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CAMBODIA - FOOD FOR WORK PROGRAM continued
Baptist World Aid, the relief and development arm of the Baptist World Alliance, has sponsored a Food for Work Program undertaken
by the Cambodia Baptist Union (CBU). Among the ventures to be undertaken through the program are the building of wells, ponds and
canals, as well as road building and repair.
The program, begun in March 2010, aims to put destitute persons to work on capital and infrastructural projects in exchange for food
aid. Work started in two villages, Sampov Meas village and Brasat village. The two pilot projects were headed by pastors Em Von and
Joy Kong, who work as community organizers. Both were trained to supervise the projects.
Workers constructed Jacob’s Well in Brasat village, which will “have much more water than any other well in the community, especially
in the dry season,” CBU said.
Seventy five families worked to rehabilitate a dirt road in Sampov Meas village. “People are happy with their own road production! It is
easy for transportation,” the CBU report states. “It is easy to travel through their village, no more muddy road and no more flooding in
the rainy season.”
A distribution center was opened on April 26 for persons and families that participate in the Food for Work Program. Eighty nine families
received assistance during the opening of the distribution center.
PHOTOS: A dirt road being rehabilitated in Sampov Meas village;
Jacob’s Well after it was constructed in Brasat village;
Children receiving biscuits;
Road that was being repaired by residents of Sampov Meas village
Cambodia photos courtesy of Cambodia Baptist Union

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