Vann Thorng lives with his wife, two sons and daughter in the village of Chan Sa, Cambodia.  He and his family work on their farm growing rice and vegetables.  Before your donation, they drank water from the same place they collected water for their chickens, cows and crops.  As a result, the family was often sick.

Now, with the biosand filter in this picture, the family can filter up to 80 liters of water a day.  Vann Thorng can now feel confident that the water he provides for his family is clean and safe.  Thank you Roger for your support of Vann Thorng and his family!

Hoy Hen and his family live in the village of Pongro, Cambodia.  Before receiving a well, they had to travel long distances to collect water, often from unsafe pits. Now they have a reliable source of water near their home, that allows them to support their rice crop, as well as their three chickens and one cow.

Hoy Hen and his wife and daughter will now have more free time, as they no longer have to spend hours each day collecting water. Thank you so much for your generous donation, Thomas, which has transformed life for this family!

Thoeun Thoy lives in the village of Pongro in rural western Cambodia. He lives with his wife, two daughters and son. They are farmers, but without a well, they struggled to have enough water for themselves and their crops.

Thanks to a generous donation from Rob, Thomas, Steve and Jason, Theoun Thoy now has a new well for his family.  The well depth is approximately 20 meters, deep enough for this part of Cambodia to provide his family with water year round.  Theoun Thoy plans to expand his garden and grow more vegetables for his family.  Thanks for your support!



Vann Then lives in the village of Chan Sa in rural Cambodia.  He supports his wife and two children as a rice farmer. He collects water for his family from a nearby well, but because he wasn’t able to filter it, at least one member of his family got sick each month.

Thanks to your generous donation of a biosand water filter, Vann Then and his family now have access to up to 80 liters of clean, safe drinking water each day.  Thank you for your support!

Phok Koy lives with his wife and two children in the village of Romduol in Cambodia.  The well you have contributed toward will provide a reliable source of water for him and the family living next door.

Phok and his family support themselves as farmers, and each year they grow about 500 kg of rice.  They also own two cows and three chickens.

As a result of your donation, Phok and his family will no longer have to trek long distances to gather water for their animals and crops, and will have more time for other activities!

Thank you Sarah, Peter, Michael, Emmett, George, Tom, Nikhil, Amber, Wanda and Digvijay for supporting Phok’s family and the Trailblazer Foundation!

Gneb lives in Chan Sa, Cambodia and supports a family of 9 by growing rice and vegetables.  They currently collect water from a nearby pump well, but still required the filter you donated to protect themselves from waterborne diseases.  Before your donation a member of Gneb’s family was falling sick every two weeks.

Thanks to your generosity, Gneb and his family can now make up to 80 liters of safe, drinkable water per day, keeping his family healthy, and saving them money!

Laurie, thank you for your contribution allowing Khoeun Ram and his family to receive a well. His family is very poor and having water will make their lives much easier.

While he sells his daily catch of fish in the village, his son and daughter will be able to attend school because they will no longer have to haul water from the watering hole. Their garden will grow much better so they will eat better as well.

Thank you, Laurie, for helping Khoeun and his family!

Callan, Chea Lay wishes to thank you for helping him install a well near his house so his family will no longer have to rely on the village water hole for their water. He and his neighbor, Them Tha, will share this new well and no longer will their wives have to worry about their children falling into the water hole they once trekked to to collect water. In the photo above, you can already see the family putting the well to good use!

Thank you, Callan, for making life safer for these families in Kamphem, Cambodia!

Villagers watch as Chea and Savath receive training on their new filter

Life will improve for Chea Bunthay and his neighbor Savath in Kamphem Village in rural Cambodia. Chea sells vegetables in the nearby town as his source of income. Savath could only raise enough vegetables for his family but with the new well provided by Callan, he can now begin to increase his production, and join Chea in making the journey to town.

But Callan, you have gone even further in helping Chea and Savath’s families by providing a water filter so the water they drink will be safe and healthy. Both families want you to know, Callan, how much they appreciate their new well and filter and what a great difference it will make in their lives.

The wives gather water to prepare dinner from the new well.