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Cambodian Floods & How You Can Help

September and October have seen devastating floods in SE Asia, affecting Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand and the Philippines. Cambodia's staple crop and primary export rice has been decimated, along with many killed, and farmland still under vast swathes of floodwater, jeopardising crops in future years. 

Lerk Dek Village, Kandah Provine - House Collapsed - Source:http://sarvinakang.wordpress.com

On Wednesday 19th October 2011, CRDT have their last chance this year to secure some extra funds for Kroach Village, after many people have had their livelihoods washed away by flood waters. Your help could go 30% further as GlobalGiving will be matching all donations to the tune of 30% for 24 hours, or until their pot of $100,000 runs out.


What time does it all begin?

Cambodia 11:00am
London 05:00am

Washington DC 12:00am (00:00 EDT)

Melbourne 15:00pm

Tokyo 13:00pm... all on Wednesday October 19th 2011.

Your country not listed here?

If you can help, please help to spread the word, and the word is http://bit.ly/E325CF2bSR. Please tweet, share, shout, blog, and reblog, and give you can on Wednesday 19th of October!

Cambodian Festivals: Pchum Ben 2011

A highlight of the September semester is Pchum Ben (Ancestor's Day), an important festival unique to Cambodia where respect is paid to ancestors through the offering of food to monks. The modern day festival begins on the 15th day of the 10th month of the Buddhist calendar, and lasts 15 days. Each morning Cambodians gather at Wats before dawn culminating in 3 public holidays where Cambodians return to their birthplace to reunite with family and give offerings at their local Wat.

On Sunday, our volunteers visited Wat Udong and got to witness the ceremony of blessings and offerings at the pagoda, and the spectacular view of the Cambodian countryside from atop Phnom Udong.

On to bigger and better things!

While September has brought us a fantastic new group of volunteers, we're also losing two incredible staff members: Volunteer Coordinator Hour Sopheap and weekday volunteer house chef Lay Sreypov.

Weekday volunteer house chef Lay Sreypov

Group 20 - May to August 2011

Our May semester was action packed, with 17 volunteers from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, The USA, Slovakia and Britain.

The volunteers receiving their Certificates of Appreciation from CWF Management and Board.