Rural Cambodians do not have electrecity to use in their homes and for their farming. Some at the provintial town are paying more for their electricity use than their friends at the capital city.
They use car battery for their few lamps and black-white TVs. For cooking, they depend on firewood near their homes. Those forests become scare and they need to travel far away from home to find them.
The lack of electricity block their business initiatives. The government realize this and have been developing many hydro-power projects, which will come to life in the next few years.
A commune in Battam Bang province came up with an idea to bring electricity to their homes. They grow leuceana, fast-grown trees, and sell to an electricity generating workshop. The workshop sells back the electriciy to villagers.
I would like to invite friends to see a short documentary about that project.
They use car battery for their few lamps and black-white TVs. For cooking, they depend on firewood near their homes. Those forests become scare and they need to travel far away from home to find them.
The lack of electricity block their business initiatives. The government realize this and have been developing many hydro-power projects, which will come to life in the next few years.
A commune in Battam Bang province came up with an idea to bring electricity to their homes. They grow leuceana, fast-grown trees, and sell to an electricity generating workshop. The workshop sells back the electriciy to villagers.
I would like to invite friends to see a short documentary about that project.
Comments
Now it has been changed when Cambodia contracts electricity purchase from Vietnam. I think it is both a shame and a good move here. Cambodia, however, still needs many other moves from many other fronts.