Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Fixing the Lake Clinic

Hello Everyone,

We hope that your holiday plans are going well. Not long after we got to Siem Reap, we were asked to go down to the Stung Sen River to assist with refurbishing one of The Lake Clinics that K.I.D.S. partnered with Compassionate Eye Foundation to build 8 years ago. This life-saving program, founded by Jon Morgan, has two teams of dedicated doctors, midwives/nurses, dental hygenist, and support staff to provide healthcare and free medication. They travel in difficult conditions to get to the river and the lake, to serve the underserved. We went to assist a group of great people called "The Fixers". The Fixers is a reality TV show that travels the world assisting programs in developing countries with much needed buildings and infrastructure. This season they chose The Lake Clinic, and in one week, they totally renovated the older clinic, which had been through much intense weather and use. A group of Cambodian village workers, volunteers, and the four Fixer professionals came together to bring the clinic a new life.


Working as a team, we put on a new roof, new solar panels, new walls, a new kitchen and installed new medical equipment, which was totally paid for by "The Fixers"..how great is that!!! Between the actors, film and sound crew, volunteers Cambodian workers, and all the support staff, there were about 40 people swarming on and around the clinic.


We will send out a link for the program when it comes out later this year we might even be in the program, providing we make the cut ha ha. It was a very intense, very fun, and very meaningful experience. The clinical team was thrilled to have a fresh and almost new building and equipment to work with.


Each year K.I.D.S. assists The Lake Clinic in different ways, this year not only did we give support in rebuilding the K.I.D.S. clinic we also raised funds to provide at least one midwife/nurse salary and hopefully two. We see first hand the difference these incredible people make.

Thank You to all K.I.D.S. donors and the Compassionate Eye Foundation in Vancouver for your continued support. Together you not only build clinics, schools, and water projects we also put the people and the resources in them to cure, teach, nurture and improve the lives of vulnerable children and families.

https://www.lakeclinic.org

Until Next Time,
Adrianne and Rick