Cambodia's Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation (MoSVY) conducted a mapping exercise to address a lack of information on the number of residential facilities providing care for children. The only information available to date was based on inspections conducted by the Ministry. This was limited to the residential care institutions that were officially known to or which had a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry. The assumption was that there were many more residential care institutions in Cambodia and a mapping exercise would be an effective way to identify them.
The mapping, which was conducted in 2015, found that 11,788 children were living in 267 residential care institutions in five provinces alone. In 2014, only 139 residential care institutions were known to MoSVY in the same five provinces (housing 7,545 children), indicating a 92% increase in the number of recorded institutions.
The mapping exercise was conducted with support from UNICEF, USAID and the partners of the Partnership Programme for the Protection of Children (3PC) in the provinces of Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, Battambang, Preah Sihanouk and Kandal.
Read final mapping report here.
