know your future from your date of birth!!

DATE OF BIRTH?
If U were born on the 1st, 10th, 19th, 28th of any month U r number 1....
If U were born on the 2nd, 11th, 20th, 29th of any month then U r number
2... 
If U were born on the 3rd, 12th, 21st, 30th of any month then U r number
3...
If U were born on the 4th, 13th, 22nd, 31st of any month then U r number
4...
If U were born on the 5th, 14th, 23rd of any month then U r number 5... 
If U were born on the 6th,15th, 24th of any month then U r number 6...
If U were born on the 7th,16th, 25th of any month then U r number 7...
If U were born on the 8th,17th, 26th of any month then U r number 8... 
If U were born on the 9th,18th, 27th of any month then U r number 9...

Number 1
You are smart, straight talking, funny, stubborn, hardworking, honest,
Jealous on competing basis, kind hearted, angry, friendly, authorities, 
Famous person...always want to be and regarded as first on people
Position, they are often like to be independent, will never be under
Others, self confident people!
You are most likely to fall in love in the younger age, but will get 
Marry when you mature! You are likely to have problems with people who have
opposite views
And you are most likely to take revenge over your
Enemies in a long time basis. You are a spender, but you will have a good
profession in the future. 
If you are guy you will be very popular that everybody will have mental
attraction and respect at you.
You can go anywhere from the local shop to the heart of the parliament
because you are positive and
Well talented in numerous issues!! But in your life you will always have
some people who will work hard 
To bring you & your name down. This is undercover!! Coz of your smart
behavior you will be hated by some
People too...Your family life is very cool, you will have a very nice
partner &
Wonderful children... You are pioneer, independent & original... 
Your best match is 4,6,8 good match is 3,5,7 !!!

Number 2
No matter what, you will be loved by everyone coz your ruler is the
Moon and everyone loves the Moon. Well.. You are a person who day dream a
lot, 
You have very low-self confidence, you need back up for every move in your
life, you
Are very much unpredictable. Means you do change according to time and
circumstances,
Kind a selfish, have a very strong sense of musical, artistic talent, verbal
communication. 
Your attitudes are like the Moon, comes to gloom and fade away so everybody
can expect
Changes in you. You can be a next Mahatma Gandhi who does peace love or you
can be a
Hitler who wants to destroy the man kind and peace (I mean in the community
and your own home). 
If you really have a deep thought about your own believe in God you can
Feel the difference which will make you stronger! Most of the time your
Words are a kind of would be happening true! So without any knowledge 
You can predict the situation. You will become poets, writers, any Artistic
business people! You are not strong in love, so you will be there and here
till you get Marry.. If U r a girl you will be a responsible woman in the
whole 
Family. If U r a man you will involve in fights & arguments in the family or
Vice-versa. Means you will sacrifice your life for the goodness sake of Your
family...You are gentle , intuitive with a broad vision, a power Behind the
scenes, well balanced People!!!
Your best match is 2 ,5 ,9 no other people can put up with you !!!

Number 3
You are a person of hard hearted, selfish most of the times, religious,
loves to climb up in your life. You always tend to have lots of problems
within your family in the early stages but you will put up with everything.
You have the strong word power, pretty happy face.. So wherever you go
always you have got what you wanted!!! And from the birth always wanted to
work hard in order to achieve something. You will not get anything without
hard work! When you reach a man / woman age you want other younger one to
listen to you because you want younger people to respect people older than
them.
You do set so many examples to others. Generally you are not a cool person.
It's not easy thing dealing with you. A tough player you are! But once you
like someone's attitude then here you go, what can I say? It will be a
lasting friendship. You always have respect from others.
Your life seems to have lots of worries and problems but sure they won't be
long. You will always have brilliant kids!!! You love the money a bit too
much so temptation will push you to endless trying and trying.. If you are a
guy then it's over. Looking after your family and help friends, so you will
spend a life time just being generous and kind (except 21st born men). You
will be such an example of how to be in the culture & life!!! If you are
girl then you have good character 
and culture & hardworking attitude. You always follow. You are a freedom
lover, creative, ambition focused, a person who brings beauty, hope & joy to
this world!!! Your best match 6, 9. Good match 1 ,3 ,5 !!! 

Number 4
You are very stubborn too, very hard working but unlucky in important
matters in life, very cool, helpful, you have rough word power.. Might
put lots of people away from you, you may cause nuisance to others if you
are a man, 
and you often understands others and their problems well. If you are a girl
you are very
good with studies and arts. If you are a guy you spend most of the time
after girl friends
(almost) at times, you will have sort of too much fun life with mates &
girls. Your friends will 
spend your time & money and get away with their life and you will become
empty handed and
don't know what to do... So be careful!! You love to spend anyway!!! Your
good will is you are
always there to help family and friends. Tell you what you people are little
gem! s, specially the girls.. 
You always fall in love in younger age as well. You often live with
disappointments, for an example
you have got a degree in some thing... but you will be unemployed.. or will
do very ordinary jobs.
But you will take care of your family very well...All you need to be careful
of people who will take 
advantage of your kind heart. And beware of your relations too.. You are
radical, patient, persistent,
a bit old-fashioned, you live with foundation & order.
Your best Match 1, 8. Good match 5 ,6 , 7 !

Number 5
You are very popular within the community, you can get things done by
just chatting..to even enemies! You have a pretty good business mind, you
are often
have no-idea what is today is like, or tomorrow is like, you are a person
who does anything 
when your head thinks "lets do this". You will be famous if you open up a
business,
get involve in share dealings, music etc.. Very popular with sense of humor
,you are
the one your friends and families will always ask for help, and you are the
one actually 
get money on credit and help your friends. You will have more than 1
relationship,
but when u get settle down you will be a bit selfish anyway. Coz your other
half will
have a pretty good amount of control in you, be careful! You tend to go for
other relationships! 
Contacts even you are married at times 'coz your popularity.. You are
someone who get along
with anyone coz the number 5 is the middle number.. Changes & freedom lovers
you are! You are
an explorer with magic on your face. You learn your life through experience
and it's your best teacher!
Your best match 1 ,2 ,9. Good match 6 ,8 !

Number 6
Ooopppss..you are born to enjoy.. You don't care about others. I mean you
are always want to enjoy your life time, you are a person.. You will be very
good in either education or work wise or business management! You are
talented, kind (but with only people who you think are nice), very beautiful
girls and guys, popular and more than lucky with anything in your lives. All
the goodness does come with you. Your mind and body is just made perfect for
love. You are lovable by any other numbers. But if you are a number 6 man,
you will experience kind of looks from most girls and will involve in more
than few relationships until you get married. If you are girl, most of you
will get marry/engaged early. You are ! a caring person towards your family
& friends . If you miss the half-way mark then you are about to suffer
physically and mentally. Generally you will lead a very good inner-home
happiness with nothing short of. You are a person of compassion, comfort &
fairness, domestic responsibility, good judgment, and after all you can heal
this world wounds to make peace for every life coz you have the great power
of caring talent to make this world of love one step further...Your best
match 1, 6, 9. Good match 4, 5!

Number 7
You have got the attraction to anyone out there, you are realistic, very
confident, happy, such a talented individual with your education, music,
arts, singing, and most importantly acting too. You have real problems with
bad temper! If you are a girl, you are popular with the subjects listed
above. You give up things for your parents. I mean you value your family
status a lot, you will be in the top rank when you reach a certain age. If
you are a guy you are popular with girls, you are a very talented too. Most
of the number 7s face lots of problems with their marriage life.
Only a very few are happy. You have everything in your life, but still
always number 7s have some sort of unfullfilness, such worries all their
lifetime. It's probably the Lord given you al! l sort of over the  standard
humans talents and you are about to suffer in family life. So you need to
get ready looking for a partner rather than waiting. If you don't, then you
might end-up single. So take care with this issue, ok? You are wonderful,
friendly, artistic, happy person.. You are born to contribute lots to this
world. Your best match is 2. Good matches are 1,4 !

Number 8
You are a very strong personality, there's no one out there will 
understand you. You are very good at pointing your finger at something and
say "this is what".
You are more likely to suffer from the early ages. I mean poverty. If your
times are not good
you might lose either of your 
parent and end up looking after your entire family. You often suffer all the
way in life.
The problems will not allow you to study further, but you will
learn the life in a very practical way. You are the one who will fight 
for justice and may die in the war too. You are normally very reserved with
handful of
friends and most of the time live life lonely and always
prepared to help others. Well. once you get married (which is often 
late) then your bad lucks will go away a bit and you! u become safe. You
will face un-expected
problems such as : the error, government, poisonous animals, accidents. You
are someone with
great discipline, persistence, courage, strength which will take you to
success. You are a great part 
of a family team. You are a fighter!
Your Best match 1 ,4, 8. Good match 5 !

Number 9
Hey...you guys are the incompatibles people in the world. You are so strong,
physically and mentally... You are often have big-aims. You will work  hard
and hard to get there. Normally you suffer in the early age from family
problems and generally you will have fighting life.. But when you achieve
what you have done, it's always a big task you have done! You are so much
respected in the community, you are a person who can make a challenge and
successfully finish the matter off. You are very naughty in your younger
age, often beaten up by your parents and involve in fights and you seemed to
have lots of injuries in your life time. But when u grow you become calm and
macho type. Love is not an easy matter for you. You are good in engineering
or banking jobs coz people always trust you.
Your family life is very good, but will have worries over your children.
Your such qualities are humanitarian, patient, very wise & compassionate. 
You are born to achieve targets and serve everyone all equally without any
prejudice.
You are totally a role model to anybody in the world for a great
inspiration.
Your Best match 3, 5, 6, 9. Good match 2

3 years of time went pass

3 years of time went pass like blink of an eye laces !!
finally the day has come when i have to leave cambodia,
......... well atleast in given choices this was the decision....

i will be joining Oxfam in Laos as "Program Manager" from 6th august 2012.. 


............................................................so will start new chapter of Laos for my blogs......


my professional journey in cambodia gave me very rich learnings and credentials.. which I am sure i want to share thru my blogs.. :)..............................................


I know i have missed many articles about cambodia experience .... I promise to write it as time permits.... ofcourse before my memories fades !!


thanks for reading!

Findings from National post flood survey

The major findings from national survey done by XXXare as follows:

- The data were presented in 38 different tables, based on the parameters agreed.

- The information covers: Food security, nutrition, WATSAN, livelihood, assets, Copying mechanism, priority needs, HH & individual level information and status of market [commodity prices, skill /unskilled labours]

- Survey samples are covering two ecological zones, 1. Tonle saap 2. Plain

- The selection of villages was based on peak flood [27-31 sept] satellite imageries.

- Survey have used “affect index” to define the flood impact and set criteria for “poorest” which is simply taking ID poor in account. So this survey can give robust analysis of flood impact on real poor. Interestingly survey confirms that only 10% of respondent were having ID poor card and approximately 5% said they are under IDP status but could not show the card. Means the survey covers 77% of non categorised population.

- Profile:

o Two ecological zones, 1230 HH and 81 villages per ecological zone which means total 2460 HH and 164 villages in 11 provinces were covered.

o 47% are men and 53% are women ration in total samples.

o 37.5% of the respondent are having 5-6 family size but interestingly 19% have more than 7 family members.

o 39% respondent are falling under poverty, 39% in middle income and 22% are in rich category.

- Displacement:

o Approximately 28% of the poorest HH, 12% of middle income HH and 1% of rich HH were displaced during the flood.

- House type and damage:

o 76% of the population stays in “wood plank” houses in tonle saap while 53% of the population lives in “palm/bamboo” houses.

o Approximately 20% HH have reported damaged floor, walls and roof due to flooding.

- Food/Nutrition:

o It is interesting to see that copying capacity and adaptive capacity in food has clearly reflected in survey like more than 90% poor HH [total 520] have had sufficient food during the time of survey [Jan/Feb.] but on the other side if we see the analysis of loans we can find that 69.3% of poorest HH have had loans and to be particular 48.4% HH have taken loans after flood for food.. so it is clear that people have only coping mechanism is to borrowed money for their food needs.

- Farming:

o Damage: 89.5% of the surveyed HH reported to have crop damage. in spite high report of damage 66% of the respondents have said to have harvest but the harvested quantity is significantly low 1113 Kg/Ha compared to 3200 Kg/Ha.

o Only 21% of them were able to sale some rice which means remaining quantity was just sufficient for their food.

o 83.7% HH reported less selling compare to last year which means the crop damage is to a high extent.

o Agri/rice stock: The respondents have expressed that the stock [esp. rice] with them will last approximately 5 months. Which means the shortage will be observed from May onwards in ideal condition however if we add the loan dynamics to the findings it is evident that when people start repaying the loans they will have no choice but to sale the rice at cheaper price which will affect their own consumption and create the food shortage sooner by month of May.

o Farming: 20% of the HH are doing wet season farming only, 9% are doing dry farming, while 20% of the HH are not doing any farming and interestingly 51% are doing both wet and dry farming.

- Live stock:

o Approximately 74.8% population owns live stock and the loss of live stock due to flood is not much. Most of the loss is reported in chicken and some in cows.

- Fishing :

o 34% of the HH reported to do fishing but 50% of 34% have reported to have less fish after flooding.

- Income earners/ income/ Employment:

o It is observed that only 1.6 persons per family of 5-6 are income earners among the poorest while richest have 2.1 income earners per family.

o 93% of poorest HH reported to have same income earners after flooding which means the burden of the income earning falls on same member and no extra helping hand in place after flooding.

o 70% HH are either self employed; labours or working for others and the income is reduced for both poor and middle income group.

- Income change /Expenses analysis:

o Approximately 70-74% of HH in poorest to middle income group have reported decrease in income due to flooding.

o 74.8% of the poorest family reported decrease in the income earners after flooding.

o Food expenses: 21-28% of total food expense is on fish, 33-15% on rice, 11-12% on veg/fruit, 5.7% to 16.9% on meat. The poorest are consuming more rice and less meat than richest.

o Non-food expenses: the highest expense of 23% were recorded under “ceremonies” 15.9% on medical, 14.3% on loan, 9.7% on education, 9.4% on farm equipment, 9.1% on transport and only 1.5% on housing.

o Food and non-food expenses after applying weighted index: The main 4 heads which consumes most of the HH income are ceremonies, food, medical and loans. Approximately 63% of the income goes towards these 4 sectors.

- Loans and debts analysis:

o In Plain terrine: 61.8% have had loan at the time of survey where 21.9% were having loan pre-flooding as well. Which means 40% of the HH had to take loans due to flooding.

o 27.% of poorest have 1 loans, 12% have 2 and 9.3% have more than 2 loans.

o Less than 10% of HH [in all 4 categories] reported to be able to pay back the loans which means they will have to soon go for second loan.

o More than 50% of the HH reported to have loan for food

o Most of the HH have two main source of getting loan MFI [29.7%] and private lender [27.5%].

- Drinking water/ WASH:

o 32.9% of HH in plain and 60.9% HH in tonle saap are drinking water from non-improved sources and especially 15% of plain and 23% of tonle saap basin population are drinking untreated water. There are 22.3% of HH in tonle saap depending on dug wells. While drastically these figure is only 2.5 % in plain terrine.

o 94% HH have reported no change in drinking water source due to flooding which means despite the quality deterioration the people continue drinking water from same source.

o Approximately 74% HH having no access to latrines.

- Fuel:

o Approximately 92% HH are dependent on “fuel wood” which means that when there is massive flood people will not get dry wood and in that case they have to buy cooking fuel which will increase their expenses during the flooding situation.

- Assistance received during/after flooding:

o Most of the relief assistance went for Food, water treatment, NFI, clothes/blanket.

More reading:

http://english.sina.com/world/2012/0705/483533.html

recovery assessment findings for Prey Veng

Based on analysis and findings the following recommendations can be considered for “recovery plans’:

a) Still 50% of the people are in need of food and/or basic needs so “Cash transfer” [unconditional and/or conditional] is the best option in given situation, mainly the markets are functioning well and food prices are stable at this time. However in the cases where remoteness, security or other organizational challenges become crucial the “rice distribution” can be an option. It is important to note that rainy season [July to Oct] is falling in project cycle where not much work can be done, there are not many small infrastructures available, the community is not used to do non-farm labour and further there will be lack of skills for specialized infrastructure repairs, which shall be thoroughly analyzed before thinking of “cash for work” option to be proposed.

b) There is significant need of Rice seeds for upcoming season hence it is vital for XXX to consider rice seed distribution as major activity in this proposal, however it is important to note that from learning’s from other organizations and ECHO lesson learned workshop we have noticed that “rice seed” supply particularly the quality rice seed supply can be very challenging in given context so utmost care has to be taken in “rice seed” activities.

c) There are few small infrastructures need repairs, which can be covered under Conditional cash transfer [Cash for Work] option, or even “food for work” can also be considered where remoteness or other factors are challenging.

d) It is observed that the open wells are low height and gets flooded every time where significant amount of money has to be invested in every flooding so looking at longer term DRR integration it is wiser to invest in raising the wells and provide the concrete platform around the base so these well will last for longer term and stay intact in future disaster, there are on an average 10-12 wells per village requires such upgradation.

e) From various communities meeting [WASH FGD] the clear needs of repairing of road came out and the length varies from 150 meter to 2500 meter which can be covered under “cash for work” activities.

f) Many respondents on two districts of Prey veng mentioned about canal repair as the 3^rd most priority however we came to know that canal is 35 km long so it is a big infrastructure which may fall outside of the NGO capacity so it is not included in this recommendations.

g) It seems that disaster preparedness activities can bring bigger impact in future hence certain DRR activities especially “early warning system”, “contingency plan” shall be part of recovery program.

h) There will be election in June and “election protocol” will be in place from last week of may. So basically 3-4 weeks were very lean where beneficiaries’ selection or other work cannot be done which may have impact on project cycle because from June 3^rd week the monsoon season will set. Further in plight of election the use of “cash grants” need to be carefully handled

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Quick start as consultant in cambodia..

5th March:

I just arrived in cambodia on 5th March after a short break.. and learned that my boss is going for a regional meetig in siam reap.. so he wanted me to meet him up before I go home!!!

interesting.. I have finished my house contract on 29th feb.. and as my return was not sure... i didnt extend my contract at the same time owner wanted to renovate my flat and put more furniture to earn more rents!! so she was not interested to rent me for short time...

any ways... i thought let me atleast complete the meeting and than decide where i am sheltering....

finally after meeting i called the land lady.. she said one room flat is available for me for 2 months..cheers!!! here i go.. i moved my stuffs and by 2:00 pm i had my house.... this is the quickest ever i found my place to stay,... and good thing was it was in the same apartment.. :) bingoo!!

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from 6th till 9th we were not clear about the funding call or whether to do needs assessment or not? etc...

finally on 13th march we decided to go for "recover needs assessment"... and i had only few hours to design the recover formats etc..

Its been 6 good months passed since devastating flood hit cambodia...

we geared up for "recovery assessment"..

I have worked on few interesting technical sectors like HEA, cash-transfer, market analysis, WASH needs in recovery..

I had to work with local project manager Mr. Samban.. ..

finally without much brefying at HQ samban and I headed to Prey Veng province.. where we had to conduct a half day training for the staff [mix of higher officials and volunteers]... the training was extremely difficult because of varied profile of staff and language limitation..

finally we could complete the training and did few spot checking... it went well...

came back to PNH after 2 days [15/16 march] and sopetra helped us in entering the while she is entering the data we headed to Siam reap for another needs assessment.. [19-22 march]

we were accompanied in siam reap by Ms. Susanne the HQ recovery coordinator..

findings will be shared in next post.... :)

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"Alert net" article on Cambodia Flood 2011 - Manish is quoted

Floods affect 1.6 mln Cambodians, Oxfam says outlook grim

04 Nov 2011 13:54

Source: alertnet // Thin Lei Win

A girl squats on her tyre raft in the floodwaters in Phnom Penh October 26, 2011. REUTERS/Samrang Pring

BANGKOK (AlertNet) – Severe floods in impoverished Cambodia have killed 247 people, disrupted the lives of 1.6 million - more than one in 10 people - and affected three-quarters of the country, a United Nations’ report says.

Flooding along the Mekong and other key rivers over the past two months has raised fears of food shortages and increased personal debt after more than 10 percent of the rice crop was destroyed.

This has left thousands of families without an income in a country of 14.7 million where close to 80 percent live in rural areas and 71 percent depend on agriculture (largely rice) and livestock for their livelihood.

“The most immediate humanitarian needs are food, water, sanitation, hygiene and related items and some shelter,” Manish Mehta, Oxfam’s humanitarian programme manager in Cambodia told AlertNet.

Health and nutrition are also a concern, Mehta added, with long-standing floodwaters and congested evacuation centres increasing cases of diarrhoea, skin diseases and upper respiratory diseases.

“In one of the communes where Oxfam is working, one-third of the evacuated people started to complain about diarrhoea and skin disease,” he said.

As flood waters start to recede, it is becoming easier to provide aid and conduct detailed assessments, but this could mean agencies discover more people have been affected than thought.

Already the United Nations said the damages are expected to be more severe than previously estimated.

Aid is coming through although donor interest is still low, Mehta said.

The Asian Development Bank announced $3 million emergency humanitarian assistance on Thursday, the United Nations is mobilising $4 million and a chunk from the European Union’s €10 million flood aid to the region will go to Cambodia.

The U.N. food agency WFP also said on Friday it is more than doubling its response from helping 60,000 of the worst affected people to 150,000.

FOOD SECURITY AND LIVELIHOODS CONCERNS

“The livelihood options have ceased due to wide scale flooding ... hence farm-based, landless labourers are the most vulnerable,” Mehta said.

While it is still difficult to estimate exactly how long people will need support, Mehta said it would take at least a year for the affected population to recover their livelihoods.

“In the coming year until next harvest, the food security condition for poor Cambodians will remain grim,” he added.

Gavin Tritt of Asia Foundation, which works on governance, law and rights, agreed the floods had had a devastating impact on Cambodia’s most vulnerable communities.

Rural households dependent on agriculture already struggle to get enough food even in the best of times, added Tritt, the foundation’s country representative.

“For these farmers who depend on their annual crop, a year’s supply of rice (for consumption and income generation) has been lost,” he told AlertNet.

“This is likely to lead to increased indebtedness, and certainly increased food insecurity.”

According to U.N. figures, almost a third of Cambodia’s rural population is undernourished.

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http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/floods-affect-16-mln-cambodians-oxfam-says-outlook-grim/

Cambodia-daily articles 23-24-25 sept 2011