Location Chum Kiri district, Kampot province, Cambodia Community Description Chum Kiri, founded in 1993, is the newest and poorest district in the southern province of Kampot. Khmer Rouge forces did not concede defeat in this area until as late as 1998. Due to the prolonged hostilities in the region, development has been extraordinarily slow compared […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Bruce Kelsey. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to expand the sanitation capacity at the school by adding an annex with two more toilets to the existing facility. Bruce reports: The latrine project at Prey K’Cheeay […]
Location Prosaut Village, Svay Teab District, Svay Rieng Province, Cambodia Community Description Kandieng Reay Health Center is located within Cambodia’s Svay Rieng Province and provides health care services for 21 villages (with a population of 21,493 people according to a 2012 survey). The health center currently maintains a staff of 9 and receives between 1,200 […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Irene Primmer. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to purchase and install a water tank at the school. Irene reports: The project began construction on the end of October. The construction was supervised by the school […]
Location Prey K’Cheeay village, Chum Kiri district, Kampot Province, Cambodia Community Description Chum Kiri was founded in 1993, and is the newest and poorest district in the southern province of Kampot. It was one of the first areas captured by Khmer Rouge forces in the early 1970s and Pol Pot’s followers did not concede defeat […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Bruce Kelsey. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to drill a hand-pump well at the school. Bruce reports: This project has been a perfect storm of everything that can delay drilling a well… But, we finally […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Neysa Peterson. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to build a well to supply the school with clean water. Neysa reports: The well at Kralanh High School has been completed according to plan. It only took […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Sally Vanture. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to drill a new well at the Hodaka Primary School. Sally reports: The original plan was to drill a new well next to the old one, but after […]
Location Kralanh Village, Kralanh District, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia Community Description Kralanh High School is located in Kralanh District, Siem Reap Province, approximately 52 kilometers west of Siem Reap Town on National Road 6. The High School has approximately 1,300 students who come from 15 villages throughout Kralanh District. Most of the students are children […]
Location Hun Sen Prosaut High School, Prosaut Commune, Svay Teab District, Svay Rieng Province, Cambodia Community Description Touched on two sides by Vietnam, Cambodia’s Svay Rieng Province is one of its poorest and is comprised mostly of subsistence farmers/fishers and low-waged factory workers. The poor quality of the farmland, as well as the lack of […]