The rain eventually stopped falling and Siem Reap Province started to dry out but this wasn't enough to make everything 'business as usual'. The road out to Brasat Char was still only passable on foot or on motorbike- neither of which are great choices for transporting over 300 ceramic...
Computer classes at JWOC have been started since November 2010. It’s nearly one year now and it runs smoothly by Lab Supervisor. November this year, 2011, we had started three new classes in the course of typing and Microsoft Office Word. All new classes are started and worked very...
Today was fortunately another mostly dry day, allowing again for water levels to drop. However, although water levels are going down there are still a vast array of problems. The one the Clean Water team had to deal with today was a lack of road... Reaching the end of the road. A section...
Yesterday was a busy day!The children's dry haven at JWOC was bustling with 63 coming for lunch. The team of staff and volunteers worked well together to get everyone fed and watered. Getting set up for lunch, each child receives rice, a meat and vegetable dish plus soup and water. Lots...
We are now on day 3 of our emergency response and about to start a new activity- distribution of materials in the two squatters' villages furthest from JWOC. South Veal village.A survey yesterday morning of the children attending the dry haven let us know that no one from either Veal...
The first part of JWOC's relief response to the flooding in Siem Reap has been about reducing the disease risk for children in the urban communities where we work. JWOC is fortunately staying dry amongst the floods. Keeping children out of the flood waters, where the risk of disease and...
Thank you to everyone who has already donated! With your help we started the relief work today, starting with providing a dry, safe haven for children to study and play,reducing their risk of illness or injury. The day started early with the first children arriving at 7am. While Somath,...
As you may have heard on the news Southeast Asia is experiencing worse than normal flooding, with the Philippines, Thailand and Cambodia suffering particularly badly. Siem Reap Province, where the majority of JWOC’s work takes place, has been hit with a wave of flooding- damaging homes,...
