One of our houses

House Building Day 1

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September 15th 2008
Today, we changed the lives of 11 families and one community in rural Cambodia. After driving 3 hours in 2 slightly rickety min-buses, we arrived at the dirt road turn off to our village where we would spend the day house building. It had taken us an hour just to get out of the city as it was the start of a 15 day national celebration and the traffic was really heavy. The road was definitel ... read more

Asia » Cambodia » South » Phnom Penh

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Most Cambodians consider themselves to be Khmers, whose Angkor Empire extended over much of Southeast Asia and reached its zenith between the 10th and 13th centuries. Subsequently, attacks by the Thai and Cham (from present-day Vietnam) weakened the ... ... read more