Impacting Families’ Lives in Rural Cambodia
There are many different ways you can help impact families in rural Cambodia. Justine volunteered at our worksite helping construct bio-sand water filters. Then she raised and donated enough money for fifteen water filters. She later joined Trailblazer Foundation's Board of Directors.
Justine, pictured above with a bio-sand water filter and well recipient
She refers to her time with Trailblazer as her Revenge Tour. Here is part of her story:
It all started with a mouthful of lettuce a few years ago, and ended with two weeks of hard work making bio-sand water filters. The lettuce my friend ate while we were in Siem Reap had likely been washed with local, unpurified water, and hours later she got sick. For four days. Upon my return home, I resolved to get even with that water, and my payback was a two-week stint volunteering with Trailblazer.
In the months before leaving on what I referred to as my Revenge Tour, I asked my friends for donations to fund my idea of taking toothbrushes to the kids. With 1,500 toothbrushes in my luggage, I headed back to Siem Reap.
Handing out toothbrushes I’m doing another revenge tour next year, having discovered it’s an antidote to the stress of life here at home. I hope to see you there!
Trailblazer Foundation's mission is to improve health, food security, education and economic development in rural Cambodia. Our first priority is the health of our partner villages. With your effort we can impact these Cambodian villages and break the cycle of poverty with improved health so they can live a fuller, happier life.
Don't underestimate the impact you can make, an impact that will last well into the future. Thank you for reaching out to your network of people and sharing our story.
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