Went to Seim Reap about a month ago to dedicate a water purification project that the church helped organize and pay for.
There are 11,000 people living in this floating village on the Tonal Sap Lake. It was 1.5 hr boat ride from Seim Reap to the floating village. The people have been drinking the water out of the lake for centuries. At any given time there are more than 3000 people sick with some water borne illness. The church partnered with several other organizations to built this water treatment platform. They treated us like royalty when we arrived and really made a big deal about what was done.
Part of the floating village
This little kid was my buddy on the trip. He is from Seim Reap. His dad is the Elders Quorum Pres and they just went to the temple in Hong Kong last month.
This is a luxury cruise ship on the lake. Kind of like a houseboat on Lake Powell
How most all the families get around the village
Kids in the floating village hollering HELLO!
The treatment platform
The welcome
The ramp leading to the treatment platform
More floating village
More Village
Water skiing boat. Note the rooster tail
More floating village
More Village
Treatment Platform
Coming ashore
Dignitaries
Religious Leaders
Kids who get the clean water
People at the ceremony
Dancing girl in trad Khmer dancing outfit
Water bottle in the treatment area
Filtration system
More filtration system
Elder Peterson filling the first bottle to be given to villagers
Villagers coming to get free water
More Villages getting water
More Village
Village
This family makes their living pulling along side of boats and having you take a picture of the kid and phython and the want money. Worth a buck to me.
Inside the treatment area with clean water from the filthy lake
Elder and Sister Houser Great friends from Payson and came the same time we did.
Arriving back at Seim Reap in our custom cruizer
Disembarking
More disembarking
Walking up the ramp to dry ground
Our driver for the day. He is the Branch Pres of Seim Reap and a really great family Their daughter was just called to serve a mission in Cambodia also.
