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Rotary Club: Solana Beach Project Title: Cambodia Sanitation II 1. Describe the project. What was done, when and where did project activities take place? The Solana Beach ECO Rotary Club (ECO) funded a Sanitation Project designed to build 4 latrine installations, which included the Tippy-tap soap hand washing station and water filter. They were completed in February, 2022. The recipient families live in the poor rural area of Kos Khel province in Cambodia, where decent toilet facilities are big issues. In addition, each family received a ceramic water filter to provide clean drinking water. The project was managed through a local non-profit organization, Latrines for Life, and its partner NGO in Cambodia; Solidarity Fund for Rural Development (SFRD), which to date has constructed over 250 latrines. The project was funded with $500 from the ECO Rotary and $500 from a District 5340 matching grant. The latrines were a "double-pit" system with an attached ceramic squatting base surrounded by a simple enclosure. Education materials on proper hygiene and the importance of hand washing were attached to each latrine privacy enclosure. Also, group training seminars were conducted to give instructions to families on the use of the hand washing station and maintenance of the ceramic water filter provided. 2. How many people benefited from this project? 50 - 4 families and surounding neighbors 3. Who were the beneficiaries, how were they impacted by this project, and what humanitarian need was met? The families in Cambodia and their neighbors are the beneficiaries. The impact is promoting good health in Cambodia for the poor, and an important undertaking. The humanitarian need we met was providing good sanitation, essential for health and well being. But it's not the norm in rural Cambodia, where old habits of poor hygiene are still wide spread. Open fields are still used for elimination of body waste, and hand washing, mostly not done at all, would be with a basin of water, which tends to spread germs from one person to another. The result is the contamination of streams and soils, the spread of disease, high rates of infant and young child mortality, and heavy caseloads of diarrhea and other infections. 4. How many Rotarians participated in the project? None 5. What did they do? Please give at least two examples, not including financial support provided to the project. Note: Because of COVID-19 travel restrictions travel to Cambodia was still not possible. It was however planned, as last year and the year before, that members of the Cache Valley Morning Rotary Club would travel to Cambodia and visit the project. They would have met the Cambodia director, the workmen doing the construction, and the recipient families. They also would have brought family and friends with him, and, as is standard procedure in our system, also brought some construction supplies and gifts for the children, including tooth brushes and toothpaste. 6. If a cooperating organization was involved, what was its role? The US-based non-profit, Latrines For Life, managed the project through a partner NGO in Cambodia, Solidarity Fund For Rural Development (SFRD), which did the contracting for the installations - latrine, hand washing station and water filter. The latrines were constructed in February of 2022 with the help of the families receiving the latrine. SFRD also provided education materials on proper hygiene and the importance of hand washing, and gave instructions to families on the use and maintenance of the ceramic water filter provided. 7. Income
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