Hello Everyone,
We hope you and yours are doing well and that life is getting back to a sense of normal. Here in Cambodia things are slowly opening up, which is very much needed. We had the great pleasure of spending a couple of days visiting a number of clean drinking water projects KIDS has built over the past couple of years, in rural communities. This past year, thanks to K.I.D.S. donors’ support, we were able to bring three schools and villages the gift of clean drinking water.
As many of you know clean drinking water is a huge issue in Cambodia. Even in our small apartment we have to buy our drinking water and cannot just drink it out of the tap. Although for us this is not expensive to buy, for those living in poverty it becomes a huge expense and many families end up drinking contaminated water from hand-dug wells or ponds. Children miss school from illness and are more lethargic due to ongoing diarrhoea.
Each year we bring clean drinking water to schools and communities, so children and teachers have free access to the water and the community members can also bring containers to take clean water home for drinking.
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As we visited the schools we were met by the school principals, commune leaders, and students who expressed their gratitude for helping their school and community.
While meeting with the school administrators it was a pleasure to watch the students freely filling their water bottles. We also ensure that the filtration systems are kept up and that anything that is not working is replaced or upgraded.
Over the years we have brought clean drinking water to thousands of students and their families and improved their health, thanks to your support and thanks to our friend and logistician Kim Thol and a great team of water technicians and builders. Thank you for your continued support in bringing this life-saving resource to children and families.
We will close with a Slovakian Proverb, that is so true:
"Pure water is the world's first and foremost medicine."
All the very best to you and yours,
Until Next time,
Adrianne and Rick