December 29, 2024
The Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Regional Center for Technical Education Development (SEAMEO TED) and the Southeast Asia One Health University Network (SEAOHUN) co-organized One Health Awareness Raising Activity in the community of Preah Bat Samdech Preah Borom Neat Norodom Sihamoni General and Technical High School for the Project on “Developing Teachers to Raise One-Health Awareness at General and Technical High Schools in Cambodia on December 29, 2024. This event was carried out in Ka Ot Village, Peany Commune, Kampong Tralach District, Kampong Chhnang Province, Cambodia. This event attracted over 60 participants including 53 community members, 5 students and 3 national teacher trainees of Preah Bat Samdech Preah Borom Neat Norodom Sihamoni General and Technical High School and 1 teacher trainer from CAMOHUN, and 5 representatives from SEAMEO TED. The main objectives of this activity are to raise One Health Awareness for the community at the target school of Preah Bat Samdech Preah Borom Neat Norodom Sihamoni General and Technical High School with an emphasis on One Health Measure to “Rabies” and to strengthen the teacher trainee’s capacity regarding the use of One Health training module developed in this project.
Group photo after the opening ceremony
In this event, 3 teacher trainees from Preah Bat Samdech Preah Borom Neat Norodom Sihamoni General and Technical High School took the role as trainers to lead the activities with the assistance of 5 students of Preah Bat Samdech Preah Borom Neat Norodom Sihamoni General and Technical High School who joined One Health Awareness Raising workshop organized on the 2nd of December, 2024 at Preah Bat Samdech Preah Borom Neat Norodom Sihamoni General and Technical High School. The event covered the introduction to One Health and One Health approach to zoonosis with an emphasis on One Health Measure to “Rabies” This event consists of two parts—the workshop in the morning and the flier distribution campaign in the afternoon. In the morning, all the participants gathered in community meeting hall to learn about the introduction to One Health and One Health approach to zoonosis with an emphasis on One Health Measure to “Rabies”. There was also a skit about rabies performed by the five students, which was a highlight of the morning. In the afternoon, the trainers covered information on the Rabie Fliers to all the participants and after that all the participants were divided into four groups. With the knowledge about One Health they obtained and fliers given, all the participants set out in different directions in the Ka Ot Village to distribute Rabies Fliers and education the community members about One Health and how to tackle rabies.
Ms. Tha Sokea, one of the teacher trainees, explaining about the flier to the participants.
Ms. Tha Sokea, one of the teacher trainees, explaining about rabies measure to a local.
One of the students and two other local participants explaining about rabies measure to a local.
Group photo after flier distribution campaign
This event is a part of a joint initiative aimed at enhancing One Health awareness among students, teachers and community members in Cambodia. This project is fully funded by Chevron which strives to empower people around the world to improve their lives, achieve their ambitions and meet their full potential.