The article below was copied from www.pepyride.org. The original can be seen by clicking here. Meeting a true visionary A plainclothes hero Pointing the Finger in the Mirror “We as people, even though it may seem insignificant, need to start taking small steps towards change. Everyday we should be doing something that…
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This manual is so large that it is published as individual sections to reduce load times. Please excuse the inconvenience. Excerpt: Resource Development International – Cambodia (RDIC) has been making ceramic water filters in Cambodia since 2003. RDIC’s operation started at a small scale as it developed its manufacturing techniques and clay mix compositions. By…
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REPORT ON THE TRIP TO QUANG NAM PROVINCE, CHIA VISIT AND SITE VISIT This report is a companion report to the Results Of A Water Sample Test – Vietnamese document. Children’s Hope In Action (CHIA) is a non government organisation founded by Ms Robyn Morley. Its office located at Hoi An City in Quang Nam…
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Impact of the Provision of Safe Drinking Water on School Absence Rates in Cambodia: A Quasi-Experimental Study Background: Education is one of the most important drivers behind helping people in developing countries lift themselves out of poverty. However, even when schooling is available absenteeism rates can be high. Recently interest has focussed on whether or…
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Field Guide to Hardware for Group Handwashing in Schools The simple practices of handwashing with soap and toothbrushing significantly contribute to the health and well-being of children and should be part of their education. The Filipino NGO Fit for School Inc. pioneered in supporting the national Department of Education (DepEd) in the implementation of a…
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Villagers emerge from the shade of their homes and gingerly roll up their sleeves, turning their palms upwards to reveal skin braided with dark lesions, ulcers and decaying tissue. They point to houses up and down the street where people have died of symptoms like theirs. Arsenic, an invisible, odourless poison, has haunted this village…
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In the last four years, the numbers of artisanal miners working around Prey Meas, Ratanakirri, Cambodia has increased tenfold. All miners appeared to use mercury for the first extraction of gold. Some miners used a second extraction with cyanide. Other miners used a high concentration of mercury for a second extraction that extracts more than…
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Mercury is used to extract gold in simple artisanal gold mines in Ratanakirri province, NE Cambodia. Before this project, the gold amalgam was heated with an open flame to volatilize mercury and recover gold. The process resulted in release of mercury and associated contamination. In this set of analyses from 2006 the miners hair contained…
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The mercury used by artisanal miners to extract gold contaminates thousands of miners. The extent of the toxic zone from gold mines is not clear due to the compounding effect of deforestation that is likely a larger source of mercury than the gold mines. Downstream from the gold mines, the levels of mercury in human…
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This paper documents mercury contamination along the Mekong river.