Serious Flooding in Cambodia

We have been hearing first hand reports of the flooding across most of Cambodia. While it is normal during September and October for some flooding to occur, as it is the height of the rainy season, this is the worst in over 10 years. This includes many Kuy villages.

According to IRIN news, "Flooding has spread across 17 of Cambodia's 24 provinces, killing 247 people, forcing the evacuation of more than 34,000 households, and destroying some 200,000 hectares of rice fields, which comprise nearly 10 percent of the country's harvest, according to the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM), a government agency. It said flood damage, including destruction of more than 1,000 schools and some 2,400km of roads, would exceed that caused by devastating floods in 2000, which cost US$161 million in damage." ( to read the full report go to http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93983)

Please join us in praying for

• the rain to stop so that flood waters can recede,
•  provision of clean drinking water and protection from outbreaks of water born disease,
• protection of lives from drowning, especially children who are particularly vulnerable (many Cambodians do not know how to swim),
• Christians to take the opportunity to show the love of Christ by sharing with those in crisis, and
• food and rice seed provision for affected families so that they do not have to go into debt.