Profiles in Peace – a series of interviews with peace workers all over the world. We find these people, entice them into talking with us, and combine images with the interview to give our listeners a great sense of what it is they are doing – the challenges they face, and the success they are having.
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INTERVIEW 1
Who: Rural Economic and Agriculture Development Agency (READA) http://readacambodia.org
Where: Siem Reap, Cambodia – and surrounding villages
What: Education on sustainable farming techniques, training on new methods and skills to enable the poorest villagers to break the cycle of poverty, and have healthier options for food and clean water.
Interviewee: Sandra Bérard
Date: November 7, 2011
Recording link (to be added)
IMAGES:
readacambodia.org
2 -Sandra Bérard
3 Family Photo
4 - Weaving Thatch
5 - grinding rice
6 - Cooking Ombok
7 - making ombok
8 - Kids in well pipe
9 - flood
10 - flood
11 - the dry season
12 - the well is dry, and dirty
13 - Farming - lettuce
14 - farming - corn
15 - farming long beans
16 - farming - chickens
17 - farming pigs
18 - small shops
19 - new wells
20 - new cisterns for clean water
21 - building a rice store / bank
22 - villagers manage rice distribution
23 - brainstorming meeting
24 - READA gathering input
Sandra thank-you so much for joining us from Cambodia at IMAGINE PeaceFest’11 in Second Life. Your interview with Steve gave us a glimpse into the lives of the Cambodian people and made it all too clear how they are struggling with the simplest things – like getting water from dry wells and dealing with major seasonal flooding. I hope the donations gathered from folks in Second Life from around the world help enable READA to help more villagers become self-sustaining.