12- year-old Menh gets sick after drinking unpurified water at a holding tank next to his school. CBN digs a well for the school so no one gets sick from the water again. The local government commends CBN for helping schools all over Cambodia.

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Mrs. Tan Yoeurn, 60 years old said with the joy and thankful that: I am very happy and very surprise with this well pump. I’m very thankful to CBN and Donor that you help my village with safe drinking water. Before I use the water from the dug well about 1 km from my village, everyday in my family we don’t have enough water to use. Only my child that go to collect the water from that well and he can go only after school but sometime he have free time he can collect more. Everyday my family has water only for cooking and drinking and we don’t have enough water for shower or give to animal. If we want shower we need to go to the well located for take shower but we can take shower 2 times for a week because it so far.

In the dry season, we need to spend a lot of time to get the water from other village and sometime we us the water from channel and water is not clean it very cloudy. We don’t know what to do and we have no choice we life by faith and by pray.

By the grace of God and because His love to the people my village have pump well. This well pump is very good well and brings us good water and good health. Now my family have enough water to us and my child don’t need to go far to get water any more. I’m worry any more about water and I can get the water by my self too. Because of the love of God through CBN and Donor my family have better life. I pray to God for blessing to donor a nd CBN and longer life.

Ms. Mot Hoeurn, 54 years old who lives near the well joyfully thanked and blessed donor of the well and told us about her hardship before the village well was dug by telling like this: I am very happy that we have got the well. I am greatly thankful to the one who have helped us. This well has extremely promoted our living. Before, during hot season, my husband went out for work, I have to carry water with shoulders from a pond over one and half kilometers away from my house. Drawing water is the busiest thing in our daily activities because we have to go to fetch it 2 to 4 times a day otherwise we would have nothing to cook and drink. I usually take a bath one time in a few days. Now, since we have this well we have no longer trouble about this problem. It’s really useful to our living. Thank you very much CBN and donor for your help.

Mr. Kong Koy, 57 year old who lives near the well thanked OB team and donor for the well happily and told us about his difficulty before the village well was dug by telling like this: I am really happy for the well. Before, entire village have only one well and we can use it only in the early of hot season. After it dried, all of villagers have to buy it in expensive price. We are so poor therefore we can not buy it all times. I buy it only for cook, drink and some needy use. We hardly take a bath. Because water is necessary to our living, sometimes we have to sell our rice in order to buy it. It is the main problem in the village.

Now, this miserable have no longer affect our living. We have enough water to use and especially, it is clean and good. I would like to tell you that I am very happy. I am extremely grateful to the one you who have helped us. Thank you very much CBN and donor for the well.

Mrs. Pang Sokhenh, 53 years old said: Before I use the water from open well around 500 matter from my house. In my family we don’t have enough water to use in dry season because the well around my house is dry and I need to go far to get the water from other village. Everyday my husband need to go and get the water around 1km  from the well because we need a lot of water for make Khmer noodle to sale so if we don’t have good or clean water we can’t make noodle. My husband he can’t get a lot of water because he has only one lag (he crippled). I very worry about my family because we need water to make noodle if we don’t have we can’t make it, I don’t know what to do because I don’t have ability to drill the good well.
Sometime my son helps me to get water but it still not enough because he needs to study he can’t help full day.
Now I’m very happy that the well is drill in my village, this well very helpful to my family. I Don’t worry about water anymore and my husband don’t need to go far to get water anymore. In my family now we have enough water to use and I have clean water to make my noodle to sale in the village. This is big blessing to my family and other people in my village.
Thank you so much to Donor and CBN Cambodia that you help the poor people in my village. Because of your help my family has enough water to use and have better life. Thank you.

Chhom Phalla, 13 year old who was a student of Beoung Kok Primary School expressed her saying” I’m very happy to see the well was drilled in my school, because of in my school don’t have a well and everyday it’s very difficult for me to have the water and I always to bring the water from my house and sometime I have to run to my house to get the water because I am thirsty but now I no need to bring the water from my house anymore, because I have this pump well in my school and also this pump well it can help me and my classmate to have enough water for drinking, and now I want to thankful for your kindness for blessing me and my school with this pump well.