An update from our partners at charity: water on the work in Cambodia, carried out with local implementing partner Clear Cambodia. Construction is now complete.
Progress to date
Clear Cambodia has been hard at work. So far they have:
- Completed 456 water points, providing clean water for 70,676 people.
- Built 77 school latrines, each paired with a handwashing station and garbage kiln, improving sanitation and hygiene for 21,402 students.
- Conducted 33 trainings on water, sanitation and hygiene in participating schools, equipping 412 school principals and reaching 38,229 students.
Community engagement in Cambodia
Clear Cambodia's program is demand-driven, which means communities have to be engaged and interested to be selected. To receive a BioSand Filter, families contribute a small amount toward building materials and attend a hygiene and sanitation training class.
At least one member of every household takes part in building the filter during a community-wide construction day, which builds ownership and helps the result last. Clear Cambodia's staff then checks in with each family four times over the following two years to make sure the benefits hold long after the initial work is done.
Filling bottles at a newly completed tap stand. Photo: charity: water.
In schools
Clear Cambodia has provincial coordinators who work directly with local schools and plan activities around age-appropriate curriculum. Their staff trains teachers and principals, who then pass the training on to students.
Students drinking clean water at their school's new water point. Photo: charity: water.
Your share of the work
charity: water has now sent the portion Sprigs Life funded directly: 13 water projects in Cambodia for 2,245 people. The numbers above cover Clear Cambodia’s whole program. These 13 are the projects your orders paid for.
They are water filters. Countries like Cambodia have abundant surface water sources, but water quality is a concern, so filters are well suited to the environment. Layers of gravel, sand, biofilm and UV light purify the water.
A newly installed water filter in Cheach Khang Cheung. Photo: charity: water.
Two of the communities: Cheach Khang Cheung in Prey Veng province, serving 130 people, and Bos Thum in Siem Reap province, serving 127.
Thank you
Because of you, thousands of people have clean water and thousands of students have better sanitation and hygiene. Thank you for being part of it.
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