Leadership Training for RHCC

| 7-July-2026
Client: Returning Home Center of Cambodia-RHCC
Duration: Dec 2025

 

Summary project

API Development Consulting successfully implemented a weekend-based Leadership Training Program for Returning Migrant Workers, designed to support their reintegration and empowerment by strengthening personal, economic, and community leadership capacities. The project built on API’s proven leadership curriculum developed under previous initiatives and was adapted to meet the specific needs and lived experiences of returning migrant workers in Cambodia.

The overall objective of the project was to enhance participants’ self-confidence, leadership mindset, and practical life skills, enabling them to take active roles in their families, workplaces, and communities. The training was delivered through five integrated modules, conducted on weekends to ensure accessibility for participants balancing work and family responsibilities.

The five modules covered:

  • Rediscovering Identity and Leadership Potential, focusing on self-awareness, confidence rebuilding, and personal values;
  • Foundations of Practical Leadership, introducing leadership concepts, styles, and everyday leadership practices;
  • Economic and Entrepreneurial Leadership, emphasizing goal setting, basic financial planning, and leadership in income-generating activities;
  • Communication, Teamwork, and Conflict Resolution, strengthening interpersonal skills, emotional intelligence, and problem-solving; and
  • Community Engagement and Personal Leadership Action Planning, supporting participants to define leadership roles within their communities and develop realistic action plans.

As a result of the project, participants demonstrated increased self-awareness, improved communication and leadership skills, and greater readiness to engage in economic and community initiatives. The program contributed to building confidence, resilience, and peer leadership among returning migrant workers, supporting their sustainable reintegration and promoting inclusive local leadership.