Showing posts with label Clean Water Project. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Clean Water Project. Show all posts
It has been such an incredible year at Journeys Within Our Community (JWOC) and we would like to share some of our most beautiful photographs with you. So much happens at JWOC in one year and we have done our best to capture the smiles and hard work that happens in the community.
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My name is Mao Chhoeun. I come from Kampong Svay District, Kampong Thom Province. I have been volunteering in JWOC for around four years with the Clean Water Project and Microfinance Project beginning in October, 2010. I am very happy to join with the team in Clean Water Project and Microfinance Project. The Clean Water Project is a new experience for me.I have been learning many skills from this project, such as how to survey villagers, hygiene training and ceramic filter training. All of these skills are very good for me. The Clean Water Project is a very special project that I really enjoyed joining and I was able to improve my leadership and teamwork within our community.
I have been volunteering with the Clean Water Project for around two years and I changed from Clean Water Project to Microfinance Project. I am a loan officer. I really enjoy working with the Microfinance team. I have been learning many skills from this project such as how to complete loan applications, communication with villagers, and balancing the cash from borrowers and reporting to the Microfinance Project Manager. Part of this is working in-groups, leading and inspiring each other.
I really love all programs at JWOC. All of these programs are very important to share with our community. JWOC has made many opportunities for me, other students and people in community. JWOC is a good organization that has been creating many projects for supporting peoples and students alike. Especially, JWOC has a Scholarship Program for the students in the community that they don’t have enough money to continue their studies at university. I love the slogan of JWOC “See a problem, solve a problem”.
Being part of this community has given me more opportunity than I had in my life before, it is very different now. I got a Scholarship from JWOC; this provides me the information to get to know everything in our community. Understand Cambodian culture and US culture, working in-groups, project training and many other workshops. This program has made me a better person. I really love all the staff at JWOC they are very friendly and they make me happy every time and I really enjoy working with them.
Welcome to the Clean Water Program! I am Seng the project manager and I started working for JWOC in August 2012. I am very grateful to be part of a program that is so helpful to the community and I am really proud of the work I have done in my time with the Clean Water Program.
During 2013, the clean water program worked with 731 families in three villages. Now we are working in a new one, Bang Kaong village, it is to the east of Siem Reap. Since November we have been working with 250 families, doing Filter training. It has been a really busy and exciting time.
Google map for Bang Kaong village
Recently we have assigned the group leaders for the parts of the village, and drawn up a map of the village to represent this. Designed and started a 5 step training schedule: 1) Warm-up, 2) Model, 3)Check Understanding, 4) Practice and 5) Feedback. We have made sure the scholarship students are clear with their training, and also edited some flipcharts and changed the pictures.
Our follow up survey has shown much improvement in the villages. For example in Kork Thmey village, there has a 69% increase in filter water drinking, 88% increase in washing their hands before eating and washing with soap, and a 71% increase in brushing their teeth with toothbrush and toothpaste every day. I am so proud to see these changes.
Since November we have provided hygiene training to five schools, 1088 students and tested the water quality in the wells; the water is good no nitrate or arsenic was found!
We have created an official letter which is recognized by School CEOs. This has made the schools much more confident to work with us because sometimes they haven’t had time in their schedule for us due to them being so busy. The teachers and students have told us how happy they are with the program. Now we are going to Preah Entarakaosey Primary School, it has 24 classrooms, we have the 4 week schedule ready and we are really excited to get started. Since the project started we have provided hygiene training to 24 schools in Siem Reap, that’s 6776 school children!
The achievement of the scholarship students volunteers is something that amazes me. They are really team players, very helpful, hard working, honest, and friendly to each other and to the people in the community. Sometimes it is raining or flooded but they are still very happy to work in the village in order to help the villagers. I am really proud of them as the Clean Water Program manager.
That is all for now. Thank you very much for reading my writing about my program, Clean Water Program at schools and villages in Siem Reap province, Cambodia. I am looking forward to writing more about it.
Thanks!!!
Seng, Our Clean Water Program Manager, discusses the activities involved in the Clean Water Program; the latest collaboration with Community, Liaison and Assistance Program and the people and communities that are supported through our clean water initiative.
I am Seng.I have been the Clean Water Program manager, for about a year now. We do Clean Water Program activities at schools and in villages. We are still providing hygiene training to students at primary and kindergarten schools, in Siem Reap town and at the same time, we are checking the filters and wells that we have provided, they are using very well.. There are now 12 schools that we have done, which means 6280 students have been provided with hygiene training! Students, teachers and principles of schools are very welcoming and very happy with what they are getting from our activities.
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| Volunteer Sa Em, teaches kindergarten children at Krong Siem Reap school how to wash their hands. |
Recently, the Clean Water program has cooperated with Community Liaison and Assistance program (CLA) to implement their programs in the communities. We started with providing program training, on the 28 Apr to 18 May 2013 for all scholarship students volunteering in the program. We feel very happy when we have two teams working together because we have more experiences, and learn from CLA, even though the tasks to implement seems new to us and the work to be completed seems a bit difficult at the beginning. Now it is actually easier in implementation because there are more suggestions and ideas when discussing with each other.
I have more knowledge about these two projects working together and having noticed that there are many more improvements in the whole village that we have been working in. We can run projects in the villages more frequently. We keep observing or monitoring what has been done in the village and we can inform the problems and solve them faster.
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| Part of the CW and CL&A collaboration, the volunteers attend a fun and engaging training. |
I have more knowledge about these two projects working together and having noticed that there are many more improvements in the whole village that we have been working in. We can run projects in the villages more frequently. We keep observing or monitoring what has been done in the village and we can inform the problems and solve them faster.
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| The group conduct Specialized Training in Kork Thmey village |
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| CW and CL&A Program Managers sign a contract agreement with the village chief and group leaders at Kork Thmey village. |
I really hope that there will be a lot of change in the village due to Clean Water program and Community Liaison and Assistance working together. We have assigned the group leaders in the village by ourselves, not decided by the village chief. Most of them are women because we think they are actively involved in the community effective helpful and trying hard to help their village.
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| A consultation with the village chief |
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| Drilling a new well, Kork Thmey village |
I am looking forward to writing again next time to tell you more about the Clean Water Program’s work in villages and schools. Thank you very much for reading my update and for supporting Clean Water in Cambodia!
