Water is Life
by Kay
As in most developing countries, Cambodians have little access to clean drinking water. We saw grass huts with jugs of cloudy water. Maybe the water was for washing. I suspect it was for drinking, too. With the help of Phal, our guide in Cambodia, Tom and I donated money for a well to be built in a Cambodian village.
Phal sent us a photo of the new well. It’s located in Tanorl Trorng, a village in the Soni Kum district, 25 miles east of Siem Reap, Angkor. Phal thanked us with this note:
We would like to say thank you for all your good heart.Your donation make our people life difference.Water is life.
I’m sometimes wary of charities that help dig wells, in places where there is little water, because if there is so little water, then perhaps the best solution is for less people to live there, but there’s obviously lots of water in Cambodia, so helping the people there get clean water is fine. Good on you.
Thanks for sharing this, Kay. What a wonderful gift to give!
so nice!
You may have changed some strangers’ lives forever. So now they are friends.
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Of course! I hope you can spread the word about this worthy project in Cambodia.
It’s posted now. Thanks so much, we really appreciate it! :)