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Cambodia’s hardest-to-reach welcome piped water
11 January, Kratie –, Life along the mighty Mekong has never been easy. Hugging the border of Cambodia’s Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary, on the edge of Kratie province, until last year Tun Trea’s village was only accessible by boat or motorcycle. For years, the 29-year-old fisherman has been working hard to take c...
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Climate-resilient pipe water lets children learn
7 January 2025, Ratanakiri –, 39-year-old Huong Meng, a mother of four, easily recalls a time when fetching water meant an hour-long walk to the nearest stream. “It was very hard because at that time I would bring my children with me, and one of them was very young so I had to carry both her and the kapah,” she s...
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Safe water secures a resilient future
26 November 2024, Kandal –, “I used to go and fetch water every morning,” says 12-year-old Rith from Kandal, a province that surrounds the outskirts of Cambodia’s capital. “The water was very heavy. It was exhausting.” Gripping the handle with both hands, Rith drags home a bucket almost half his size from a stream...
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Climate Rationale Workshop Report
As part of responding to the challenges of climate change and the impacts of climate hazards particularly on the WASH sector, UNICEF Cambodia has organized a four-day multistakeholder participatory workshop to analyse the key climate risks to climate resilient WASH service delivery with participation from key gove...
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Climate rationale for WASH services
This document provides evidence for embedding climate-related risks and vulnerabilities to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services in policymaking and programming in Cambodia. Based on the best available data, and through a multi-stakeholder consultation with WASH and climate experts (government, development...
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Water security in a time of climate change
“I’ve noticed that the weather is changing because of climate change. The rain happens too late in the year and there is too much of it,” says Juan Jim, a 42-year-old farmer in Kampong Speu province. “As a farmer, it makes me worried about the future, since long dry spells cause problems and so does flooding. I al...
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Working towards water for all Cambodians
“When I started in the business 20 years ago, I would deliver water to people around Kampong Speu by horse-cart – though at least horses were faster than oxes!” laughs Sorn Sophat. “But there were lots of areas where you couldn’t even drive a cart back then. About three quarters of people had no vehicles at all, n...