HEKS/EPER (Swiss Church Aid) was founded in 1946 as the aid organization of the Swiss Protestant Churches. HEKS/EPER combats the causes of hunger, poverty, and injustice through its focus on inclusion, access to land and other natural resources and sustainable agriculture, and it provides emergency aid following natural disasters and armed conflicts. HEKS/EPER is active in 32 countries with 251 projects around the world. HEKS/EPER has been present in Cambodia for more than 30 years and focuses in Cambodia on food security, sustainable agricultural value chains, access to land, water, and other natural resources, and good governance.