LWD distributes $150,000 in donations to flood affected families in Battambang

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Bavel, Battambang (June 12, 2014) – Life With Dignity (LWD) distributed today recovery aid to 558 families and planned next week for 1,912 more families, all of whom were the poor families seriously affected by flood last year, from 47 villages of 6 communes in three districts of Bavel, Kamrieng and Phnom Pruek in Battambang province. Each family received a donation of $60 in cash.

From left to right: Mr. Bun Sambath, Khleang Meas Commune Chief; Mr. Phung Seila, DCA/CA Program Officer; Mr. Tim Dareth, Bavel District Governor; and Ms. Sin Savannary, LWD Program Assistant

Mr. Tim Dareth hands the donation to Ms. Phun Sieb.

Ms. Sin Savannary passes the donation to flood affected family at the ceremony.

Ms. Phun Sieb at her house in Kampong Makak village, Bavel district.

The humanitarian aid for the affected people was donated by ECHO channeled through Dan Church Aid/Christian Aid (DCA/CA) and administered by LWD. It aimed to reduce vulnerability and improve livelihoods for poor and vulnerable flood affected households in Cambodia.

Speaking at the distribution ceremony at Ou Daunpov pagoda in Khleang Meas commune, Mr. Tim Dareth, Bavel District Governor, expressed his deepest thanks to ECHO, DCA/CA and LWD for their generous donations to families affected by severe flash flood late last year to recover their household economy.

Mr. Dareth said the flooding last year left a great damage to the paddy rice and other main properties of the local farmers. Experienced from that, he advised the local communities to be prepared to cope with the disaster in the future by carefully listen to the weather forecast update disseminated by the local authority.

Ms. Sin Savannary, Program Assistant for LWD, highly appreciated the support from ECHO and DCA/CA and deeply thanked the local authorities at all levels for their good cooperation and strong support to LWD’s working group to implement their tasks successfully.

Ms. Phun Sieb, one of the flood affected families from Kampong Makak village of Khleang Meas commune in Bavel district, expressed her gratitude over the support she received. The flood water inundated her house and farm as high as one meter deep last October and destroyed all her vegetables, bananas, papayas and some other fruit trees, which were the major source of income for her family of four.

She said that she would spend some of the donated money to buy 40 kg of milled rice to eat, while the rest would be used to buy string bean and lettuce seeds to grow, and have her land ploughed.

According the aid criteria, the selected beneficiaries are those who hold ID Poor Cards Group 1 and 2.