May 2007 - Annual Report from Tabitha Cambodia

Tabitha Cambodia's program year runs from October through to September. Read below to see what has been achieved in the program year, October 2005 through to September 2006. (Each family consists, on average of eight members).

    12,050 new families (95,400 people) ate three meals a day – the children did not go to bed hungry
  • 5,675 families (45,400 people) were able to buy rice – enough for three months – no hunger during these months
  • 4,445 families (35,560 people) ate their meals from food cooked in their own pots and pans and eaten from porcelain plates – water was drunk from real glass glasses – what a joy!
  • 6,094 families (48,752 people) were able to buy blankets, sleeping mats and mosquito nets – the nights were ever so much better
  • 2,459 new families (19,672 people) were able to have a few hours of light each night because they had bought a battery – the night fears were put to rest for a few hours each evening
  • 1,062 new families (8,496 people) were able to buy a bicycle – an average of 75% of our school-aged children are going to school this year – up from the 15% that attended several years ago
  • 3,624 families (28,992 people) were able to pay for medical treatment this year – in the past they suffered without help
  • 4,254 families (34,032 people) were able to raise pigs; another 2,213 families (17,704 people) were able to raise chickens or ducks; another 6,525 families (52,200 people) grew vegetables; another 4,034 families (32,272 people) were able to buy farm tools and fertiliser; and 405 families were able to buy a cow or buffalo to plough their fields. All of these families increased their income from less than USD 0.50 cents a day to an average of USD2.50 per day. They now have visions of being able to build a safe home, have their children in school, work and live with dignity – what a gift that is.
  • 586 families – most of them street women – a number living with AIDS – were able to earn a very good income this year because of Tabitha supporters 823 volunteers came from all over the world to build 376 houses for 376 families – so many are able to sleep at night without fear, without being rained on.
  • 845 wells were dug this year – giving life-saving water to 4,225 families (33,800 people) – their neighbours also have access to this water: a gift of hope because crops can be grown; a gift of life because illness decreases; and a gift of rest because there is no long walk to fetch water.
  • 27,061 families (216,488 people) participated in Tabitha's savings program this past year.

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