Background

Agir Pour Le Cambodge (APLC) is a French NGO created in 1984 by former students of the Lycée Franklin - St Louis de Gonzague (Paris) to cope with a humanitarian emergency and assist the Cambodian people who had to the time in refugee camps on the Thai border during the Vietnamese invasion (1979). It is oriented towards development aid since 1995 and contributes to poverty reduction and the fight against human trafficking. Among the many programs of development through education led by APLC (children's home Sre Ampil, elementary schools, fertilizers bank for engaging families to send their children to school), the Sala Bai program was born in 2002 to give a professional future for young people from the orphanage that cared APLC. Today Sala Bai opens its doors to young people at high poverty from across the country. Sala Bai aims to offer employment in the tourism sector and a decent wage for young adults by training for a year in four jobs in the hotel and catering (reception, kitchen, dining room service, and room service). Acting for Cambodia also conducted a major action in the provinces of Banteay Mancheay and Oddar Mancheay. Remained very isolated for years, conflicts it being extended until 1999, this area is among the poorest land of Cambodia and presents little potential for economic development Thus Act for Cambodia sought to support the poorest families in setting up programs agricultural development and responsible tourism. in 2009, the management of these two programs was entrusted to village committees.