Dragon Fruit, or Pitahaya, is a tropical fruit indigenous to the Americas that is grown widely in Southeast Asia. It gets it’s draconic moniker from it’s colorful exterior, the mildly sweet fruit has a gentle flavor that’s somewhere between a kiwi and pear. It’s nice and refreshing when served chilled after lunch or dinner. Dragon…
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Rural Livelihoods and Social Cohesion in Interethnic Communities
I wanted to share some snippets of the grant proposal that we submitted at the end of June. It’s not the full proposal, that’s 20 pages long with around 40 supporting documents, but just a short snippet on the proposed project. As I mentioned in the previous post, this brings two of our local partners…
Grant Proposal Process
Last year we submitted a concept paper for an external grant to fund a rural development project in the Northeast and after a few months of sparse communication thought that we hadn’t gotten it. Then, at the end of the May, we were invited to submit a full proposal that combined that concept paper and…
Dr. Sunil Chatterjee
On June 8th we learned that Dr. Sunil Chatterjee passed away due to COVID-19 on May 7, 2021. Dr. Chatterjee served in Cambodia from 1985 to 1986 at the Prey Veng Provincial Hospital and Neak Leung Hospital. Please pray for India because of the incredible loss and suffering caused by COVID-19 there. In the 1980s,…
COVID-19: Second Dose
I’d been holding out for our vaccination cards but as they’ve been delayed I thought I’d go ahead and share the good news. The day before Catherine’s 4th birthday we went for our second dose of COVID-19 vaccine at a local primary school. It was a much faster process than the first dose, which involved…
Catherine’s 4th Birthday
It’s strange to look at photos from when we moved here in 2019 and realize how small Catherine was! She’s so big and strong now. She’s also four as of Saturday! I can hardly believe how fast my girls are growing up. After school on Thursday, Charlotte and I made a chocolate cake for Catherine’s…
Come back to the trunk, Charlotte.
Yesterday I had to run over to the office – which is just three houses down from us now – and when I came back I saw Rosie on the second story balcony looking into our mango tree. I followed her gaze and saw a figure up in the mango tree almost on level with…
សម្លម្ជូរគ្រឿងសាច់គោ | Beef Sour Soup with Kroeung Paste
As COVID-19 restrictions have been lifted, we’ve been able to have some of Ming Ramy’s delightful Khmer food for the first time since early February. We did try our hand at making Khmer food more than a few times during the lockdown but, aside from my Pork stuffed Bitter Melon, we still have a ways…
Second Timothy 1:7
On Monday, the rains came and washed the dry season away. It’s a remarkable time of year here in Cambodia. Overnight, the dusty brown countryside turns vibrant green. Even here, in the city, you can feel the shift of the seasons in the air. It’s much like the cool crisp snap of Autumn in North…
COVID-19: Restrictions Lifted
We were expecting Cambodia to continue with targeted zone based lockdowns for some time but over the last week almost all COVID-19 restrictions in Phnom Penh have been lifted. The few that remain, like mask wearing and bans on large public gatherings, are not being enforced. I think we’re already seeing the impact of this…