Returning to Cambodia, Part 2

 

“You really can change the world if you care enough.” -Marian Wright Edelman

 

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On November 7, 2014, I am returning to Cambodia with a team to provide assistance to Teen Challenge Cambodia (TCC) on Phase II of their biogas digester project. I am so excited about this project and the other ministries will be working with that I can barely sleep!

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An essential element in the completion of the biogas digester project is to acquire the additional pigs who will produce the majority of the manure needed daily to “feed” the biogas digester. The pigs cannot be purchased until the piggery is complete. TCC took the photo above of the piggery on October 22, 2014.

In addition to the piggery, the toilet/shower facility adjacent to the biogas digester must also be completed. Human waste will also be piped directly into the biogas digester. This process will remove human and most animal waste from the TCC property and eliminate their use of firewood for cooking.

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The methane gas produced in the biogas digester will provide fuel for the newly installed gas stove (shown below). The cooks will be able to cook for up to 50 people per day, three times per day with the fuel produced in the digester. In time, the piggery will also provide a source of income through the sale of piglets.

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Our team will also have the privilege of meeting the children who built their own school and provide them with some school supplies. I cannot wait.

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If you haven’t yet seen the video recap from our September 2014 Cambodia Mission Team, you may view it on YouTube:

 

“For whatever is born of God is victorious over the world; and this is the victory that conquers the world, even our faith.” (1 John 5:4 AMP)

 

For further information about the benefits of “poo power”, please read about what is being done in Nairobi, Kenya with biogas digesters by clicking on this link: “Poo Power: turning human waste into clean energy in Kenya’s slums.”

(Photo credits: Purple orchid, Linda Freeman, Takeo Province, Cambodia, September 2014; Lacy Beach, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, October 2014; Teen Challenge biogas digester site photos, Teen Challenge Cambodia, October 2014; Cambodia Recap Video, CG Productions)

About Linda Freeman

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Linda Pulley Freeman combines her specialized training in environmental and chemical engineering with her deep ministerial commitment as she serves mission fields at home and abroad.

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