Sanitation
and decent toilet facilities are huge issues in most rural areas of Cambodia,
and the Kos Khel
community where our MfM
program operates, is no exception. To help improve the situation we have
initiated a special latrine project through Solidarity Fund for Rural
Development(SFRD), our non-profit partner in Cambodia. We collected
applications from families interested in receiving a latrine, and the project
is now under way with Mr. Check Sarith
family being the first recipient among five families. From the photos we can
see the
construction process and the excitement generated. We raised enough money to start the process by
building the first five latrines for families that currently have applied. From
the photos we can see the first latrine going in. This is one more way to help
the poor families that we serve. Good
sanitation is essential for health and well being, but it's not the norm in
rural Cambodia. Old habits of poor hygiene, of using open fields in elimination
of body waste, are still wide spread. The result is the contamination of
streams and soils, the spread of disease, high rates of infant and young child
mortality, and heavy caseloads of diarrhea and other infections.According to the World Bank's Sanitation program (2008) only about 17% of Cambodian rural poor households have access to improved sanitation facilities, and by other studies it shows that among the very poor, fewer than 5% have access to a decent toilet facility.
We like to share quote" The charity suffered long and kind...Wherefore,brothers ans sisters in the worldwide, FOR CHARITY NEVER FAILED AND CHARITY IS A PURE LOVE...
A local brick layer sets a foundation with Mr. Check Sarith assisting.
