Cambodian villagers enjoy fruits of aid project

BATI, Cambodia — The Cambodia-China Friendship Village for Poverty Alleviation Project has brought great changes to the remote village of Tanorn, lifting residents out of poverty and improving the education environment for children.

Tanorn, in the Bati district of Takeo province about 60 kilometers south of the capital Phnom Penh, covers 72 hectares and is home to 127 households with 615 people.

The village chief, Pang Samedy, said the village was once isolated because of poor access roads, with no clean water, electricity, school or health center, but things changed after the China Foundation for Peace and Development funded the poverty alleviation project in the village beginning in January 2021.