Part I.pdf - MTB-MLE Network

There are between 30-40 ethnic groups found in Cambodia, and the minority population numbersapproximately 443,000. Ethnolinguistic minorities can be found in the provinces of Ratanakiri,Kratie, Stung Treng, Mondulkiri and Prey Vihear. The average income of the minorities is lessthan US $1 per day. The Cambodian minorities’ primary livelihood sources are slash and burnfarming, hunting, fishing, and collecting resin.These minority communities use both Khmerand their indigenous minority languages.Mother tongue/bilingual education occurswithin the non-formal system. Since 1996,there have been 152 teachers. During the year2003-2004, there were 54 classes running with2,246 students. The languages of instructioninclude Bunong, Krung, Kavet, Tampoun,Brao, and Khmer. These classes are beingheld in two northeastern provinces, Mondulkiriand Ratanakiri. NGO’s participating in the13