Food Shortage in Cambodia
Sat, 2009/10/03 - 15:11 —
Families affected are currently living off of the support of neighbors and meager wages provided by employment. Moung Russey LR, Sa Kimsorn was able to visit the Northeast area and found that 3 provinces had experienced substantial flooding resulting in 100 hectres of rice being destroyed, 18 deaths and multiple animals were also killed. Many homes were completely destroyed. 100 people were able to escape the flooding and evacuated the area to higher ground.
In Moung Russey, the residents are in emergency need of support. In the Northwest areas, rice crops have suffered due to drought. The Northeast area was flooded during rainy season along the Mekong River. The women and people with disabilities currently working with the Cambodian Youth Development Center have been particularly vulnerable because the rice plants on their small bits of land were destroyed. Sa Kimsorn reported a critical need to begin restoration efforts immediately to address the needs of these disadvantaged members of the community.
For more information on how you can help, please contact Moung Russey LR, Sa Kimsorn.
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Most of us know that these types of disasters happen in various locations around the world. Usually, we feel pretty helpless in finding ways to help out. Your article makes it possible to provide direct help to the people discussed in this story. I hope you get the response you need. casino online
Hi Ben-
Thank you for your kind words. I was speaking with Kimsorn last night and he just got back from visiting the flooded area. He was sharing pictures with me, but unfortunately I was not able to get them to download. I hope to have pictures soon to share with everyone. Based on what I was able to see, the flooding is really bad.
Thank you for your concern-
Jennifer
Dear Ben and Jennifer
Thank your responding and contributed to our current situation of people affected by flash flood from the Storm and High stream from Mekong river. We are one world one family, any hurt of people is our hurt too. I have volunteer for five days in research and help people in the flood affected of north-east areas. We have take many picutre and of situation during our team go to look for victim and suffer of flooding in three district of Kratie province. How can the child go to school when raining come and high stream increase for ten days long? and how can the group poor of people unsed to get labor employment access food after flood aver their village? The recent respond from Oxfam GB has support emergency materials like Blanket, Mosquito net and some dry food for evacuation group in safety place. I try many time chat to Jennifer with picture contribution but I still cannot zip all pictur and sent by e-mail because it big size up to 226 MK. We now four local NGO is identified about the group from their rice farm. I hope my friend can help me to send all picture for me. We are already networking with four partners in NGO to develop project for fund raiing support to above groups for reduce he concern of migration.
We are looking forwards to any body contribute their participant on this process
I will try to send some picture first to Jennifer this morning
Kimsorn SA
Moung Russey LR