Dangerous floods in Cambodia

2 November 2011

Cambodia and the whole Mekong River area experienced the worst flooding in its history on 26 September this year – and it is the poorest families who are suffering most.

A young boy in Cambodia looks through rubbish for plastic bottles to sell

 Over two million people have been affected as their homes and property, rice paddies and crops have been lost to the rising waters and entire livelihoods have been destroyed. The death toll in Cambodia currently stands at over 200 people – half of them children – and there are fears that this number will grow.

Cambodia YMCA is working together with aid agencies, province authorities, local health authorities and Cambodian communities to help affected communities recover from the catastrophe. Y Care International has made a grant of £2,500 to Cambodia YMCA which will enable them to provide medical treatment to over 300 young people and their families who urgently need health checks, remedies, antidotes, and attention to injuries they sustained when fleeing the floods. Cambodia YMCA will also provide counselling and health awareness so that communities can take action to stop the spread of disease.

Read the full story on our Cambodia pages.