Time flies! I have completed my volunteer experience with Trailblazer today. On this last day, I had the opportunity to deliver filters to a village, Sras Village with the man himself, the founder of Trailblazer, Mr Scott Coats.
It was an amazing experience to visit Sras Village as it was Mr Scott's very own pilot project thathe started eight years ago. Along with the chief village's daughter, Enach, we installed two filters at teo houses and gave a cooking stove to a lady who lost one of her legs (not sure if it's due to the landmine or not).
Sitting under a palm leaved-roof shelter, I had a memorable time talking to Scott as we sat facing across a primary school built by Trailblazer. He told me how he realised the importance of clean water in the village when no kids appeared in that school they built as most of them were not fit enough or unhealthy due to dirty drinking water! Eight years since the school was built, wells were dug and water filters provided, this village also known as the poorest village in the Angkor Thom region during that time, has now flourished and developed drastically as shops opened and more people started moving into Sras. Before, there were only 17 students in the school. Now, there are almost 400 kids attending! How amazing is that!
Before we ended, I took a picture with Scott and thanked him for the opportunity to vlunteer in Trailblazer.
I will upload pictures that i've taken over these past weeks so you can better understand the conditions of the village and how Trailblazer looks like.
Will be flying back to Kl tomorrow! Godspeed!
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