The Lake Clinic provides healthcare to nine floating villages across the Tonle Sap in Cambodia. Each year, TLC delivers over 16,000 patient encounters to families who live year-round on the lake in floating homes with no road access and no nearby government health services. TLC's services include outpatient care, mental health counselling, dental care, maternal and antenatal care, biosand water filtration systems, floating gardens, and community health education.
More than 100,000 people live in floating villages across the Tonle Sap. These communities are entirely isolated - the closest village TLC serves is 30km from port; the furthest is 100km. The average family earns $2.50 per day, and the cost of reaching the nearest government health centre - fuel, time, and lost income - exceeds $50 per visit. For most families, that is simply impossible. Without TLC, they go without healthcare entirely.
TLC brings the clinic to the patients. Our team spends one week in each of our nine villages every month, providing free outpatient care, mental health and domestic violence support, dental services, maternal and reproductive health, and preventive care. We install biosand water filters and support floating gardens to address the root causes of illness. For most of the families we serve, TLC is the only consistent source of healthcare they have ever had.
TLC's goal is to change the health of the lake - not just treat illness, but prevent it. Through clean water, nutrition support, health education, and consistent free care, we are building healthier communities. More than 16,000 patients a year receive care they would otherwise go without. We measure success not just in patient numbers but in the gradual shift in how communities manage their own health."
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
Support this important cause by creating a personalized fundraising page.
Start a Fundraiser
