Clean water for a family

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Dear Prasad,

Thank you for your gift of a bio-sand water filter through the Trailblazer Foundation. Your contribution supports N. Mao and his family in Svay Chek, a village in Cambodia.

Mao supports his family of nine as a farmer. They share a motorbike as their main mode of transportation. With their oxcart and one cow, the family works their half hectare rice field and can grow 800 kilograms of extra rice to last the season. They supplement their food with eggs from their chicken. Thanks to you, Prasad, Mao and his kin will no longer suffer from waterborne diseases and they will be able to grow healthy and stronger. Thank you for bringing water and hope to Mao and his family.




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A well for a family

Poeun Pon
Dear Daryl,

Thank you so much for your gift of a well, the kind of gift that keeps on giving. Your well was given to Poeun Pon and his family of seven in Cambodia.

Pon and his family live in a house made with palm leaf walls, as you can see in the background. They have no form or transportation or livestock, yet they work hard in their rice field to grow and store 400 kilograms of rice every season. Now that they have a well and a sufficient source of water year-round, they can grow and irrigate a garden, thereby increasing their food supply and nutrition. They can also keep their children in better health through improved sanitation and hygiene. Thank you for giving Pon and his family water and hope of a better, healthier life.




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A poor rural family gets clean water

A lady prepares her new biosand water filter
Dear Vincent,

Thank you for your gift of a bio-sand water filter through the Trailblazer Foundation. Your contribution supports So Toun’s family in Yeang Tes Village of Cambodia. Toun’s family has four males and two females ­- they live in a house made with palm leaf walls. They share two bicycles to get around and have no livestock except three chickens to augment their food securities. Members of Toun’s family used to suffer from diarrhea but they will no longer suffer the effects of bad water with this water filter. Thank you, Vincent, for giving them hope for a better life by bringing them clean water.




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How to put a smile on a child’s face

Chuch Koy
Kevin, Prasad, Deborah, W, Partha, Jenkin, Steven, and Manda,

Thank you for your contributions to the Trailblazer Foundation, which provides water access to poor rural villagers in Cambodia. Through your generosity, you have given the gift of a well and access to water, a basic need. Your well was provided to Chuch Koy and his family of 14.

Koy and his large family live in Bostatrav village in a house made with palm leaf walls. With their oxcart and two cows, they work their rice field and can grow and store away only 400 kilograms of rice for the season. To augment their food securities, they have three chickens to produce a supply of eggs. Now that they have a well they have a year-round source of water, enough to irrigate a garden and grow more food for their children. These kids will also be safe from falling into dangerous pit wells, the traditional source of water. With more food they will have more nutrition and be able to grow up strong and healthy. Thank you Kevin, Prasad, Deborah, W, Partha, Jenkin, Steven, and Manda for putting a smile on their faces by giving them the gift of water.




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Hope of a better life

Koch Choeut
Dear Jeff, Ann, Jokichi, Audra, Bria, Nabeelah, Manish, and Vijay,

Thanks so much for your generous donations to the Trailblazer Foundation as they provide water access to poor rural villagers in Cambodia. Your well will support Choeut and his family of 12 (6 males and 6 females in total). They live in a house made of palm leaf walls and share one bicycle to get around. They have no livestock or other means by which to augment their food securities. Now with a year-round supply of water, they will have sufficient water for bathing, cooking, washing, and irrigating a garden. Because of water, life’s basic need, these children will have more to eat, better nutrition, and improved health conditions. Thank you Jeff, Ann, Jokichi, Audra, Bria, Nabeelah, Manish, and Vijay for bringing Choeut’s family water and hope of a better life!




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Farming Family No Longer Worries About Unclean Water

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Dear Sivaharsha,

Thank you so much for giving the gift of clean water to Nuon and his family. Nuon, his wife, son, and two daughters live in a wood house in Cambodia. They farm their 1.5 hectares of rice field with their 2 cows, and can grow and store 2,400 kg of rice for the season. To augment their food supply they have six chickens and seven ducks. They have 2 bicycles for their children to get to school and to get to the markets.

Nuon and his family are so happy that they will not suffer from diarrhea and other ailments caused by bad water. Thank you, Sivaharsha, for bringing water and hope to Nuon’s family.




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A water filter brings hope for a better future

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Dear Leo,

Thank you for giving a gift that keeps on giving: a water filter. Your water filter has been provided to Thav and her family. Thav, her husband, and her son live in a wood house in Sanlong village, which is located in the Chansar Commune in Cambodia. They farm their .5 hectare rice field with two cows and an oxcart and are able to grow and store away 1,000 kg of rice for the season. They augment their food supplies with their five chickens and one pig. Thav and her husband own one motorbike and one bicycle as transportation to the market and school. Thav’s family is very grateful for the water filter because it saves them all from the ill effects of drinking bad water. Thank you, Leo, for bringing this gift of life’s basic need, clean water, and for hope for a better future.




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No more worries about unhealthy water

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Dy and her family are so happy to receive your gift of a water filter. She and her husband support their two sons as farmers on their hectare of rice field in Cambodia. With their two cows and oxcart, they can grow and store away 3,000 kg of rice for the season. They live in a wood house and share one bicycle as transportation. They have five chickens to augment their food source.

Your generosity, Erik and Michael, will ensure that Dy’s family will no longer suffer from diarrhea and other water borne illnesses that have plagued them in the past. Thank you for bringing clean water and hope of a better life to Dy and her family!




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Seang and his family have a new water filter

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Seang, his wife, and his son are very happy to receive your water filter. Thank you for giving this simple gift that keeps on giving. Seang’s family lives in a house made of palm leaf walls in Sanlong Village, Cambodia. They farm their two hectares of rice fields and can grow and store 1,600 kg of rice for the season. They share one bicycle for transportation and have five chickens to help increase their food securities. With the assistance of your water filter, they will have clean water to drink, cook with, and do dishes. Tom, Ted, and Pam, your generosity will ensure their family does not suffer the effects of bad water.

Thank you for bringing clean water and hope of a better life to Seang and his family!




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Doeun and his family look forward to growing their own vegetables

Thab Doeun (Bostatrav)
Dear Marcie, Ryan, Nicola, and Tomoko,

Thank you for coming together to gift a drinking water well for Thab Doeun and his family members.

Doeun’s family comprises of two units, totaling six males and six females. They live in a palm leaf house in Bostatrav village in Cambodia, and have no means of transportation. Doeun and his family grow 300kg of rice, and this is their only source of food, apart from one chicken. Now that they have a well they can irrigate a garden and cultivate their own vegetables. They will be able to feed their children better, and a better diet will also lead to better health.

Thank you for bringing water and hope to Doeun and his family.




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