context
The Cambodian textile industry employs over 700,000 people, 85% of whom are women, most of them under the age of 24.
Due to lack of access to basic educational resources across the country, the working-class population is around 25% illiterate.
Since 2013, the Library Learning Centers (LLCs) set up by Sipar in garment factories aim to reduce vulnerability of workers. By improving their well-being and skills, this also boosts their production capacity. LLCs offer workers reading, literacy and awareness-raising services on important social issues.
By providing access to a library in the workplace, Sipar enables over 75,000 workers to develop reading and self-learning habits.
In 2021, the project has reached the end of its second phase. In line with Sipar's values of transmission and empowerment, the program is now fully autonomous.
25 llc
for 7581 workers (85% women)
7 000
regular users of LLC services
45 000
participants in awareness sessions
900
participants in literacy classes
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Since we collaborated with Sipar, we have seen that the staff is satisfied with the library as well as literacy classes. Many borrow books and use the knowledge they have learned to help educatetheir children at home.
EA Sokly
HR manager at Top Summit garment factory