The adult literacy rate in Cambodia has increased, as the final results of the 2008 general population census has revealed. Although the number of literate 7-year-olds and older has increased from 62,8% (2005) to 78,35% (2008), it still remains the lowest in southeast Asia after Laos. Also, the number of children attending school has increased. 

The results also show that the population of Cambodia has increased from 11,4m people to more than 13,4m in 2008, the estimated infant mortality rates shows a moderate decrease from 66 to 60 per 1'000 births during 2005 and 2008.

_{Source: SE Globe}

The dominance and importance of social networks and other web platforms increases by the day - even if one or the other service is doomed to failure over a long period. As a web base project we monitor the whole development with interest, but also critical. Although we still are unsure whether TWITTER will play an important role in the long run, we do not want to stand aside. Maybe the 140 character service one day can help us find new supporters.

Recently we joined another web platform called Amazee. Amazee’s intention is to help people and organisations to spread their ideas and seek financial support.

Of course you are welcome to follow us on twitter, support us by Amazee or become a fan on our fb’s page.

A deposit slip, bank account or simply a collection box – it needs little to donate to Swiss relief organisations, thus it’s easy. However, donating/transferring money abroad quickly gets complicated and expensive. We at «basmati - authentic help¬» strive to eliminate these obstacles and are accepting donations to our projects through our own account with immediate effect. Like this we even get closer to our aim to get donations to our projects entirely.

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Nach dreijährigen Verhandlungen wurde am 3. Dezember in Oslo ein neuer Rüstungskontrollvertrag über das weitgehende Verbot von Streubomben besiegelt. Mit der Unterzeichnung durch über 100 Staaten,darunter auch die Schweiz, ist man so einen grossen Schritt weitergekommen auf dem Weg zu einem weltweiten, vollständigen Verbot von Streubomben. Am Ziel ist man deswegen aber noch längst nicht.

How to bring a project like basmati - authentic help to a wider audience? Easy: The same way, so many other things are promoted nowadays - thru the web and its social network platforms. So a couple of weeks ago we started our own sites on these two web 2.0 epitomes.