This a shot of some of the monks in Balang, standing on the nearly completed water gate, which is an ongoing joint community project by Human Translation and Engineers Without Borders.
Last night Tobias sent me a link to the video below, showing the community of Balang digging up grass and planting it on the side of the dam embankment.
Today, Judith and I got the first set of inoculations in preparation for our trip in June to see the actual construction.
Monsoon Grassing from Human Translation on Vimeo.
Tobias' big dam project at the Balang Province near Siem Reap in Cambodia is nearing completion. I spoke with him last night and he's sounding definitely upbeat and positive. They've finished pouring the concrete and this week, according to Tobias, they'll be back-filling the watergate.
He believes the initial watergate project will be done soon, so Judith and I thought we'd better get there right away. We'll be leaving at the end of June.... An Adventure!
Tobias also did a video of some kids playing around the watergate, and I thought it would be a good thing to show. Take a look. It's wonderful.
You can see more of what's going on at the Human Translation Web Site
