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| When we consider the difficult challenges faced by poor families in rural Cambodia it is clear that one thing consistently stands between the poor and a better life - a lack of clean water.
If clean water was available in villages, rates of serious illness arid 'death among families would be dramatically reduced. Nutritious-food could be grown using simple irrigation techniques. The abundant harvest would feed families year round. Chronic malnourishment, a serious health issue for children in Cambodia, would be a thing of the past. Clean water, combined with vegetable gardening and health education is the beginning of a new future for families who are suffering and dying in rural Cambodia. Right now you have an opportunity to do something truly extraordinary for needy families in Cambodia you can provide clean water and nutritious food! Please take a moment to consider this giving opportunity we have prepared especially for you. |
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Your opportunity to do something extraordinary for suffering families in rural Cambodia... There are families living in a small village in rural Cambodia that desperately need clean water, health education and a renewable source of nutritious food year-round. Brief overview of how your gift will be used... |
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Your gift will be used to provide materials, training and tools needed to dig wells that will provide a lasting supply of clean water. And provide health education, gardening tools, training and seeds. A village water committee will be created to ensure the long-term- success of the project. The committee will be responsible for assisting with the project and maintaining the wells when they are completed. A commitment to saving lives in Cambodia. HOPE International has a long-term commitment to needy families in Cambodia. Thirty years of terror and destruction under the regime of dictator Pol Pot had left Cambodia in ruins. We began our work in Cambodia by helping needy families rebuild the earthen dams, dikes, waterways and irrigation systems that enabled them to grow food crops like rice. With the reconstruction underway, we then expanded our focus to include the development of village water wells that would provide clean drinking water for families. Our experience in other countries had taught us that clean water was one of the most important ways to help people improve their lives. Clean water dramatically reduces the incidence of sickness and death because families are no longer forced to drink water that carries deadly diseases like cholera. In addition to our ongoing reconstruction and water well development programs we have broadened our focus by providing training in vegetable gardening techniques, seeds, tools and health care education. Today, as a result of our comprehensive programming in Cambodia, thousands of Cambodians are experiencing better health because they have abundant supplies of clean water, nutritious food and health care education. |
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Two things have made this possible - the desire of Cambodians to build a better life and the nurturing support of donors who believe life can be better for people born into a life of absolute poverty. Only 30% of the nine million people living in Cambodia have access to clean drinking water. This year, thousands of people in Cambodia will die because they do not have clean water to drink. In rural Cambodia, your chances of becoming infected by cholera, dysentery and typhoid fever are better than your chances of having a single glass of water to drink. |
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