Bati District: The Working Group of Planning and Project Department under permission from H.E. Kemreth Viseth, Chairman of CSAF Board Directors, facilitated with Ms. Hean Chanthou, who lives in Bati District, to be able to prepare for her 11-year-old daughter named Lay Oun Nea to receive free Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) surgery and treatment at Fuwai Heart Hospital, Yunnan Province, China.
Happily speaking, Ms. Hean Chanthou said that more than ever, Cambodian people live in the Techo Era and under the wise leadership of Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia has provided such great take cares to the well-being of Cambodian people.
Furthermore, she also expressed her gratitude to H.E. Kemreth Viseth, Chairman of CSAF Board Directors, who provided supports to facilitate a group of Chinese doctors to examine and treat all children with cardiovascular disease in Bati district. Her daughter who has Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) received full supports for her surgery and treatment in China from H.E. Chairman including Cambodian passport application, traveling fees, meals, visas, airfare and out-of-pocket expenses for her and her daughter.
On behalf of H.E. Chairman, Mr. Kem Chanthou who visited Lay Oun Nea’s home, expressed his appreciation to the local authorities and civil society for their cooperation during the Chinese medical team’s visit and in time of sending Lay Oun Nea to China for surgery and treatment through the coordination of CSAF. He also encouraged civil society organizations to collaborate with CSAF to serve more benefits to local people and contribute to the Royal Government of Cambodia to respond to real needs of Cambodian people.
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This photo taken on May 12, 2024 shows the Cambodia-China Friendship Multipurpose Building in Tanorn village, Bati district of Takeo province, Cambodia. (Van Pov/Xinhua)BATI, Cambodia, April 1 (Xinhua) -- Started in 2021, a China-aided poverty alleviation project has transformed a formerly isolated and tranquil Tanorn village in Cambodia\'s remote area into a modern one.Situated in Takeo province\'s Bati district, roughly 60 km south of the capital Phnom Penh, Tanorn village has a total area of 72 hectares and is home to more than 130 households with over 600 people.The tiny village with less access to roads, no clean water, no electricity, no school, and no health center, has totally changed when the China Foundation for Peace and Development funded a poverty alleviation project, which was carried out by Cambodia\'s Civil Society Alliance Forum.Por Sokhim, a 51-year-old Tanorn villager, said her livelihood have significantly improved after the project has been implemented in the village, saying that prior to the project, her entire family relied on rice farming, but after the project, she has run a grocery as her husband opened a motorcycle repairing shop at home. \"In the past, it is difficult for us to do business because there were no good roads. All roads were unpaved and dusty, and few people traveled in and out of the village,\" she told Xinhua on Sunday.\"But since China has funded a poverty alleviation project in my village, we have got concrete roads, sewage system, solar power, and particularly clean water,\" the mother of four added.She said the project has not only turned the poor and dirty village into a modern one, but also significantly changed the livelihoods of the villagers through helping them to create clear occupations.\"I would like to thank the Chinese people for helping reduce poverty in my village. I\'m very happy. I can\'t find anything that makes me happier than this,\" Sokhim said.This aerial photo taken on Sept. 14, 2023 shows Tanorn village in Bati district of Takeo province, Cambodia. (Van Pov/Xinhua)Touch Seanghong, 57, said that in the past, most of the villagers lived in poverty and due to poor access roads, it was difficult for the villagers to sell their agricultural products and livestock to markets.\"Now, the situation is completely changed, as people are not worried about traveling anymore because all roads in the village are concrete-paved, so they can travel in and out of the village anytime,\" he told Xinhua.Seanghong said the achievements the villagers have received from the China-aided project included solar power, a multi-purpose building, concrete roads, canals, and clean water, among others.\"We\'re very happy because we have never got these achievements before,\" he said. \"We admire Chinese friends for sacrificing both physical and mental energies to help develop our Tanorn village.\"Chea Munyrith, planning and project director of the Civil Society Alliance Forum, said the project has brought significant changes to the village, lifting villagers out of poverty and improving health, education, and the green environment.\"As we see each family has built a new concrete house with a high fence, this shows that their livelihoods have changed from a low-income lifestyle to a high-income lifestyle,\" he told Xinhua.\"China\'s aid has been increasing social modernization in Tanorn village, turning it into a model poverty alleviation village for other villages,\" he added.Munyrith said China has played a crucial role in enhancing the livelihoods of people in Cambodia and around the world.China\'s peaceful development has created opportunities for the whole world, he added.
