OIC Australia is supporting OIC Cambodia’s to conduct awareness raising and advocacy activities that will:

• Increase the demand for the speech therapy profession, and the commitment to developing this profession

• Raise awareness of the needs and rights of people with communication disabilities

• Promote community inclusion for people with communication disabilities

OIC Australia does this by:

• Developing print, radio and other media materials that communicate key messages for community, professionals and government

• Designing awareness raising and advocacy campaigns (social media, national or community level) to grow understanding of speech therapy as a profession

• Designing awareness raising and advocacy campaigns to highlight issues for people who have communication and swallowing difficulties

• Monitoring community, professional and government attitudes, knowledge and practices towards people with communication difficulties

• Targeted advocacy for inclusion of people with communication difficulties in education, health, and disability services

• Promoting “Day Without Speech” within Cambodia Society (business, school, organizations) to increase people’s understanding of communication difficulties