Dear Friends,
We hope this finds you and yours well. As many of you know one of the problems in developing countries is the lack of toilets, especially in the poor rural areas. Each year K.I.D.S. tries to put as many toilets/bathrooms at schools and at poor families’ homes.
This last trip we went to visit a high school in a remote area, we were bringing some students bicycles, so the children who lived further away could get to school easier. After the ceremony of delivering bikes to the poorest kids attending the high school for 1000 students, we went looking around the school and discovered that they only had two outdoor toilets for all the kids and 10 teachers. The teachers did not even have their own bathroom.
Needless to say the staff and children were thrilled when we told them we could help them out with more bathrooms. The teachers were very grateful to have their own private bathrooms and the kids were so happy to have more access to bathrooms, especially the girls. We can’t thank you all enough for bringing dignity and hygiene to both the students and to the teachers. They are extremely grateful for everyone’s help. Having better hygiene will also cut down on illness and girls missing school.
At the school in the northeast of the country where K.I.D.S. funds a preschool/kindergarten and computer lab which is also the site of a free clinic for the villagers they were having issues with the water supply and sanitation situation. We were able to work in partnership with another Canadian NGO called Kindred Hearts Cambodia who fund the clinic to replace the water supply lines and sanitation systems to bring all the toilets, sinks and showers back into working order.
KIDS was also able to build six family bathrooms. Many families do not have bathrooms and so they have to use the fields, which can be dangerous at night with snakes and other creatures. Each year thanks to our donors we build as many bathrooms for families as possible. The families are very grateful, they also can use the bathrooms for doing laundry which is a great help.
Thank you very much for your support and improving the health, hygiene and dignity for these students, teachers and families. They are all very grateful and so are we.
Wishing You and Yours All the very best,
Until Next Time,
Adrianne and Rick