Water Filter Kick-Off Event

Today was the day we started our clean water training in the village of Prek Pneu. 2Five2 hosted a Community Kick-Off Event to train village members on why it is important to drink clean water and how that will help keep their family healthy and ultimately safe. We had around 300-350 people attend our workshop and learn for the first time how they can get clean water and what it will do for them and for their children. This hour long workshop was extremely exciting for Asian Hope as the idea of this entire community having clean water is a dream we had several years ago.

This kick-off event is meant to be a time for people to become aware of this importance and to generate interest in buying a water filter. Starting on Monday our staff will go household to household doing individual training on how to use the filter and offering the opportunity for families to buy a filter for only $2.50 and Asian Hope will cover the remaining $10 cost. For some families they have been saving their money for the past few weeks in hopes to be able to buy a filter and begin a life of drinking clean water.

Today at school a student told us that every day he doesn't buy his snack in the afternoon so he can give him mom the extra 100 Riel (about 2 cents) so they can save together to get a filter for their home. It is so awesome to see these children learning of this importance and helping their families as best as they can. We couldn't be more proud of everything they are learning!

So next week begins the process of distributing these filters to the village, a lengthy and quite challenging process so please keep us in your prayers this week!

Pictured above: Our awesome pink and orange tent for the training, our Program Coordinator, Chanrith, talking to the crowd, and the training on how to use and clean the filter.