ARV User Association (AUA) is a community-based organisation that was formed by a group of people living with HIV; 86% of AUA’s current staff live with HIV, 60% of their management team are women, and many staff comes from ethnic backgrounds. AUA is essential in coordinating different stakeholder groups, bringing together government and civil society representatives, service providers, and community members to advocate for human rights and access to quality healthcare. AUA builds capacity and leadership within the community by training and employing People Living with HIV (PLHIV). This is unique among HIV/AIDS organisations in Cambodia in that our staff works directly alongside healthcare providers. AUA’s triage teams support patient reception, case management, referrals, and partner tracing and testing. At the same time, our counselors and group organizers offer targeted social support that focuses on treatment adherence and positive prevention. AUA also provides financial and in-kind support for greatest-need patients.  

Cambodian Sign Language for All is an informal group formed by sign language interpreters and deaf teachers who wish to see deaf people able to access information related to health care, reproductive health of women, and social development. Its endeavor to create videos and digitalize content in sign language will highlight the importance of accessibility and inclusion for people with disabilities, especially deaf people and hearing-impaired. 

This project aims to see deaf people and people with hearing impairments able to communicate with the public and be fully inclusive in access to information on health, education, and social development. The core value of this project is to see deaf people in Cambodia able to access quality information through more significant sign language interpretation on video and other communication channels. It intended to produce awareness-raising videos on the needs and issues of deaf people who cannot communicate with the public people and are left behind. There are 40 videos with reasonable quality sign language interpretation on the news related to health education, entrepreneurship, entertainment, and updated news for deaf people. Forty people who are family members, friends, and public people that are not deaf are selected to participate in the physical sign language class to become peer supporters of the deaf people community. They are the volunteers who will continue to promote inclusive communication with deaf people through sign language interpretation. Various awareness-raising activities on the needs and issues of deaf people in Cambodia will be organised by the community of deaf people in Cambodia. This 12-month project will target Phnom Penh city and produce sign language teaching class videos on YouTube and other social media channels.