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	Updates from Cambodia 1995 & 1994 Home » News & Events » Current News » News Archive Excerpts from Tabitha, Cambodia dispatches, June 1995 Seng Somali lives with her husband and five children in the slums of Kilometre 6. Her husband works for the Ministry of Communications and his take home pay is $20.00 For the past five years they have lived in a thatch house, that does not keep out the rain. They were unable to send their children to school. They were always hungry, their diet consisting only of rice. Malnutrition has taken its toll on the parents and the children. Last November Seng Somali began crocheting for TABITHA. The differences in the family's life are dramatic. They all eat good food each day. The children attend school. From the merry-go-round (a Tabitha -initiated community financial co-operative effort) they bought pigs to raise and sell and from the proceeds were able to buy squatter's rights to a piece of land and build a sturdy, comfortable home. She bought a sewing machine and does tailoring at night to bring in extra income. Seng Somali smiles a lot. She walks with her head high. She says "With cottage industry we have gone from nothing to much. One day I would like to see my children graduate from school and get good jobs. Little by little we will be able to buy furniture and maybe even a radio and TV. I praise God for what he has done" Excerpts from Tabitha, Cambodia dispatches, August 1995 Total families actively participating in Tabitha Programs: 255 families - 2040 people (up over 35% from 2 months ago!) Excerpts from Tabitha, Cambodia dispatches, November 1994 It would not be fair to say that all is problem free. The community we selected to do Community Development has received word that their homes will be demolished on Nov.30. They are squatters, they have no home and no place to go. We have no answers other than standing beside this people when it happens. They are learning that he poorest have no rights, that there is no recourse. All we can do is to give moral support and encourage the development of small businesses and cottage industry when they have found a new place to live. BACK TO TOP Home » News & Events » Current News » News Archive

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Excerpts from Tabitha, Cambodia dispatches, June 1995

Seng Somali lives with her husband and five children in the slums of Kilometre 6. Her husband works for the Ministry of Communications and his take home pay is $20.00 For the past five years they have lived in a thatch house, that does not keep out the rain. They were unable to send their children to school. They were always hungry, their diet consisting only of rice. Malnutrition has taken its toll on the parents and the children. Last November Seng Somali began crocheting for TABITHA. The differences in the family's life are dramatic. They all eat good food each day. The children attend school. From the merry-go-round (a Tabitha -initiated community financial co-operative effort) they bought pigs to raise and sell and from the proceeds were able to buy squatter's rights to a piece of land and build a sturdy, comfortable home. She bought a sewing machine and does tailoring at night to bring in extra income. Seng Somali smiles a lot. She walks with her head high. She says "With cottage industry we have gone from nothing to much. One day I would like to see my children graduate from school and get good jobs. Little by little we will be able to buy furniture and maybe even a radio and TV. I praise God for what he has done"

Excerpts from Tabitha, Cambodia dispatches, August 1995

Total families actively participating in Tabitha Programs: 255 families - 2040 people (up over 35% from 2 months ago!)

Excerpts from Tabitha, Cambodia dispatches, November 1994

It would not be fair to say that all is problem free. The community we selected to do Community Development has received word that their homes will be demolished on Nov.30. They are squatters, they have no home and no place to go. We have no answers other than standing beside this people when it happens. They are learning that he poorest have no rights, that there is no recourse. All we can do is to give moral support and encourage the development of small businesses and cottage industry when they have found a new place to live.

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