Rice in the midst of the flood

As we have mentioned before the flooding was really bad in Cambodia for the past 2-3 months.  Much of the country had lost their rice crop, making rice, and food in general, a little more expensive.  Costs like this are something that families in Prek Pneu can just not afford to face.  With that said, last Wednesday we did a rice distribution of 356 10-kg bags of rice to the families in the community.  We worked with the village chief on this distribution, where she gave out a coupon the days before that allowed them to come into our facility and receive their bag of rice.

So it happened, we chaotically gave out all the bags and helped families with a few extra meals. It was a cultural experience at its finest with hundreds of Khmer people pushing, shoving, and scooting their way closer and closer to the rice bags as myself, Chris, and other Khmer staff pushed the opposite direction and gave our best attempt at crowd control.  It was a hot, sweaty, and ripe smelling afternoon, but at the end of the day we loved what we got to do, and again count our blessing for being here.

We love getting to put our new building into use!