Helen Keller International sign memo on promoting workers’ health at work place

Workers rejoiced and had a sigh of relief after the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training struck a memorandum of understanding with the Helen Keller International Cambodia to launch a project promoting the women and workers’ health and nutrition at the workplace and factories.

Supported by the GIZ-MUSEFO program, the MoU seeks to promote of Cambodia’s health and economic health.

Through this program, Pav Sina Sina, the president of Collective Union of Movement of Workers (CUMW), expressed the expectation that after the project is successful, the health of factory workers will improve, which will help increase production for investor.

The deal was brought forward after factory workers reported incidents of fainting due to the lack of nutrients.

Workers would have bought low quality and unhealthy food just for the sake of saving money.