SUSTAINABLE CAMBODIA INC

Working side-by-side with beneficiary families, our teams train and empower communities to rebuild and maintain their quality of life. Access to year-round Safe Water and Sanitation Hygiene (WASH) continues to be a cornerstone of our village sustainability programs. Water supports gardens that build food security. Water supports agriculture, livestock and cash crops that lead to economic growth. Household filtered water and food provide children (who are often the main water carriers for their families) with time and good health to attend school to grow their futures. In 2024 Community Development Program Accomplishments and Beneficiaries included 31 Animal Pass-On Cows and animal raising trainings to benefit 31 families with 142 people with farm labor and economic opportunities; 19 Wells to benefit 78 families with 502 people with year-round water for drinking and daily use; 25 WASH Trainings to benefit 955 people with understanding of how programs work and how to maintain them; 82 Latrines to benefit 386 people with improved sanitation and hygiene; 104 RRH tanks to benefit 104 families and to benefit 746 people by capturing rainwater in large concrete tanks, sealed to prevent contamination; 8 Community Ponds to benefit 160 families with 754 people, 2 School WASH projects to benefit 276 children; 283 Ceramic Filters to benefit 283 families with 1,517 people with home water filtration systems to reduce water-borne diseases and to improve health and productivity; 15 Home Vegetable Garden trainings along with seeds and tools to provide 141 families with 853 people with increased composting skills, nutrition, food security and income generating opportunities and 12 Self-Help Group trainings to provide 421 villagers with skills in strengthening community sustainability.

In 2024 a cornerstone of our Education Program continued to be Supplemental and Enrichment Education for the children in participating villages. Supplemental instruction strengthens our rural students' readiness to advance to the next grades in their state schools. Courses include English, Khmer Language, Math, Computers and Research and Library time. Special tutoring in advanced Sciences and Math assists older students in preparing for their 12th grade state exams. Enrichment activities include Youth Club and Student Councils that develop management and leadership skills through their self-directed community service projects, Traditional Dance Classes. In each school, students receive essential learning materials, including paper, pens and books. Our Libraries have become centers of increased literacy with interactive teaching and learning activities like Read-Alouds. Most importantly, our students love to learn. In all, 2,695 students from preschool through graduation benefitted from our school programs. In addition to their classroom activities, 50 students received bicycles to assist their commutes to school, 444 students received books and school supplies along with hygiene supplies. 10 Chromebooks and headphones increased access to computer literacy in our lab and research classes. In addition to supporting supplemental academic classes and meals, TC Swartz, Wong Schools and Roland Enrichment programs provided substantial school campus improvements including fencing, walkways, flagpole, school gardens. Youthlinc and Bayview volunteer students also provided major support for community schools in remote Chhueteal Rong and Rokat as well as for local SC Pursat schools.