Getting Water Right–Day One
Meeting Day 1 with the Village Chief and his deputy Old well but rigged to work. The team conducted water tests on 5 wells to get a reading on water quality. Primitive but shows the Villagers are trying...
Hygiene education is key!
The key to a successful Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) program is EDUCATION. For example, between 2014 and 2015 the rate if diarrhea in Char Village dropped 50% in just one year as a result of one day-long class...
Building Community Spirit One Child at a Time
Jen Clarke, a member of the Rotary Club of Bath Maine, traveled to Cambodia this year to work with the children on personal hygiene issues. The centerpiece of our school based hygiene program was the Tippy Tap hand washing...
What We Have Accomplished So Far
Interim Report 2018 May 2018 Project: Getting Water Right Location: Slaeng Spean Commune, Srey Snam District, Siem Reap Ring Wells: 17 new, 2 refurbished; Total =19 A total of 360 concrete well...
Well Done
The villagers, with the guidance of our ‘Water for Cambodia’ staff, hand dug and built 17 wells in the three villages and have refurbished two more. The wells are yielding sufficient quantities of clear water. Each well serves about...
Planning meeting with County and Village Officials
Over the last four years I have become acquainted with all of these gentlemen. Surely they had given up hope that we would return and actually give them the assistance they desperately need. It was a great homecoming….lots of...
December 6th – Fourth Week in the Field
Our consultant, Kristen, and I met on Tuesday to conduct the final review of our “Knowledge, Attitude and Practices (KAP) Survey”. The insight that we have gained into water, sanitation and hygiene issues in these five villages is amazing...
November 17th – Siem Reap Cambodia
It is Monday night the 17th of November here in Siem Reap Cambodia. My first week has been busy and in keeping with the schedule and goals established in our grant request. On Wednesday the 12th I met at...
November 14th – Srey Snam Cambodia
I met Nthabaleng, the WFC Director, and Seur, the WFC field manager, in the morning at 8 AM and we then traveled 60 miles to the District of Srey Snam to visit with the Chief of Slaeng Spean Commune, Cheam...