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Of course, all this requires a great deal of support.
While we are committed to a sustainable model, we are seeking a
total of $1,000,000 in financial support for the training and capital
costs for expansion, as well as to build the sales and planning
capacity of our whole organization. We would like to extend a special
thanks to the donors who have helped us thus far.
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UK Embassy in Cambodia, was DDD’s first donor and funded management training and expansion in 2003.
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MPDF / IFC involvement:
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2002
1. Raised a grant fund from Project IDEAS - $48,600 for computer
equipment and working capital
2. Provided TA to build the capacity of the local management to
run the operations
3. Provided TA to improve the quality and accuracy rate of data
entry services and data entry operation management
2003
4. Provided TA to assist the expansion to Battambang and Lao:
(i) assisted in the recruitment and provided training to the new
management trainees
(ii) built management capacity of the new managers to run the day-to-day
operations
(iii) assisted in the logistics of setting up the two new sites.
5. MPDF sponsored DDD to apply for a Development Marketplace grant,
and it won $157,000 for future replication and sales & marketing
efforts.
2004
6. MPDF Lao currently provides TA in IT to DDD Lao by hiring an
information technology expert for five months to :
(i) train relevant staff at the Company on information technology
skills and knowledge; and
(ii) manage DDDL’s information technology maintenance work
during the assignment.
7. Future Assistance - MPDF Cambodia and IFC Strengthening Grassroots
Business Organizations Initiative (SGBI) is working together to
provide assistance to DDD Cambodia to build the business’s
sustainability. The assistance of MPDF will comprise of working
closely with DDD local management to implement and manage the following
components:
(i) Upgrade of financial accounting
(ii) Conduct an external audit
(iii) Reconstruction of accounts – establishing balances in
preparation for the separation of business and social operations
(iv) Establish a local finance management function
8. MIS
(i) Establish a financial accounting system, job costing/pricing
and order specifications, and other business related MIS.
9. Business Plan Development
(i) Define key business objectives and strategies
(ii) Develop key metrics and action plans
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The Asia Foundation (with funding from USAID and the US State
Department), has funded DDD’s economic alternative to trafficking
project which trains and employees trafficked and abused women at
DDD.
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The
Kearny Alliance, provides expansion capital to DDD, aids in
North American marketing, and sponsors Thunderbird School of Management
Internships with DDD.
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The
Rotary Club 31of Denver,
The Rotary Club of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, Rotary
International Foundation and the District 5450. These individual
Rotary organizations are the primary donors of DDD’s scholarship
program which provides over 100 educational opportunities for DDD
employees.
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The United Nation Development Programme,
has funded the expansion of DDD in Battambang and business development.
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