husband gave up drinking and gambling and helps with the farming. Now her family has enough food for the whole year and an appropriate income to invest in their children’s education.
Son Sinath and her family received the 2012 Golden Talent Award in Cambodia. Through the Women Empowerment and Holistic Community Development project in Cambodia, Sinath's family received 10 ducks, seeds and fruit trees to develop their homestead garden. They have used the knowledge, skills and experiences from Heifer's trainings to propel them forward, transforming their gifts into sustainable sources of income.
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