The entire pump project is supervised by a local NGO, Community Connection Cambodia (CCC). We have been working closely with Ysa Benjamin, the Executive Director of CCC, for several years. CCC will evaluate which villages to work with, choose the individuals who will participate in the loan program, monitor the use of the pumps, document the repayments, and perform a quarterly data collection to track the performance of the project.
Initially, the project will provide pumps in the following villages:
Chhouk Kranhas, located 69 Kilometers (43 Miles) northwest of Phnom Penh
In the village of Chhouk Kranhas the farmers must first walk over two miles to get to their fields. Then they irrigate those fields by carrying water to them in buckets from their water source. We are thrilled to know that the pumps are relieving them of this grueling task.
Andaung Tramoung, located 50 Kilometers (31 Miles) northwest of Phnom Penh
Population 225 families (average 5 people per family). About 70% of them earn their living by planting vegetables.
Trapeang Khtum, located approximately 50 Kilometers (31 Miles) northwest of Phnom Penh
Population 180 families (average 5 people per family). About 50% of them plant vegetables.
Prey Pea, located approximately 50 Kilometers (31 Miles) northwest of Phnom Penh
Population 116 families (average 5 people per family). About 10% of them plant vegetables.
Chor, located approximately 200 Kilometers (124 Miles) east of Phnom Penh
Sambour Community
The village of Sambour is located about 25km (15.5 miles) from the archeological site of Angkor Wat. After the end of the Khmer Rouge rule in 1979, Sambour still suffered from the skirmishes between the isolated and desperate hard line Khmer Rouge leadership and the Vietnamese Incursion Forces. The situation lasted until the late nineties, which denied Sambour all prospect of socio-economical growth. The lack of education, training and marketable skills lead the locals to work far away, if they can afford to pay for transportation. Seventy percent of the population survives by cutting wood in the nearby mountains and reselling it. This activity takes three full days of work at the mountain and creates five dollars of gross income, which is not enough to feed a family.
The community's abiding concern is their children’s welfare. Here a child is easily fatigued from lack of proper nuitrition.
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