Ceramic Filter

                          Today Tiger group went to medical office in the floating village in order to give and demonstrate how to use and take care of ceramic filter properly.

1. Fill clean water and leave it 48 hours and then washing it.

2. Ceramic must be cleaned every month by use clean brush.

3. Ceramic can be used as long as it is broken (mostly 2 years).

4. If ceramic and plastic tank is broken, the villagers can buy new one at Cambodian's People Party (CPP) so that they will got cheaper prices.

Unforgettable Stories: Hygiene Kits

            I have stayed here krakor village, Pursat province for two weeks. We, AYVP Eco-Leaders, have done many activities. However, one of my favorite activities is giving “Hygiene Kits” two days which I have got such a nice experience.

            I am a member of “Tiger Team”. Our team was very challenging because we were responsible for giving “Hygiene Kits” in Vietnamese community where many poorest people live there. And we only had “Yee Yee” who is a Vietnamese boy. We were divided into two boats (five people/boat). There were Rachel, Khun, Sydey, Fibri, and me in first boat. And there were Raxee, Yee Yee, Amar, Rozak, and Alouny in second boat. In the morning my boat came to Vietnamese community. When we arrived every home, the first thing that we did is having a greeting and introduced ourselves in Cambodian language. But they did not understand Khmer at all. Luckily we had a guide who can speak both Khmer and Vietnamese. I distributed to the house that have three members: mother, and two sons. I said hello in Vietnamese “Xin Cau”. The mother was pleased and kept smiling every time. But I thought that it did not go well. The reason is, we cannot explain much about how to wash their hands in correct ways. After we finished talking. I always said thanks in Vietnamese “Come en”. It also made them surprised. In the afternoon we also went to the Cambodian’s home that only one old sick man lived there because his wife has already died and had no children, as well. I could feel like he was really lonely. He kept crying when we had conversation with him about his family and his poverty. He could not fish like other men. So he did his job: peeling corns. It was not high income but he could live on his own.

            The experience that I faced it was wonderful. I always think in my mind that I am a lucky girl who lives happily with a nice family. I can spend money like water. On the other hand, the villagers had no even clean water. I felt sympathetic for them. Moreover, I would like to learn more Khmer and Vietnamese language so that I and the villagers can share some great ideas and nice experiences together.  

General Informtion

Location         
      Kompong Luong is a large floating community located on the north of Krakor, on Tonlé Sap Lake. Kompong Luong is an entire commune of five floating villages in the Pursat province of Cambodia.There are about 1,000 families (5,828 people)in the floating village.

How they live and their salary 

They have been here since 1979.

They do not have money to buy land. So they live in the floating village.

Salary less than 20,000 Riel or 5 US D/family/ day

Floating house price about 10,000 US D

They use solar cell for having electricity in their house. Solar cell prices 200 US D but they just pay half price because Cambodia’s People Party pays 100 US D for them.

Climate

December have a lot of fish

April-October is rainy season.

January-February is coolest about 25˚C

November-March is hot season.  
April is the hottest 40˚C.

Education

Some people who have high income will let their children study at college. When they have money enough, they will buy and move to land. School, college, and university will start about August to November and January to April.

Election

There are elections every 5 years around July to August.

There many races living in the floating village: Khmer, Vietnamese, and Chinese. However, Muslim live on the land.

Famous food is Amok.

Disease

They always get diarrhea and skin disease because of contaminated water and unclean food.

They also get a dengue fever and malaria, especially in rainy season.

They always buy medicine at drugstore. If they get seriously situations, they will go hospital.

Other problems

There are many problems in the floating village: storm, drug, bad smell water, fire. When they face with big storm, they always rope their house together. So the big storm will not make disaster at all.They have no correct waste managements. They just throw rubbish to water.

Festival 
1. Pehum Benh (September): they offer food to a monk and their ancestors who already passed away.

    
2. Khmer New Year (January)   

3. Visak Bochea (May)
4.Meak Bochea  (May)  

5.Chinese New Year (January)

Famous food 

 fish-Amok

      One of the major cuisine of the village is fish-amok which is also national culinary traditions in Cambodia, fish amok is a fish curry cooked in banana leaf. Each family has their own version of the recipe used for the curry. Common ingredients include coconut cream and galangal.

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