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
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Organization to Improve Communication and Swallowing Therapy Services in Cambodia (OIC Cambodia) will run an online campaign for Speech Therapy Week, 2019 under the theme “Communication is for Everyone and Everywhere” from 26 to 30 August 2019. Speech Therapy Week is an online campaign aiming to promote and raise awareness about communication and swallowing disorders…
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In June 2019, OIC Cambodia was officially told by the General Department of Tax, that income we receive in now tax-exempt.
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Government teacher trainers from 11 cities and provinces, 23 females amongst 33 participants, joined OIC Cambodia’s training on Communication in Inclusive Education from 04 to 07 June, at the Department of Special Education in Phnom Penh.
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On 15 March, the Ministry of Education, Youths and Sport has signed the agreement with Organization to Improve Communication and Swallowing Therapy in Cambodia (OIC Cambodia) to implement the project of developing speech therapy service supporting in the education…
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Former Murray Farm student reunites with teacher to raise money for kids in Cambodia September 2017 In a serendipitous twist-of-fate, former Murray Farm School student Weh Yeoh reunited with his year six teacher to get a boost in his awareness and fundraising efforts for OIC Cambodia—the speech therapy organization he…
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OIC’s Social Enterprise November 2017 We have now been running our social enterprise for over a year and have a staff consisting of 2.4 speech therapists, an occupational therapist, and two Khmer therapy assistants. We are also started doing some work with a psychologist to begin working on an autism…
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Bringing Speech Therapy to Cambodia’s Youth 25 April 2017 Nelson Mandela once said, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” The only issue is, not everyone has access to education. I was born in the 1980s in suburban Sydney, Australia. A few decades ago, my great grandparents moved…
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9 June 2017 On a plane from China to Australia, I had a thought that made me ashamed. After studying physiotherapy and international development, I had finished working with some of the most impoverished people in China – those with disabilities. I had landed my dream job, working with an organisation that helped children…
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