The Participatory Community Development (PACODE) project has set up 124 groups of more than 2,000 Khmer women, who meet regularly to learn about safe water, environmental hygiene and community health care under the instruction of PACODE lecturers. The women in these groups also share farming and animal raising skills, and help each other with capital.

Soc Trang is home to 350,000 Khmer people, who live mainly in the four districts of Vinh Chau, My Xuyen, Long Phu and Thanh Tri.