Clean Water
The Problem - The need for clean water in Cambodia
One of the most pressing resource issues facing rural villagers in Cambodia is a lack of clean drinking water. Currently, villagers and residents in remote areas drink from pools of standing water or from streams and canals. In both cases, the water is contaminated with bacteria and polluted with waste. Sickness from dirty water impacts on the lives of the already poor by preventing adults from working and children from attending school and in extreme cases leading to terminal illness.
What JWOC is doing
JWOC identifies and works with whole communities to make sure that every person and every household has access to plentiful supplies of clean, safe water. Once a partner village has been identified, an eight month process of collaboration begins where JWOC will provide new wells, repairs, support to villagers in the maintenance of their wells, water filters, educational hygiene seminars and water testing. JWOC also conducts numerous surveys to assess the impact of our programme as well as to constantly learn and improve our Project. The communities also play their part by guaranteeing attendance at seminars and helping JWOC gather information about the situation of health and water in the village. JWOC also requests that each household makes a small financial contribution to ensure each beneficiary feels ownership over the material support they receive and will be willing to look after their new water source.
To learn more about these stages that we implement with partner villages please click here.
With this comprehensive solution JWOC strives to not just provide clean water, but to help create a sustainable changes in lifestyle and health.
We return to all our villages after 6 months to measure the difference that has been made. To read results from one of these 6 Month Surveys click here.
How You Can Help
If you would like to find out more about JWOC's Clean Water Project and see how you can get involved and make a difference, please watch our short video....There are countless communities in Siem Reap Province alone that still do not have access to clean, safe water. There are many ways you can get involved in helping us help:
