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With our regular newsletters, we aim to keep you posted on all the interesting and important news and updates of our programs and various activities. Enjoy reading! 

April 5, 2006

            	

Dear friends and partners, Happy Khmer New Years - Happy Easter - next week is a big week for all of us in Cambodia - we celebrate Khmer New years - a time when all Cambodians return to their birth homes, to family and friends - its a time of renewal - a time of reflection - a time of remembering those who passed on with special ceremonies - a time of eating and playing - a time of new clothes and new dreams - its a time of rest with a week long holiday.

It is also Easter time - a time of re-birth - a time of hope - a time of reflection - a time of thanksgiving - a time of new clothes and a time of eating - a time of remembering those who have passed on - a time of dreams. We just finished our March report -its 6 months into our current program year - it's a time of reflection - a time of renewal - a time of celebration - a time of dreams. Each one of you have given so many blessings to so very many people - you have given renewal - you have given refection - you have given life - you have given a time for dreams. In the past 6 months - 5,786 families went from one meal a day to 3 meals a day - that's 46,288 people who are eating well this New Years - this Easter because of you. In the past 6 months - 2,108 families were able to buy blankets, towels and sleeping mats so that they can sleep better - that's 16,864 people who are warm because of you. In the past 6 months - 1,111 families can have light at night because they were able to buy a battery - that's 8,888 people who feel safer at night because of you. In the past 6 months - 7,350 families were able to pay school fees and buy school uniforms - that's 22, 050 children who were able to attend school this semester because of you. In the past 6 months - 1600 families were able to buy pigs, chickens and ducks - that's 12,800 people who are able to increase their incomes by 50% because of you. In the past 6 months - 353 wells and 1 reservoir were dug for 2165 families - that's 17,320 people who were able to have access to clean water - to be able to go from less than 50 cents a day to over $2.00 per day income because of you. And there is so much more. And our dreams - we want to dig another 353 wells in the next 6 months - but we can't do it without you. We want to make sure that our families afflicted with AIDS live with hope and dignity but we can't do it without you. We want to expand to another 5000 families who are waiting for us - but we can't do it without you. Happy Khmer New Years everyone - thank you for making it happy for so many. Happy Easter everyone - a time of re-birth - thank you for making that so for so many others. It's a celebration of life - a celebration of all that is good. I thank my God that this is so. Janne