SPPA = Skills Promotion Poverty Alleviation

ICC - SPPA Programme works with villagers from poor communities to help them establish micro-enterprises that can provide a regular and reasonable income, enabling them to meet their basic needs and care for one another.  Download a brochure.

What need is ICC - SPPA Programme meeting?

ICC - SPPA Programme was established in 2002, motivated by the realisation that although Cambodia is a country rich in natural resources, many people in both rural and urban areas remain very poor. This is in part due to a lack of knowledge of how to effectively use agricultural produce and other natural resources to create value-added products that will boost the local economy.

In addition to this, ICC - SPPA Programme began to realise the need for an organisation to serve as a ‘bridge' between the rural population, who often have access to natural resources and basic processing skills, and the urban population, who tend to have greater understanding of mass production and experience in accessing markets where their products can be sold.

In this context, ICC - SPPA Programme was created with the aim of combining the principles of community development with the principles of business and commerce to begin meeting the needs of villagers from poor communities.