As the largest national NGO providing integrated HIV prevention, care, and support services at the community level in Cambodia, KHANA works through a strong network of community-based implementing partners, our connection to the communities that we serve. Our focus on community-based responses and our extensive experience in Cambodia give us a deep understanding of the socio-cultural context of co
mmunities affected by HIV and a structure and program that is strongly aligned with the national and international responses. With the funding and technical support from European Commission and The International HIV/AIDS Alliance, we are implementing the Regional Asia Action on Harm Reduction Project from 2013-2015 along with five other Asian countries: India, Indonesia, China, Malaysia, and Vietnam. The project focuses on building the political and social momentum for change by empowering civil society, including people who inject drugs, to inform, to advocate for reform and to bring about social and political change to address HIV and to foster greater participation of people who inject drugs in social and community life. To achieve its evidence-based advocacy objectives, the project applies human rights based approach as its core principle. For example, government enforcement institutions such as police department is considered as duty bearers who are supposed to provide support and refers drug users to treatment and harm reduction centers. It is also strongly held that drug user, as victim of drug, gives their voluntary, informed consent to receive treatment at both the government and community treatment facilities. Through our community-based network of drug users, we reach out to users, affected local communities, and government officials to forge a strong synergy to provide treatment and rehabilitation services to users, with community and government support. To achieve that, we organize training and workshops on legal framework related to drug control, human rights, and community role in drug control and local development. We work closely with a Cambodia Network of Drug Users (CNPUD) and network of NGOs and key government stakeholders such as Ministry of Health (MoH), National Authority for Combating Drugs (NACD), and Ministry of Interior (MoI) and International agencies including UNAIDS, WHO, UNODC, and UNOCHR to achieve a good outcome of policy reform for the interest of drug users and community.
