Dimitri Tsilis
The Daily Utah Chronicle (Utah, USA)
Posted: 7/13/06
Jack Stringham, a junior in exercise physiology, spent last summer in the city of Kongdiang, Cambodia. He saw that many people in the surrounding villages had to walk or bike an average of 10 kilometers a day to a river just to get clean water for their families.
"Many of these people can't even shower for up to three days because they don't have the necessary water wells to make it possible," Stringham said.
Stringham decided to come up with a solution.
Stringham, along with junior biology major Joe Tingey, freshman Thom Stringham, fourth-year medical student Jon Jerman and mass communication senior Melissa Stringham, started a non-profit organization called Care For Cambodia to help provide Cambodians with clean water.
"There are so many people that die without clean water and it takes its toll, especially on the children that live there," Jack Stringham said.
The organization's long-term goal is to build 20 new water wells in the province of Kongdiang. Each of the wells will provide clean drinking water for 25 families. Care for Cambodia hopes to host a fund raising event later in the fall to support the project.
"Many of these people can't even shower for up to three days because they don't have the necessary water wells to make it possible," Stringham said.
Stringham decided to come up with a solution.
Stringham, along with junior biology major Joe Tingey, freshman Thom Stringham, fourth-year medical student Jon Jerman and mass communication senior Melissa Stringham, started a non-profit organization called Care For Cambodia to help provide Cambodians with clean water.
"There are so many people that die without clean water and it takes its toll, especially on the children that live there," Jack Stringham said.
The organization's long-term goal is to build 20 new water wells in the province of Kongdiang. Each of the wells will provide clean drinking water for 25 families. Care for Cambodia hopes to host a fund raising event later in the fall to support the project.
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