OIC Cambodia – Helping Grow Speech Therapy in Cambodia

Speech therapy is a profession that supports children and adults with problems communicating and swallowing. It is an allied health profession, and is often grouped with physiotherapy and occupational therapy…

By donating today, you are taking action to help grow speech therapy in Cambodia and bring therapy to children in need and their families. So thank you!

Our Mission

We will establish speech therapy university course and jobs for Cambodians, raise awareness, and influence government policy.

Exit Strategy

100 Cambodian University qualified speech therapists are integrated into Cambodia’s public sector by 2030.

DEVELOP A SPEECH THERAPY UNIVERSITY PROGRAM

OIC Cambodia aims to facilitate the development of a Cambodia-based University course to train local speech therapists who are equipped and motivated to work within the public sectors in Cambodia. This course aims to equip graduates to work with children and…

Training and Capacity Building

Our training and capacity building activities are designed to support and up-skill individuals who are living and working with people who have communication or swallowing difficulties. Through designing and delivering workshops, networks, forums,

Awareness Raising and Advocacy

OIC Cambodia’s awareness raising and advocacy activities are designed to increase the demand and commitment to building a local speech therapy profession. We also seek to raise awareness of the needs and rights of people with communication disabilities

Research and Resource Development

OIC Cambodia is committed to applying the practice and principles of speech therapy in the Cambodian context, and develop resources that are adapted to this culture, language, and society.

Direct Speech Therapy Model Services

We provide speech therapy to Cambodians with communication difficulties and swallowing difficulties through partnering with schools, clinics, NGO’s and government education and health services…

13 Oct

Discussion Paper: Growing A Cambodian Speech Therapy Profession

Prepared by the “ Organization to Improve Communication and Swallowing Therapy Services in Cambodia” April 2020 What is Speech Therapy? Speech therapy involves the assessment, diagnosis, treatment and support of people with communication or swallowing difficulties. Speech therapy aims to maximize people’s abilities to communicate and to swallow effectively, thereby improving their quality of life.…

12 Oct

Understanding Lived Experiences of Adults with Communication Difficulties: Exploratory Qualitative Research OIC Cambodia

Understanding Lived Experiences of Adults with Communication Difficulties: Exploratory Qualitative Research ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Authors: Nathhaniel Rupp(Primary), Debbie Bong, Ruth Bryce, Katherine Dobson, Yit Variya & Uk Sokmea Communication difficulties impact on all areas of a person’s life, from interpersonal relationships and participation in the community, to education and work opportunities. 1 in 25 people in Cambodia need Speech Therapy…

4 Oct

Connecting the Cambodian speech therapy profession to the International stage

As the flags processed in for the opening ceremony of the 31st ILAP congress in Taipei this year in August, there were 46 countries represented. However, without a formal speech therapy professional in Cambodia to represent the country on an international level, the Cambodian flag was not yet amongst them