Overview

V I R is an independent NGO working with the poorest families in the Siem Reap province of Cambodia. VIR conducts projects to improve literacy and public health and protect human rights. With this assistance, vulnerable people can break the poverty cycle, address social and economic issues affecting them, and express their own ideas through participatory decision-making.

Background

FORMED IN 2005, Vulnerability & Illiteracy Reduction (VIR) is a Cambodian Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) working with some of the poorest families in the Siem Reap province. VIR works in 9 villages in the Svay Check and Reul Communes. VIR is passionate about improving literacy rates within the community, improving human rights, and improving access to the government and health care. VIR works to reduce poverty through the implementation and support of numerous income generating and self-sufficiency projects.

Value

- Responsibility - Honesty + transparency - Participation - Helping the poor

Mission

VIR will contribute to the reduction of poverty by means of improving literacy, public health, human rights and law enforcement. With the assistance of VIR, people will have the freedom to express their own ideas through participatory decision-making. Disaster protection and the effectiveness of market relations will improve.​

Vision

Vulnerable people will live sustainably, enjoy improved health, become literate, and live without violations to their human rights.

Goal

Poor people living in our target areas are empowered by sustainable development policies, welfare, education, and family economics.​​

Project Summary

- Livelihood Improvement Project - Health and Hygine Project - Capacity Building in the Community