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Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency TKA provided bicycles for 150 students mostly girls to enable the children of low-income families to continue to attend school in Cambodia.The project carried out in cooperation with CIWODA Cambodian Islamic Women Development Association and with the support of the Turkish Embassy in Phnom Penh aims to help students who had to drop out of school due to economic difficulties to return to school.Transportation is a great challenge for students as there is no school bus in the country. Especially female high school students are forced to enter the workforce early or get married if they drop out of school.The delivery ceremony held for bicycles was attended by lk Kocaefe the Republic of Trkiyes Ambassador to Phnom Penh Rafi Hassan Member of Parliament Burak Sartarla TKAs Regional Director CIWODA officials and local authorities.In her speech at the ceremony Ambassador Kocaefe stated that the project was a sign of the friendly relations between Cambodia and Trkiye. He said they were extremely pleased with TKAs projects in different industries across the country and hoped such projects would continue.Burak Sartarla noted that TKA carried out similar projects not only in Cambodia but also in more than 100 countries and that ongoing agricultural housing and cultural cooperation projects were being carried out successfully in Cambodia.Member of Paliament Rafi Hassan thanked TKA for its contribution. Hassan said that he was also aware of TKAs other projects and that TKAs contribution was extremely important for their country.