Khemara (NGO)

Khemara is a Cambodian Non-Governmental Development Organisation which concentrates on the advancement of women and children.

As well as running programs in business, literacy, child care and emergency shelter they are promoting handicrafts made from silk, silver and wicker, and carrying out advocacy work. They have an outlet in Phnom Penh which also displays pottery from a Japanese sponsored pottery center in Battambang.

The Organisation

Founded in 1991 with assistance from US based Business Consultants for Development, Khemara claims to be 'the voice of women in Cambodia' and is a member of national governmental committees on Women's and Children's affairs[1].

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Notes

  1. ^ http://www.cambodia.org/clubs/khemara/achieve.htm