December Report

First of all I would like to appology for late to post the up date information of KCM.


Monthly Report of December 2007

I. General Information
Project title: Informatics for Rural Empowerment and Community Health (iREACH)
Funded by: International Development Research Center (IDRC)
Executive Agency: Ministry of Commerce (MoC)
Implementing Agency: Maharishi Vedic University (MVU)
Project Duration: August 17, 2006 to April 2009
Prepared by: Long Dimanche
Date of Report: December 31, 2007
II. Summary
December is the last month of the year but for the project it’s not yet. In this month KCM staff pay their best to perform their work with the good results such as we have completed the network security by established firewall, recruited all CFs to handle the hubs. For multimedia team they produced 7 audio productions on pig and chicken raising, seed storage, new traffic law of Cambodia (a continue topic), diarrhea and typhoid fever. In term of research division the RC completed two more iREACH note on Radish and Watermelon Method, three minutes of meeting and ongoing on processing documents. This month the project employed 6 more CFs to fill the spare hub, this can be done also because of the commitment of center in delivering the equipments to KCM.
III. Detail Activities and Results:
ICTs Infrastructure: on December the technical supporter of KCM project completed the configuration of wireless infrastructure and established the firewall for the whole system of the project. A part of the reconfigure wireless infrastructure the technical supporter spent his time in testing the software for the video conference with yahoo messenger and the open sources (access grid) software. But unfortunately, this task was failed because of limited of time and corrupted of the internet access (the internet was cut off while down loading the software). Beside of the regularly training on the internet and email for public, this month the project conducted training on computer maintenance for all project staffs for two days. This training covered on how to work with window vista home premium, computer maintenance and networking with windows XP and VISTA home premium.
Research Activity: this month the activities of research division in KCM are mostly focus on the documenting of project meeting, Management Committee Meeting and produce iREACH notes. This month the RC spent some of his time to verify the process of Needs Assessment and Management Committee Election Process also. As the Result of RC commitment there are three minutes in both version were produced and two iREACH notes on Radish and Watermelon Planting Method. Beside of these activities, the RC has spent time to prepare the logistic for the workshop on presenting the result of baseline survey to strategic partner in advance.
Content Development: with missing of Multimedia Coordinator, the Content Developers in KCM just only continue their work on producing audio for broadcast at Pagoda. As the result, CDs produced new 7 audio productions and recorded to cassette and distributed to 11 Pagodas. Those audio productions were produced regarding to the needs and resulting from management committee such as: New Traffic Law of Cambodia (the continuo topic), Safe Migration, Typhoid Fever, Diarrhea, Chicken Raising, Pig Raising and Seed Storage. All CDs attended the training on computer maintenance and collaborated with RC in distribute the iREACH notes to community also.
Service Accessing and ICTs Training for Community: Up to the end of December, there are 98 students were trained on computer literature and internet access in three village hubs (Tean Pleung, La’ak and KCM Cheung) and iREACH headquarter. For December 2007, CF in 4 Locations of project earned more than 30 000 Riel from services providing to clients both in HQ and hubs.
Project Staff and Management Committee Meeting: in arming to build team work and following up the daily work of the project, in every two week on Friday, all staff come and sit together to share and discus on results, difficulty and find solution of difficulties or any problems if have. For the first meeting on December 21, 07 KCM staff conducted the first meeting which presided by PD, this is the first meeting which all CFs attended also. In this meeting the new CF have time to learn about the project through sharing of activities by the project staff especially the old CFs. On December 31, 2007 the project conducted the second meeting to sum up the results that have been done by all staff which presided by PD. With this meeting, the new CFs expressed their impression after practice and field study with previous CFs in three hubs and HQ also.
Beside of meeting with the project staff, the PC spent time to facilitate in meeting of management committee for two times. Once on the December 3, 2007, this took for November meeting and the second hold on December 31, 2007 which is the monthly meeting of December. During the meeting the PC presented the result of the project to the management committee and management committee also sharing information from community.
Attending meeting and Workshop: this month PC attended in third Global Knowledge conference in Malaysia with KEP PC, RM, PM and SA. For the period of stay in Malaysia we also have meeting with Maria and Sean to discus about next priority work especially for visioning workshop and project launch. With GK3 I met many new thing both working with community and ICTs technology, it really interesting and useful conference.
Staff Recruitment: after returned from Malaysia, PC recruited 6 more CFs to work in other 6 hubs. Among those there are 4 CFs is just get success in the recruitment process of mid December, 2007 they are Mr. Heng Sambo, Mr. Mao Phanin, Mr. Chhoem Pov and Mr. Moen Mai. The previous success 2 CFs are Mr. Chou Samuth and Mr. Pich Ratha, so mean right now, we have all staff to implement the project. After success in recruitment, all CFs attended in computer maintenance and networking with windows XP and VISTA and they also have time to trained more on internet access and email at headquarter. To ensure their capabilities to manage their own work at hub, they were dispatched to the field practice with previous CFs at Tean Pleung, La’ak and KCM Cheung to learn on daily processing at hub.
IV. Conclusion:
With all above result, we can say that even this month is the busy month of the year but the project staff still committed to finish their own work successfully. Just only a few things that not yet complete because of their personal case of busy. This month is also the first time that all project staffs attended in training together and also the first time which all see each other and sharing knowledge together.
Best Regard,

Dimanche

Feedback Survey on Audio Broadcasting and Connectives

The first, I want to say hello everybody, in the third week of the November, 2007, I conducted a survey feedback on audio broadcasting through loudspeaker in community in arming to get feedback and find out the additional methodology in broadcasting the information to reach the Community.

This survey feedback have cooperated with Contend Development (CD) term and Community Facilitator (CF) to colleting information in 10 target areas which are Damnak Cham ber, Our Krasa (two place), Phnom Leav, Ampeang, Kos Sam, Prey Takoy, Chamkar Bei, Angkoal and Head Quarter and has 100 sample were selected for interview, this sample were divided 10 samples for one target and this survey report was finished of analysis data and waiting for interpret data from Mr.Bunthoeurn (MC) after this report and commune profile will post on the Beasecomp.

The process of this survey are some mistake from data collector (CD and CF) because they are missing questions during interview by not completed at all in questioner and so spend time for data entry into SPSS program.

The last week of November, I am so busy to Quide the Gateway Company for connectives, the gateway company arrived Kep on November 24, to connect internets and repair error in the left 7 hubs: Cham Kar Bei school hub, Prey Takoy commune hub, Toul Srangam School hub, Phnom Searser Pagoda hub, Chak Riyavong School hub and City hall. After the Gateway technicians worked in Kep four day the nine village hubs and HQ can accessible to internet. ( let me talk about the Community Facilitator (CF) that they work in the village hub to facilitate villager come research news, writing letters and leaning but our FC lack capacity to access the internet because before in the local don’t internet. This is one of the key lesson learn is that it is necessary to focus on training CF to use internet (ICT) to develop their capacity). For Solar Panel Company came on November 25, 2007 to repair the solar error in Phnom Leav Village Hub and Prey Takoy Commune Village Hub to remove the solar panel to new place. Right now, we can say that the connectivity and infrastructure are completed in the pilot Kep area.

Best Regards,

SENG Dara

RC in Kep