House Building For A Poor Family

A student group from Turkey was building this house for Mr. Tek from type 1 poor family in Treak Village.

Siem Reap has known as the tourist city. There are lots of people come to visit this city focus on temples and especially Angkor Wat Temple. Even the number of tourists visiting Siem Reap has risen from a year to a year and tourism is bringing real benefits to the people of Siem Reap but this city still have high level of poverty, about 36% of the population exist below the poverty line. People are also drawn to the town in search of works, or to beg on the streets, and many children sell books and other souvenirs to supplement the family income. Landmine victims also try to earn a living by selling books and souvenirs.

Remember that even you confront with the beggars who beg for money or milk powder please don't give them. If you give them it mean you are voting them to do that. On the other hand, it's just a scam! 

Families in Cambodia have been classified into 3 types or levels:

- Level 1 family: is the poorest family in the community who has not enough food to eat, no education or had been forcing to stop the school when they were young or in primary school, most of them have no own land to do the rice field but they get hiring from the type 3 families to work in the rice field and get about $4 per day.

- Level 2 family: family who is a little bit better than level 1 and some of them have a piece of land to do rice field just for eat but they have no saving.

- Level 3 family: Richest in the community, has been educated and has saving. Most of them have their own big fancy house on the main road and rice field to do for eat and sale.

If you want to get to see those people and learn more about their daily life, you can check with some travel agencies in town to do countryside tour.

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A student group from Belfast were building a house for grandma Out in Kompheim Village.

A student group from Hong Kong International School were building some part of the walls of Husk School in Kompheim Village.