Kampong Thom: Mr. Chhay Rithsen, Minister of Rural Development, together with the leadership and technical officials of the Ministry and the Kampong Thom Provincial Rural Development Department, on August 4, 2026, visited the community safe water production station of the Clean Water Organization 1001 located in the premises of the Baray Commune School in Krasaing Chey Village, Baray Commune, Baray District, Kampong Thom Province.
Through a direct presentation by the organization’s representative, it was stated that Clean Water 1001 is a local non-governmental organization that has been implementing activities to provide safe drinking water to rural people in Cambodia since 2005. To date, Clean Water 1001 has built and commissioned 350 drinking water stations in 350 target communes, 128 districts, and 18 target provinces in Cambodia. In Kampong Thom province, Clean Water 1001 has commissioned 26 community drinking water stations (one station is not operational), which are supplying safe water to a total of 96,312 residents and 20,183 students. In particular, the community water production station located in Baray commune hall has the capacity to produce 200 20-liter water bottles per day, which serves the benefit of 930 families, equivalent to 4,948 people, in 12 villages of Baray commune, Baray district. In addition, the community water station also supplies water to two schools, Baray Primary School and Chi Aok Primary School in Bara commune, with a total of 833 students.
During the visit to review the achievements, the Minister expressed his gratitude to 1001 Clean Water Organization, which has provided support for the work of providing safe water to people in rural areas in target provinces in Cambodia, and thanked local authorities at all levels for providing excellent cooperation to partner organizations in completing the work easily and effectively.
At the same time, the Minister informed about the strategies and goals of the Ministry of Rural Development In order to improve the quality and value of life of people in rural areas, the Ministry has been focusing on providing clean water and promoting rural sanitation so that people in rural areas can receive clean water and sanitation services in an equitable, environmentally friendly, resilient, and sustainable manner. The Minister also requested the Clean Water Organization 1001 to examine the possibility of expanding the scope of safe water supply to people in other provinces, especially those around Tonle Sap Lake and along the Mekong River, where groundwater contains high levels of arsenic.
Furthermore, the Minister requested local authorities to continue to disseminate To the people to use clean water economically, adhere to the proper hygiene practices to avoid infectious diseases, and maintain these achievements well so that they can serve the people’s interests for a long time.
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