First School

Water Sanitation Project for Primary and High Schools Students in Banteay Meas District, Kapot Province, Cambodia.

Rotary International has received and accepted matching-grant number 60805 benefiting primary and secondary students in Banteay Meas School District, Cambodia. Maple Valley Rotary contributed $5,000 along with Phnom Penh Metro Rotary’s contribution of $100. Rotary District 5030 matched these funds with $5,000 and Rotary International with $7550. Total budget for the project is $17,650. These proceeds will benefit 23,238 students in 52 schools by building water catchments systems and providing water filters for 52 schools in the district.

Currently Banteay Meas School District does not have pure drinking water for students to drink while attending school. Some students bring water from home and others drink water they collect from ponds and other surface water. By providing clean drinking water we will reduce the incidence of contracting water born viruses and bacteria.

Now that Rotary International has approved the project, Phnom Penh Metro Rotarian Alex Tong will start ordering the water catchments systems and water filters. They will construct the first system shortly and officially dedicate the project. The remaining schools will receive their systems and filters over the next few months. Maple Valley Rotary looks forward to welcoming Alex Tong to our club in June when he will present the project at a Friday meeting.