Clean Water for 500 Families in Cambodia

What is it like to live in a rural Cambodian village?

It looks like…

• Plumes of red dust in the air. Trees and homes coated in rusty clay.
• Farmers and laborers driving motos, trucks, bicycles, trailer attached big motos, traveling over and around divets in the unpaved roads. Big vehicles create dust clouds that make it impossible to see oncoming traffic.
• Houses raised on stilts to create shade and allow airflow for the people and animals below. There is no air conditioning in the 35-40 degree celsius (95-100 fahrenheit) heat.
• Naked children who are dripping wet from their third bath of the day. A way to keep cool.
• Jackfruit, mango, and lychee trees scattered around people’s properties; fruit that is ready to be shared between family members and neighbors.
• A woman sitting in her husband’s car repair shop, sewing and altering clothing for a living.
• Long sleeved shirts, long pants, long socks, and hats to protect their skin from the blazing sun.
• Head lamps as laborers work through the night to harvest rubber from the rubber tree fields.
• Older aunties and grandma’s who sit at home and take care of the children while their parents work.
• A young child drinking a cup of water fetched from the nearby well.
• Wells, rain water catchment systems, expensive pre-filtered water containers from the local market, or the nearby stream - all possible water sources for the people who live here.

Your life may look vastly different than the people living in rural Cambodia, but you do have at least one thing in common: Water.

Water makes life sustainable for all people - from rural Cambodians to those working on Wall Street. Without safe drinking water, sickness can take people from their jobs, familial roles, and cause pressures on a community as a whole. As such a basic necessity to thriving communities, it’s one way we can support the health of communities in rural Cambodia.

*All pictures were taken during CWEF’s visit to Kampung Thum province, Cambodia for a health training on safe water and the disbursement of water filters. We delivered 44 filters to families in need. These water filters will last each family 15+ years. Life-giving water to real people, a real community, a real impact.

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