Since 2007, The Lake Clinic has delivered free healthcare to isolated communities on Cambodia's Tonle Sap Lake. Our five floating clinics serve nine villages with no other healthcare access. Now they face a crisis: steel hulls have corroded away, leaving fragile fiberglass shells that are beginning to bulge. One contractor is willing to work on the lake. Repair cost: $21,575. Help us keep these five clinics afloat and the care within reach of those who need it most. Please donate today.
The five floating clinics serving nine Tonle Sap Lake villages are deteriorating. Steel hulls have fully corroded, leaving only fiberglass shells - some already bulging under water pressure. These clinics are the only healthcare available to communities with no roads, no hospitals, and no alternatives. Without immediate repair, structural failure will force them to close.
Funds will hire the only contractor willing to work on the lake. Work includes rust removal, anti-rust repainting of all interiors, and installation of internal iron supports to stop hull bulging. All five clinics will be restored to safe, stable condition, allowing uninterrupted healthcare delivery to nine villages throughout 2026 and beyond.
Restored clinics mean uninterrupted care for communities that have relied on TLC since 2007. Structurally sound hulls extend clinic lifespan by years. Healthy, consistently-served communities need acute care less over time - the best evidence that preventive healthcare works. These repairs protect nearly two decades of investment in lake community health.
This project has provided additional documentation in a XLSX file (projdoc.xlsx).
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