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What will change in the world because this Project happens?

Those who want to contribute while traveling will be able to get the information and support they need; they will also be able to give back information and support needed by others.

The world will change because contributive travel will become easier and more commonplace: more contributive acts -> more good examples, more help given, traveler is better in touch with a community, community is better in touch with the traveler. we all learn, we all improve.

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http://www.gosomething.org

Submitted by Andrea_GoSomething on May 24, 2008 - 11:58am

Rebuilding

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Short Project Description

When Volunteering with street children at Anjali House in Cambodia, a village was discovered by another projects called New Hope. This village had no access to clean water, food, education or health services. They were drinking dirty puddle water and eating the frogs attracted by the rainy season in order to live. It is my aim to get back out to Cambodia and help this village become sustainable and give them access to all the things we take for granted.

Detailed Project Overview

Many of the children in this village had lost one if not both of their parents but despite the extreme poverty were taken in by other members of the village who could not even feed themselves. One elderly woman was found simply lying on the floor of her shelter, blind and too ill to fend for herself and looked after by her daughter with club hands who was also deaf and could not speak.

Another woman had recently given birth and was found looking after her many young children which is a very demanding job for any parent. However after almost 20 minutes of discussion it was discovered that a few days earlier the baby had died through a very treatable condition. There was no help or support available to this mother who then had to just carry on surviving.

After this village was discovered, another volunteer I had met from America donated $1,000 to buy the village food and medical supplies. This will not last forever and although they now have the support of an amazing project already in place, they can not afford to support both themselves and the village.

Upon arriving back in the UK I have decided to make it my mission to get back out there and help these people be able to feed themselves and give them every opportunity to live and not just survive.

I wish to:

provide them with food and water until they can sustain themselves
learn about and then teach some simple farming methods which could make a massive difference to their lives.
get their children in to education.
help them learn new skills.
open as many opportunities as possible.

I know this is a major task to take on and will not happen over night but I truly beleive that it is possible. Cambodia is a wonderful place full of wonderful people who just need a helping hand to get them in the right direction.