Students’ Movement for Democracy (SMD) Disseminated Democracy to Soccer Players

Students’ Movement for Democracy (SMD) conducted a training course to educate its soccer players of SMD UNITED Team on living democracy. The two-circle morning training was held on Oct 15, 2006 and Oct 22, 2006 at Reusey Keo high school. 35 soccer players (students and non-students) who are former drug users participated in the training and they age between 14-24 years old.

  

The two topics were commented in the training 1). Good Citizens and Tolerance. 2). Youth Participation in a Democracy. The NGOs’ representatives working with democracy were invited to attend as guest speakers in order to comment each above topic.

   

The training facilitator, Mr. Hing Soksan, also gave instruction on experiences and lessons of youth activism in Cambodia and worldwide. Moreover, he developed a code of conducts in the training course so that they can apply in their everyday lives. The typical youth’s codes of conducts developed and approved by participants include:-
• Be hard working students and obey school regulations.
• Respect each other and obey the laws of the nation.
• Protect and preserve environment, public properties,
   culture/tradition of nation.
• Protect and preserve public properties.
• Respect human rights, democratic pluralism and tolerate to
   each other.
• Actively participate in all activities to promote democracy.
• Share information on democracy/human rights with other
   people.
• Obey the advice of parents, teachers and the elderly.
• Protect Cambodian integrity and land.
• Do not join gangs or associate with gangsters.
• Do not use violence to solve any kinds of conflict. Solving all
   kinds of conflict by peaceful way.
• Do not discriminate against other nationalities or political and
   religious belief.
• Active participate in community development and in all advocacy works.
• Do not use guns and do not play all kinds of gambling.
• Do not use drug and do not gamble.
• Help the homeless or street children.
• Register and vote in the elections.
• If qualified, stand as candidate for the elections.

SMD Very Active In Promoting Young Democrats In Cambodia

                

Education is very important for every nations in the world. If there is no education, there is no development and if there is no development, there is no happiness and peace. SMD has been launching Education Program since 1999 with the purposes to disseminate democratic ideologies to youth/students so that they are ready to become the future leaders of the country. Read More…

Another important program for helping to improve democracy in Cambodia is sport program. SMD has just established this new project called “Kicking Democracy into Action: Mobilizing Youth Through Soccer” this year. The aims of this project is to mobilize young poeple to play soccer and encourage them to participate in the social activities so that they can avoid drug using. Read More…