By Sochea Hong | Communication Officer
Access to clean water and adequate sanitation is a human right that should be afforded to every individual. However, this is often not the case in rural Cambodia. It is difficult to retrieve clean water and often takes much time whereas the easily accessible water contains bacteria, dust, insects, and pollution. This is why so many families and children are often very sick. Clean water is necessary for drinking, bathing, sanitation, cleaning your home, cooking, feeding animals, and growing vegetables. To meet all these needs, you would need to carry many heavy water buckets to and from the water the supply and to your home.
This was the life for the 70 indigenous families living in the Pu Char village before CRDT began its "Water for Health" project, funded by the Australian Government and your donations.
This project aims to improve the health and economic situation for the Indigenous families living in the Pu Char village, through providing fresh clean water to all. Much of the main aspects of the project have been achieved but there is still work to be done.
Mr. Sameuron lives in Pu Char village; he is one of the saving group members. He enrolled as a member in January 2017. As a benefit of the saving group, Mr. Sameuron is now able to receive various trainings from Cambodian Rural Development Team (CRDT) such as vegetable growing, chicken, duck raising and business plan training.
With water for health project, Mr. Sameuron has decided to borrow a $1400 loan from his saving group to increase his vegetable business. He said, “I borrowed the load from my saving group, because I have access to water in my house as installed by CRDT, I will no longer worry about water shortage anymore. I will be able water the vegetables all year.Mr. Sameuron grows various kinds of vegetables in his vegetable farm, including lemongrass, long bean, long chili, lettuce, eggplants, bottle ground, cucumber, pumpkin, ginger, and spinach.
He now earns $5 to $10 a day and will plant more a wide variety of crops in his vegetable farm.
CRDT has also followed up the previous training on primary health, and continues to provide training on health to the Pu Char community. It is very important for our beneficiaries, including Mr. Sameuron and his family, as it helps to reduce the money burden that is required when going to the hospital. CRDT also continues to provide Sanitation and Hygiene training to improve the health situation amongst the indigenous communities.
The main aspect of the project has been achieved thanks to your participation, but there is work still to be carried out. Some of the houses in the village have not yet been linked to the water system. It is also highly important to provide the necessary training, which is currently pending. Your donations will help contribute towards implementing this training and all the reading materials required to raise awareness within the community. Additionally, some toilet and sanitation facilities still need to be built. Your contributions will greatly change the lives of these people forever!
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