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Participatie in out projects Guests can participate in our humanitarian projects by simply adding $17 for the purchase of a water filter. Guests can donate and distribute them themselves if taking a vehicle tour around Beng Melea Temple, Svay Leu Village and the Koh Ker temple area. Otherwise, the next guests that come in for tours in that area will provide the transport for your donation and hand it over on your behalf. We track this by photos and a spread sheet. Most popular tours for this are:
1 day VIP Koh Ker and Beng Melea Temples,
1 day VIP Pure Koh Ker ,
1 day 4WD Preah Vihear ,
1 day 4WD Historic Anlong Veng ,
VIP Combo - Beng Melea Temple & Kampong Khleang Fishing Community and floating village Combo,
Kampong Khleang Fishing Community Eco Tourism Tour and
VIP Day to Beng Melea temple. See one day tours. Please contact us for information on all projects.
Corey Fields & Jamie McCleary, Detroit, MI, USA. VIP Combo - Beng Melea Temple & Kampong Khleang Fishing Community and floating village, Aug 31, 08
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A
few words about our tour that day... it was
simply the best day-tour I've ever done. As
budget travelers, we had such a hard time
finding opportunities to volunteer that
aren't extremely costly. We simply don't
have the money to spend thousands of dollars
and weeks off from our jobs to volunteer in
another country. What your company provided
was the opportunity to make a difference on
a day tour with an affordable amount of
money.
The driver and cook were great, but I
specifically want to praise our guide for
that day - although I cannot recall his
name. I know you know who I'm talking about.
He was so knowledgeable and friendly - just
perfect... we really enjoyed getting to know
him over lunch (which was FANTASTIC Khmer
food). Please tell all of them I said hello.
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Hidden Cambodia Guest Humanitarian Projects
Hidden
Cambodia
Cambodia . Our groups
visit many rural and remote areas where they have an opportunity to
really meet Cambodia’s people and
understand more about their culture and way of life.
Our guests continue to be warmly welcomed by local communities. In many areas, it is
Hidden Cambodia Adventure Tours who has pioneered the tickle of tourists into so many locations
such as Koh Ker, Preah Khan of Kampong Svay (also know as Preah Khan or
Bakan) Preah Vihear temple complexes
and Anlong Veng, once the last stronghold of the Khmer Rouge.
The warmth with which our guests have been received by small
villages, rural areas, local officials, community leaders,
families, children and individuals alike has had long lasting impressions on our guests. Many
have said their trip into Hidden Cambodia has been
“life changing”…..seeing a way of life so different from
their own and with so many stark contrasts. For many, it was figuring
out how they could give something back.. something that would benefit the
community. Below are our ongoing projects that we invite you to be
involved in .
Humanitarian Mission Hidden Cambodia Adventure Tours guests support, in the areas that they travel to and that are in need of Water filters donation and distribution to rural villages . Well construction & Water Reservoirs Short courses in Medical first aid training in rural areas in association with the Dept of Health and Angkor Children's Hospital, Siem Reap. Transport for Cambodian people by taxi from rural areas to Siem Reap for medical assistance & some smaller individual projects.
Areas: For 08, 09, 10 & 11 Having concentrated on the small community of Ker Ker, 10 kms from Seyiong, 150 kms from Siem Reap and Phum Thmei, 4kms from Koh ker village in 2006 and 2007, we contine to plan for Koh Ker village but have concentrated on beyond Svay Leu, ( 75 kms from Siem reap) and from here, all along the road from here to Koh Ker temple and some new communities near Preah Vihear temple which have been constructed for those moving out from Preah Vihear temple.
Over 200 Water Filters Project in Preah Vihear & Siem Reap Province
Donated by guests, distributed by
guests . Many families in rural areas do not
have access to clean water and so Hidden Cambodia transports small
mobile water filters when the 4WD goes out on tour.. Guest donate them
and distribute them themselves or other guests help distribute
them on the trip following.
This happen in
particular with the
one day 4WD
trips to Koh Ker temple. Photos can be seen
here.
Donors include Michele Hallinan, Ireland, Tomas James and James Seymour, UK , Healy and Eileen Forestal, Ireland , Paul Minders, Texas and Sydney and Jereen Van Marle, KL, Malaysia. Donors history sheet available.
First aid training missions in Koh Ker and Phum
Thmei Villages, Preah Vihear province.
In Feb, 07 a team of 5 medical staff from Angkor Children's
Hospital,
Siem Reap traveled with Hidden Cambodia to Koh Ker
village and Phum Thmei. Over
a period of 4 days and three nights, staff trained 24 community
members in first aid and prevention. Hidden Cambodia provided logistics
& transport and was partially funded by a donation from Majella Healy
and Eileen Poate, Ireland. The particular outreach program of Angkor
Children's hospital was funded by a US donor.
Well
Availability of water
all year round has always been a problem for those in remote areas that
don’t naturally have water near the surface that they can tap into.
Sometimes, a dept of 70 meter is not unheard of and then water has to be
tested to see that it does to contain any toxins. Getting funding,
equipment and manpower into these locations is often problematic.
Photos of Hidden Cambodia efforts can be see at
here
families from Canad
a donated a well in Koh Ker Village, Preah Vihear Province which is
now completed. History of the building of the wells can be
seen
here. Well finished in Feb 05
Well
2 Deb Smith & Stuart Campbell (left) from Toronto,
Canada )donated
funds for well in Koh Ker Village, Sroyong Commune, Kulen
District, Preah Vihear
Province in Feb 06. Well
finished in Nov 06
Well 3 Eileen Forrestal and Majella
Healy, Ireland (Oct 06) visited Koh Ker and donated well to
Phum Thmei, Sroyong Commune, Kulen District, Preah Vihear
Province a remote village located 4 kms beyond Koh Ker. In addition,
they contributed 25
water filters plus funds for some smaller medial emergency projects. Well finished in Nov 06.
Well 4 North Water Paddle Sports Equipment of Vancouver, Canada, Lindsey Merchant (visited in Dec 06), it's director and and it's customers have built a 4th well , located in Phum Thmei, Sroyong Commune, Kulen District, Preah Vihear Province giving this community of 75 families its second well. Well completed Dec 07.
Thank you to all the villagers who supported
and fundraised. Initiated by a visit
by Caroline& Lara Newton in 07.
Built in Phum Anlong,
Phum Annlong Village, Svay Leu District, Siem
Reap Province, about 25 kms after Svay Leu,
, on the road to Koh Ker, about 95 kms from Siem Reap .
Completed in March 09.
Canada. Jeff Dean and Natalie Samson
ran from Angkor Wat to Preah Vihear, 250 kms in five days, leaving Siem
Reap on Jan 28th, 10. Hidden Cambodia provided all support. The 2nd
night the group camped in a tiny village on road to Koh Ker & the head of the commune appealed for a well.
Jeff & Natalie had planned on donating one but had not know where.
Decision made. Built in Phum Pyam , Phum Ankeng, Svay
Leu District, Siem Reap Province. Completed in Feb10.
Well 9 Donated by Russell Roberts, Athens, Tennessee,
USA in July 09 following 2 visits by Thomas Roberts
in 2003 and 2008. Built in Thmeamcheat Village, Kantuot, Cham Ksan
District, Preah Vihear Province.
New village 24kms from Preah Vihear Temple and settled by those
displaced from Preah Vihear Temple are - the community that
lived on the top of the the mountain and at the base of mountain, Koh 1.
Completed
in Feb 10.
Well
12
Donated by
Lyndel Costain's English friends in memory of her father, Ewun Contain,
Australia. Built in Phum Trapang, Svay Leu Commune, Siem
Reap Province, near border of Preah Vihear Province .
Both Lyndel and her husband visited in 2010 and stayed in Koh Ker lodge.
Well completed
in Oct 10.
Well
13
Donated by
"The Cambodia Water Project" and supported by friends of Ryan
Snyder , Tokyo, Japan . Built in Phum Srayong Tboeng,
Sreyrong Commune, Kulen District, Preah Vihear Povince.
Ryan Snyder, a US teenager living in Japan, is our youngest
donor .He and his family visited Koh Ker Temple and Lodge in June 10.
Well completed
in Oct 10.Well 13 Donated by "The Kelly Family " , in memory of Flo and the Kelly & Sweeney Families, Ireland. Built in Thmeamcheat Village, Kantuot, Cham Ksan District, Preah Vihear Province. New village 24kms from Preah Vihear Temple and settled by those displaced from Preah Vihear Temple are the community that lived on the top of the the mountain and at the base of the mountain, Koh 1. Well completed in March 12
Well
14
Donated by
The American School in Japan, Poverty Relief Force , Class of 2105,
Built in Thmeamcheat Village, Kantuot, Cham Ksan District,
Preah Vihear Province. New village 24kms from Preah Vihear Temple and settled by those
displaced from Preah Vihear Temple . This is the community that
lived on the top of the the mountain and at the base of the mountain, Koh
1.
Second well coordinated by Ryan Synder , a US teenager living in Japan. He and his family visited Koh Ker
Jungle Temple in June 10.
Well completed
in Mar 2012
Water Reservoir 1
Primary donors were the
the Villagers of Orston, Notts,
England. Additional donors were Thomas Roberts,
Athens, Tennessee,
USA
& ,
Smith's at No. 4 and the people of Oundle, Cambs, England.
Built in
Cnar Pa Ak
Village,
Sroyong Commune, Kulen Province ,
Preah Vihear District. Located 10 kms before Sroyong, 12kms in
and down a dirt road. Its a new village
presently home to 300 families who had been using two very old small small
reservoirs that has built during Khmer Rouge times. 2 unsuccessful well drilling
attempts in Dec 9 and Jan 10 meant a water reservoir was only option. Completed
Feb10.
Other Humanitarian Efforts
September 04 - Ian From Sheffield made a kind donation of over 30
mosquito nets
to be distributed in
November
04 – Rick
Crabtree from
Nov 09 - Mrs. Hallinan, Salthill, Galway Ireland donated funds to supply blankets to the village of Phum Thmei during the cold season of Nov 09.
Other regional humanitarian Cambodian Projects that we cooperate with .
Khampong Khleng Women' s cooperative Making woven products from water hyacinths in their homes in a remote village on the banks of the Tonle Sap.
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