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September 4, 2013

            	
Dear friends and partners,
Today we have ended our past year of work – a year when so many dreams and journeys came to fruition – a year when we graduated 25,446 families with 203,568 dependents. Graduation is not the normal expectations of receiving a grade or an award – for Tabitha Cambodia and the families we work with it is simply a stage in a journey when our families have moved from absolute poverty to middle class rural families. It marks a journey where our families have achieved the basic necessities of life such as ….
                
 
                      
Better Food                                                                                     Buying New Clothes
and have been able to have access to life giving water
                
Keeping clean                                                                               Irrigating crops
–which in turn has allowed them to create 5 – 6 sources of steady income – things like animal husbandry
               
Raising Pigs                                                                               Raising chickens and ducks
And small businesses ….
                
Selling Vegetables                                                                         Selling Drinks
And to grow food all year round …
              
                    Growing vegetables                                              and rice                     
 
Our families have been able to get transportation ….
              
A motorbike                                                                                  or bicycles
And put their children in school  ….
                     
           Building schools in communities                              Children going to school
They have improved their security and environment through ….
             
Building latrines                                                                     Battery for light and security
They are able to meet their social and cultural expectations without losing everything ….
            
Getting Married                                                                    or having a funeral
Their houses have become homes – their dreams come true. For some the process took 4 years..
            
For others 6 years’…
                 
And for others ten years …
            
Graduation is about celebrating life itself and marking yet another stage in the lives of our families – they will continue to grow and flourish and Tabitha will begin the process again with other families who are just beginning the journey. It’s been a remarkable year – each of you has enabled so many to journey with dignity and pride – I thank my God for the privilege of standing with so many – I thank my God because of each of you. How good that is!
Janne