The city's chief planning officer urges a partnership that would aid Cambodia.
Wed, March 19, 2008
By JENNIFER O'BRIEN, SUN MEDIA
The London Free Press (London, Ontario, Canada)
The country is beautiful and the people friendly, but she couldn't help but notice the garbage.
On the roads and in the sewage canals, it seemed to be everywhere Jennifer Kirkham looked when she visited Cambodia last month.
Today, Kirkham, the city's chief strategic planning officer, will recommend to board of control that London get involved with a federal-municipal partnership program in which local solid waste management experts would help municipalities in Cambodia.
The partnership would be part of a Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) initiative that matches Canadian experts with municipal counterparts in developing countries.
"This is a great opportunity for London staff to share some of the expertise and knowledge that we have," Kirkham said yesterday. "It is an opportunity to do some peer coaching and for us to have a global impact in the work we do."
Last month, Kirkham went to the Battambang district of Cambodia and visited 10 municipalities, called communes, with populations of up to 25,000 people.
Meeting with officials from all 10 communes as part of a delegation with FCM's Municipal Partnership Program, Kirkham said she felt a sense of optimism and hope.
But there are many new issues for local governments to tackle, particularly around solid waste.
"They only have one garbage truck for all 10 communes and you have to pay to have your garbage picked up, so if you can't afford it, they don't come," Kirkham said. "There is garbage in the roads and in the sewage canals."
Solid waste management is a common issue for newly formed municipalities in Cambodia, said Noelle Grosse, outreach officer for the FCM.
"First is solid waste management, and also working at a national level with associations of local governance and the environment is a key theme," she said.
Controller Gord Hume said he would be shocked if there was any opposition to the recommendation at today's board of control meeting.
"I think part of our responsibility as a leading municipality is to help others in the world," said Hume, adding the partnership is funded by FCM, through the Canadian International Development Agency.
The FCM has operated its Municipal Partnership Program for about 20 years. The projects vary depending on the needs of the overseas municipality.
Many Ontario cities have participated in partnerships that often end up involving community organizations -- to their benefit, Grosse said.
Wed, March 19, 2008
By JENNIFER O'BRIEN, SUN MEDIA
The London Free Press (London, Ontario, Canada)
The country is beautiful and the people friendly, but she couldn't help but notice the garbage.
On the roads and in the sewage canals, it seemed to be everywhere Jennifer Kirkham looked when she visited Cambodia last month.
Today, Kirkham, the city's chief strategic planning officer, will recommend to board of control that London get involved with a federal-municipal partnership program in which local solid waste management experts would help municipalities in Cambodia.
The partnership would be part of a Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) initiative that matches Canadian experts with municipal counterparts in developing countries.
"This is a great opportunity for London staff to share some of the expertise and knowledge that we have," Kirkham said yesterday. "It is an opportunity to do some peer coaching and for us to have a global impact in the work we do."
Last month, Kirkham went to the Battambang district of Cambodia and visited 10 municipalities, called communes, with populations of up to 25,000 people.
Meeting with officials from all 10 communes as part of a delegation with FCM's Municipal Partnership Program, Kirkham said she felt a sense of optimism and hope.
But there are many new issues for local governments to tackle, particularly around solid waste.
"They only have one garbage truck for all 10 communes and you have to pay to have your garbage picked up, so if you can't afford it, they don't come," Kirkham said. "There is garbage in the roads and in the sewage canals."
Solid waste management is a common issue for newly formed municipalities in Cambodia, said Noelle Grosse, outreach officer for the FCM.
"First is solid waste management, and also working at a national level with associations of local governance and the environment is a key theme," she said.
Controller Gord Hume said he would be shocked if there was any opposition to the recommendation at today's board of control meeting.
"I think part of our responsibility as a leading municipality is to help others in the world," said Hume, adding the partnership is funded by FCM, through the Canadian International Development Agency.
The FCM has operated its Municipal Partnership Program for about 20 years. The projects vary depending on the needs of the overseas municipality.
Many Ontario cities have participated in partnerships that often end up involving community organizations -- to their benefit, Grosse said.
8 comments:
thank you london for your partnership in cambodia. hope the UK can help cambodia more with city water and garbage in siem reap and other major cambodia cities as well. be a partner with cambodian cities. great job. i'm sure cambodian people will appreciate all help they can get from the west. thank you and god bless.
It is such a shame for these stupid Cambodian leaders for nothing taking serious notice of the garbage issue and for years they are claiming to promote tourism in Cambodia with the Cambodian fucken trashy image to the world!
It would take Jennifer Kirkham who doesn't even live in Cambodia to take such notice! This is such a national shame for Cambodian leaders with all their fucken third world mentality! As long as Cambodian leaders continue to have third world mentality and all Cambodian people can rest assure that there is nothing can done or change!
I want to thank Jennifer Kirkham personally and it would a person like her with special genetic makeup to understand what the hell is going on in the world! As for Cambodian leaders and their genetic makeup is still evolving form Ape like creature!
Cambodia is dirty due to the fact that its government and people are ignorance about improving and maintianing a healthy living environment.
Cambodia has one of the worst living condition which include poor sanitation.
They can't solved the garbage problem until they remove all Ah Khmer-Yuon Squatters from the area and send them back to the Vietcong's Shit Pit.
Most government official today are
garbage with 2 legs.
That's what they said about the US.
We have verry good rubbish diposil system , called Tonle Sap
Tonle Sap is the true wonder of the world that is build naturally by mother nature.
It would be great if we could replicate one in Laos and Vietnam.
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