Amazing! is the way donors describe our project in Cambodia
The
Australian Embassy inauguranted our 1000th rain water tank in November 2008,
built under the "clean drinking water supply" component of Project
Cambodia. We built these concrete 2000 litre tanks in over 200 schools in
3 provinces. We can now build over 100 tanks a month depending on donations.
At each school we install 20 lt buckets in every class room with individual
bottles where necessary. Included is teaching on the need to drink water
for health.
Children
fill there own bottles in class, better health means better school attendance
the Director of Education reported.
To
save on transport and get top quality we now make our own concrete rings
at the schools. 5 rings plus guttering gives us one column, 8 columns per
school clean drinking water! 8 to 12 tanks for an average school
Donations
funded the construction of our new Advanced Learning Centre that houses
the library, a DVD class room and dental clinic and computer class. Several
Australian volunteer dentists are making inroads into the poor quality of
children’s teeth and giving an employment opportunity to a local dentist assistant. $US700 a month.
We
hope to fund that position with $25 per month donations so visiting dentists
will have a translator (open wide).We now have a full time salaried khmer
dentist and a dentist assistant.
When our English graduates leave school we want them all to have decent
teeth to assist their employment opportunities. A holistic approach..clean
drinking water where none existed and another language for economic development
rather than welfare.
You will be delighted with our non formal classes, There are 8 at the moment
catering to over 300 students who missed out on a government education for
economic and family reasons. We fund teachers and books for students aged
from 12 to 20 years. They are the hardest working and most appreciative
of all our students. In the picture you see students using personal black boards
In Kendal province across the Tonle Sap river by ferry,we found that 60% of some villagers were dying from natural arsenic ocuring in new wells. Because of difficult access for tank building we supplied 600 of these cement 300 liter tanks with guttering to 300 locations in the province to catch rain water. Some of these tanks had to be floated in by the river.
We were able to get the government to install a pumpto bring water from the river for washing and agriculture. The problem is that arsenic is tasteless, but add a spoon of dry tea and the water turns black immediately!
Many students bring their own bottles but we have a stock
of 24,000 bottles for distribution.
We maintain these tanks on a regular basis, replacing taps and locks when
necessary. Because of their sturdy construction, these tanks will give clean
water to children for generations. In the event of an extended dry season,
we can truck in water in an emergency.
Our
sewing class prepares students for jobs in the garment industry and also
for jobs sewing in their home village. Meanwhile they are producing school
uniforms at around $3 for the very poor schools and the Khmer Non Formal
learning centres where kids and young adults are taught basic Khmer.
2000 kids study in our English classes daily. Regular exams monitor their progress.
We are always looking for English convesation speakers to visit our schools.
Preferreblely experienced teachers.
Contact us
- The Buddhist Library and Meditation Centre
- 90 - 92 Church St, Camperdown Sydney N.S.W. 2050
- Ph (02) 9 519 6054
- Email: info@buddistlibrary.org.au
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