Chong Chean has access to safe water

Chong Chean (Tropaing thom)
Dear Bellevue Rotary,

Chong Chean lives in a four family unit of 15 females and 6 males in the village of Tropaing Thom in rural western Cambodia. These four families all live in palm leaf houses. None of the families have any livestock, but they do farm a group plot. They produce about 500kg of rice a year, which is used in every meal.

The Bellevue Rotary’s generous donation has provided a drinking well for Chong Chean and these four families. Removing the need to travel long distances to collect unsafe water will save these families time, and keep them from getting sick. Thank you for your support.




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Channa’s family looks forward to a healthier life!

Nam Channa (Kbal kropeu)
Nam Channa and his family comprising of his wife, son, and daughter live in a house made with palm leaf walls. He runs a small grocery stall to support his family. They can only grow 300 kilograms of rice for the season, so they also raise pigs to augment their food and income securities. Channa has one motorbike to use as transportation.

Your donation, Bri, enabled Trailblazer to donate a biosand water filter to Channa. His family will now have clean and safe drinking water, and will be protected from water borne diseases.

Thank you, Bri, for gifting good health to Channa and his family.




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Doeun’s family now has clean water!

Dok Doeun (Kbal kropeu)
Dear Phillip,

Dok Doeun’s family of six males and three females lives in a wood house. Their water comes from a pit well, which is not potable. The family often falls prey to water-borne diseases and need to spend a lot of money on medication. The family shares two bicycles and one motorbike for transportation, and have one oxcart and two cows for farming rice.

Doeun and his family can grow and store away 2,280 kilograms of rice to last them the season. They have two chickens to augment their food securities. Doeun’s family will now have improved health and a better life because of the new bio-sand water filter that you gifted to them.

Thank you, Phillip, for giving the gift of clean water to Doeun and his family, and for securing a healthy future for them.




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Pey’s children now have access to good water

Pey
Dear Michelle, Li, Don, Katherine, Mark and Lisbet, Nyree, Alka, Yosia, Bill, and Tom,

Pey’s family comprises of two females and two males. They live in a house made of palm leaf walls with a wood floor. They have a rice field where they can grow 4,500 kilograms of rice a year, which is sufficient to feed themselves for the year. They own five chickens, which gives them additional food security, and three cows that are used for transportation and farming purposes.

Your donations, Michelle (x4), Li (x2), Don (x2), Katherine, Mark and Lisbet (x2) Nyree, Alka, Yosia, Bill and Tom (x2), enabled Trailblazer to provide a drinking water well to Pey and his family. They now have access to water, and can grow fruits and vegetables in a garden. This would increase their food security, and lead to a better life.

Thank you, for making a difference to Pey and his family.




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Ham is happy to have clean water for her family

But Ham (Kbal kropeu)
But Ham and her husband have two sons and a daughter. They live in a house made with palm leaf walls. They have two buffalos, which they used in their rice fields. In a season, they grow about 1,500 kilograms of rice. The entire family shared one bicycle which is their only means of transportation.

Though Ham’s family has access to water, the water was not hygienic, and the family was prone to frequent water borne illnesses. Your donation, Janet, enabled Trailblazer to provide a water filter to Ham. She and her family will now stay disease free.

Thank you Janet for your gift of a bio-sand water filter.




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Reap’s family can grow their own vegetables

Kling Reap
Dear Ray,

Kling Reap lives with her family of three females and five males in a house made of palm leaf walls with a wood floor. The family shares one bicycle, and they own 5 chickens and 2 cows. the family can grow 900 kilograms of rice, which is enough to last them an entire season. However since they do not have access to water round the year, they are not able to grow vegetables to supplement their food.

Your donation of a well, Ray, will enable Reap’s family to grow a garden, giving them additional food securities, as well as, hope for a better life.

Thank you.




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Toeu’s extended family now has access to water

Plong Toeu
Dear Ray,

Phlong Toeu lives with three family units, comprising of eleven females and six males. They live in a house made of palm leaf walls and a wood floor. They share one oxcart which they use for transportation and for farming rice in their field. They do not own any lifestock.

Since Toeu and his families do not have access to water, they are unable to grow vegetables to augment their food supply.

Your donation, Ray, enabled Trailblazer to install a drinking well which will provide life giving water to Toeu’s extended family. In addition to having water for their basic needs, they can now start growing vegetables both for consumption and sale.

Thank you for giving Toeu’s extended family hope of a better life.




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Hak’s two families now have potable water

Hao Hak
Dear janet,

Hao Hak supports his two family units by growing rice. Their rice reserve consists of 720 kilograms to get them through the season.  Since they do not have any livestock to help work the fields, it takes all seven members of the family (five of them being female) to plant and harvest the rice. Their mode of transportation is one bicycle and one motorbike, and their wooden home is shared between the two families.

Your donation, Janet, enabled Trailblazer to provide a water filter to Hak’s family. The water filter provides them clean drinking water, resulting in better health and sanitation. Thank you for bringing water and hope to Hak and his family. Look at the smile on his daughter’s face!




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Chut and the other 20 members of his family enjoy clean water

Chea Chut
Dear William,

Chea Chut lives in a wood house which has three family units of ten males and eleven females. They grow rice for a living and have two cows to help with planting and harvesting their rice. The twenty-one members of his family share two bicycles and one motorbike which they use for transporting their children to school, and for going to the market and to work in the rice fields. Although they have a pump well, the water is not potable, and they entire family is prone to falling prey to waterborne diseases.

Your donation, William, will provide a biosand water filter to Chut and his family. The filter will remove  bacteria, viruses and parasites from the water, and help keep the 21 members of the family healthy.

Thank you for keeping the family healthy and happy.




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Soan’s family will not keep falling sick

Som Soan
Dear Laura,

Som Soan and his wife have two sons and three daughters. They live in a wood house and own two motorbikes, two bicycles, two cows, and an oxcart. Although they have 5,600 kilograms of rice in storage and their economic status is above the poverty level, their water supply comes from a traditional open pit well dug in the ground, because of which the family is prone to water borne diseases.

Your donation, Laura, enabled Trailblazer to donate a biosand water filter to Soan and his family. The entire family can now have clean drinking water, which will keep them safe from diseases like diarrhea.

Thank you for providing them with life giving water through this filter.




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