Cambodia of Indigenous People Culture Care's Organisation (CICO)

Cambodia of Indigenous People Culture Care’s Organization (CICO) is a newly established local Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) formed by a group of indigenous people. The Organisation promotes and encourages respect for human rights, especially for the Indigenous peoples throughout Cambodia. CICO’s main missions include:

• Cultural conservation: Religions, Languages, dresses, ancestor heritage and forestry, environment, land and natural resources.
• Several improvements for IP’s community: Children, Youth, Disability people, and vulnerable people because of violence and / or any cause affecting the grass-root communities.
• Involvements to reinforce accountability and social transparency in the country.

The Organisation also mobilises its own resources. Currently; CICO has a running ecotourism project where income is used to support other projects working with vulnerable women, people with disability and education with poor indigenous children in the community.