Today in Phnom Penh

Housbuilding
Help to Improve the Quality of Live 
of the Khmers
Tour code: LA3TAB-A - 3 DAYS / 2 NIGHTS

In cooperation with TABITHA - Cambodia, Lolei Travel is offering you a unique experience - which is called "Housbuilding". TABITHA - Cambodia is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to reach out to the poorest of the poor in Cambodia. Their mission is to enable people to recognize and develop inherent skills and resources in such a way that utilization of these will result in work that brings dignity and respect within the country and within the world; and that will result in a measurable and visible improvement in the lifestyle of the Khmers. TABITHA focuses on the work of micro-enterprises and community development initiated through small business and cottage industry projects. TABITHA prepares family plans and is granting capital loans without interest. The loan repayment schedule is set at a specific rate which is affordable and is repaid on a weekly basis. The people who are requesting loans from TABITHA can decide on their own, which business they can perform successfully and which can be revolved on a daily basis. Since TABITHA has been operating, the majority of families, who are associated with TABITHA, have changed to eating three meals per day, and have been able to buy clothing and cooking utensils. Children are being enrolled in school and many families can now meet basic health care costs such as giving birth to child. The majority of the families are either in process of or have already bought a small piece of land. They are becoming permanent residents of their respective communities. Many families are in process the of rebuilding or constructing new homes. The stages move from plastic to thatch and from thatch to wooden structures.
This is where you will start to help the Khmer people in a team effort to build there new home.  

Day 1: PHNOM PENH Morning:  Arrival at the airport in Phnom Penh. Meet your guide and transfer to your accommodation. Afternoon: Transfer to the TABITHA workshop, were you will have an introduction to Cambodia, the daily life of the Khmers in the provinces and cities. Also you will have a look at the workshop and you will see what kind of products (silk, silver woodcarving) the TABITHA is producing. For the evening prepare for a dinner along the Mekong River. Day 2: PHNOM PENH Morning / Afternoon: After breakfast, drive in to one of the provinces, and meet with the family, who want to build their new home. Besides you, there will be some Cambodians assisting you on how to build the house. The mainframe work of the house will be already build up. You have to build the walls, door, floor and the roof. At the end of the day, the new house is ready and the Khmer family can take their new home. Day 3: PHNOM PENH Morning: After breakfast, continue one of the classic tours with sightseeing of Phnom Penh and Siem Reap. The program is a proposal and can be customized to the need of the team - clients. It is also possible to organize the house building to include a team leader seminar for companies. The team should be from at least 8 persons, and can be up to a maximum of 15 persons. As it is a team effort, the house owner contributes the half of the material costs and the other half by the team (approx. US$ 800 - US$ 1,000).

Price: For further information, please contact  LOLEI Travel.