crv newsletter - dec 2009 issue (english version)

Cambodia Retirement Village is in Phase 2

All your donation will go to where it is needed and help to develop our community

Cambodia Retirement Village

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We, on be haft of volunteer of Cambodia Retirement Village are calling for your kind assistant again to continue building our first building in phase 2. With support from our national and international donors make us be able to build the first building up to 80%. In the mean time, we are calling for your kind assistant again with another extra amount of $2,982 in order to continue our project. What we are doing is admirable and every dollar helps to ensure we reach our goal! A donation of 5, 10 or 20 dollars, can make a big difference to this village and ensuring that people have a roof over their head… We are not advertising very publically for obvious reasons but we hope that we can build step by step. Please see the photos of the first building in the page four and five below. Construction materials need to be bought as following:

• Doors 6 each of them cost $85 (one of them were donated) • Windows 24 each of them cost $45 (two of them were donated) • Toilet 6 each of them cost $25 (all of them were donated) • Toilet windows 6 each of them cost $20 (two of them were donated) • Roof Tile 120 each of them cost $2.5 • Wood used for all roof works and equipments cost $502 • Cement 2.50 tone one tone $100 • Beds 12 each of them cost $30 • Constructions work for next step $350

The Real Life of Elderly People in Rural Area Many Elderly people in Cambodia are living by themselves difficultly. As the matter of facts, during our visit in the village we saw grand mother Yang Lay were having lunch alone under her quite house. It was very sad and impossible to believe to see her having lunch, eating rice with coconut and salt which we have never seen and never thought that we could eat like that. While she was eating she looked at us and smiling at us to greet us which she didn’t know that we almost cry to see a such situation which we never seen since we were young. Though, she told us that she does have that kind food not very often but she continued that most of the time the food was not clean and does not have good test or vitamin. Their children and grand children are very busy with their farming and they don’t have time to take care them. On the other hand most of them are poor. her children and grandchildren are busy with their work.



Having seen such difficulties our team brought some donations and gifts to the village and handed to some elderly people in the village. Our great grandfather Pin Hai is one of the poorest elderly people in the village. He doesn’t have family, a house and any piece of land for doing farming. He is 87 years old now. He is staying with his nephew’s house. His nephew is in a poor condition of support family as well. Thus, he has only one free bed under his house for him to live and feed him as his abilities. In order to reduce his difficulties, we brought some donation and gifts from our friends and

colleagues from (HRINC Cambodia) for him on 18th Sep 2009. The donations and gift such as: case 100, 000 Riel (US$25), three scarf, fish source 1 box (5 bottles), some cakes, some used clothes, 10Kg of rice and other daily products. As per our visits from house to house we noticed and having seen that the situation of elderly people in the village is similar. Great grand father Pen Yorn is 84 years old and he has only one eye. He is living with his wife who is very old as well. She is 81 years. They still do cooking and growing vegetable for themselves and look after each other. He continued voicelessly that sometime when they are not well they have to sleep without having meal. Great grand mother Yang Lay, great grand father Pin Hai, and great grand Pen Yorn as well as other elderly people strongly hope that there will be a center in the village so that they have a roof over their head, have food to eat and get basic medical care and look after them properly.

Again, we are raising funds to buy more construction materials to continue our project in phase 2. We are not advertising very publically for obvious reasons but we hope that we can build step by step. Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4 Land Construct Buildings Trees Income generating (Completed) In process Gardens For community Materials for house For sustainability expand project.

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So if you would like to make a donation or want to know more information about the project, please feel free to contact our volunteer team as below:

Team: Tel: Email: Venerable Yang Mengkry 9044699067 Jackson Ville, the United State of America (USA) Mr. KIM Vuthy (+855)12 644 657 [email protected] Ms. Soy Monica (+855)12 539 529 [email protected] Mr. Meas Sopheara (+855)17 232 321 [email protected] Ms. Yous Haksovatha (+855)12 905 546 [email protected] Mr. Eang Nak (+855)12 248 822 [email protected] Mr. Sorn Piseth (+855)16 699 159 [email protected] Mr. Kim Chanthorn (+855)92 952 008 [email protected] Mr. Hou Kimhong (+855)12 989 195 [email protected] Ms. Mom Kunthea (+855)16 772 811 [email protected]

Thank you very much for your kind support and donations. Thanks and highest regards, Cambodia Retirement Village volunteer team

With your kind encouragement and support both financial and physical, we are able to build our first building up to 80%.

Thank you very much for kind donation!

South Wing

With your kind encouragement and support both financial and physical, we are able to build our first building up to 85%.

Thank you very much for kind donation!

North Wing

The First Cambodia Retirement Village now in Phase 2

Thank you very much for kind support and donations! Happy New Year 2010 !

We link the center to the community. CRV team took a group of people from France, Phnom Penh and some other provinces in Cambodia to visit the center on 13th December 2008. They brought gifts, food for elderly people in the village and made some donations for CRV project. Thank you very much for your support and kind donations! Thanks and highest regards, Cambodia Retirement Village volunteer team

crv newsletter - dec 2009 issue (english version)

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