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Cambodia

Cambodia’s turbulent history has left a legacy that continues to cause suffering across the country. Although it has undergone rapid economic growth in recent years, many rural communities still have limited access to health care, safe drinking water and sanitation.

Children In Cambodia

The impact of your support in Cambodia

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Program Snapshot: Upholding Community with Dignity Together

  • This program aims to improve the well-being and resilience of people most vulnerable to poverty through sustainable access to food, income and basic services including WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene).

  • The programs works in partnership with six local non-governmental organisations and is implemented in 51 villages across four provinces.

A young girl washing her hands at her school in Cambodia

Children can access clean water, and are less likely to get sick

Rattanak at his barber shop

Young people living with a disability can learn vocational training skills.

Phany adjusts her water pump in the canal outside her home in Western Cambodia

Farmers in drought-prone areas can grow food all year-round.

Sileap And Family

Communities can learn strategies to mitigate the impact of climate change.  

Salin In Front Of Her School

Salin's story

Salin is a mother and a principal of a primary school in rural Cambodia. Like many families in her village, Salin faced water shortages which made it difficult to provide safe drinking water for her six-year-old daughter, Neth. Her school also had no clean water and students would often fall ill and miss school due to drinking dirty water.

With the encouragement of the teachers at her school and other villagers, Salin joined the Upholding Community Dignity Together program, supported by our local partner, HURREDO, and participated in training in water management, chicken raising, business management and hygiene awareness. 

Salin was elected as the chairperson of her village’s water station committee and led her community to build a 10,000 water station behind her school. The children at her school are now healthier and can attend classes more regularly. Salin also used the skills she learnt from the program to help supply clean water to the most vulnerable households in her village, teach community members how to clean toilets, and promote hygiene to school children.

After the project was set up, everyone can get water in school. We have enough water for cleaning and use in the bathrooms. Now, the students can use the bathrooms.

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Salin

Salin's story - It All Starts With Water

Salin is a mother and a principal of a school in rural Cambodia. With the support of the Upholding Community Dignity Together program, Salin and her community constructed a water station. Children at her school are now healthier and less likely to miss school.

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