And the winner is…
It looks almost like a hand about to take flight on a breeze – as light and delicate as a feather. This effect has not been achieved by accident, as the creator of the winning logo has combined the universally recognized symbols of a hand and a bird. His name is Predrag Stakić, and he has now been honoured in New York as the winner of the global competition to find a human rights logo.
The famous Grimm Brothers and their Fairy Tales
The Grimms lived and worked from 1798 until 1830 in Kassel where they produced their best known works.
For more information please visit
www.kassel.de/cms02/englisch/grimm
In 2010, the German Embassy in Phnom Penh funded the La Valla school in Takhmao with around 11.500,- US-dollars. La Valla school was founded in 1998 and has since been the only school in the Kingdom of Cambodia that is exclusively built for students with disabilities.
Small-scale-project funding in Takhmao
Energy Efficiency Award 2011
Companies from trade and industry which have implemented innovative, exemplary measures to increase energy efficiency are invited to take part in the international Energy Efficiency Award 2011 competition. The competition is being held by the Deutsche Energie-Agentur GmbH (dena) - the German Energy Agency - in cooperation with Deutsche Messe. The prize money amounts to a total of 30,000 Euro.
In 2010, the German Embassy Phnom Penh funded a school and community latrine micro-scale project in Lvea Em, Kandal Province, with 9500$ to promote health care and education. The project was implemented by the Cambodian non-governmental organization Asian Outreach Cambodia.
latrine micro-scale project
On 2 March 2010 the German Embassy granted an allocation of 18.500 USD to the Khmer Association for Development to purchase medical equipment for a mobile dental clinic for rural disadvantaged Cambodians. The purpose of this micro scale project is to provide free dental services for disadvantaged Cambodians.
Mobile dental and Medical Services
The German Center at Meta House, together with the Goethe Institut, offers professional German language classes in Phnom Penh.
Learn German in Cambodia
A new brochure “German Development Cooperation with Cambodia” was launched on the occasion of the celebration of the Day of German Unity in Phnom Penh. This publication describes the focal areas of German Development Cooperation with Cambodia: Rural Development, Health and Good Governance. It explains as well the German support to the Khmer Rouge Tribunal and aspects of cultural co-operation.
Updated “Cambodia Road Map” published
