To all my generous family & friends,
I wanted to send you all a big thank-you for making my Habitat for Humanity build in Cambodia possible. You helped me fundraise over $2.5k to Habitat for Humanity as well as a donation to Friends of Cambodia of Colouring books & pencils for the rehabilitation of street kids!!!! I’ve attached a flyer of my build family and also some photos.
There were some very confronting scenes of poverty, especially in Steung Meanchay where the people lived and worked in a garbage dump. As we skipped through the muddy sewerage water in our enclosed shoes and held our breath for the short time we were there visiting, it made me realise just how lucky we are. The local children are impressively resilient and were always smiling and communicating in their broken English, often, you couldn’t tell they even lived in such a place; the little girls impeccably dressed in school clothes or pretty dresses, and the boys in their soccer tops. However it was often the broken faces of the middle aged and elderly that was hardest to cope with. We were told that rent in the area formally a rubbish dump was controlled by local criminals who charged out $30US per m2/month for rental in the illegal housing so close to Phnom Penh.
We were team #1 of 13 teams, our family consisted of a young couple and their four children.. On the final day, the lady of the home, Mom, was very emotional and so content that the family now had a home. She told us that they had no possessions, yet on the final day, had made all us ladies bracelets and necklaces and the children had made us paper chains.
It was an amazing life experience, one I will never forget, and I’m sure the family of 6 who now have a home will be eternally grateful for what was achieved in the short week away.
Thanks again,
I wanted to send you all a big thank-you for making my Habitat for Humanity build in Cambodia possible. You helped me fundraise over $2.5k to Habitat for Humanity as well as a donation to Friends of Cambodia of Colouring books & pencils for the rehabilitation of street kids!!!! I’ve attached a flyer of my build family and also some photos.
There were some very confronting scenes of poverty, especially in Steung Meanchay where the people lived and worked in a garbage dump. As we skipped through the muddy sewerage water in our enclosed shoes and held our breath for the short time we were there visiting, it made me realise just how lucky we are. The local children are impressively resilient and were always smiling and communicating in their broken English, often, you couldn’t tell they even lived in such a place; the little girls impeccably dressed in school clothes or pretty dresses, and the boys in their soccer tops. However it was often the broken faces of the middle aged and elderly that was hardest to cope with. We were told that rent in the area formally a rubbish dump was controlled by local criminals who charged out $30US per m2/month for rental in the illegal housing so close to Phnom Penh.
We were team #1 of 13 teams, our family consisted of a young couple and their four children.. On the final day, the lady of the home, Mom, was very emotional and so content that the family now had a home. She told us that they had no possessions, yet on the final day, had made all us ladies bracelets and necklaces and the children had made us paper chains.
It was an amazing life experience, one I will never forget, and I’m sure the family of 6 who now have a home will be eternally grateful for what was achieved in the short week away.
Thanks again,
