‘Clean Family’ campaign launched
KAMPONG Phluk commune authorities, an environmental tourism working group and an NGO have combined forces to launch the “Clean Family” campaign in Kampong Phluk community in Siem Reap province.
Sea Sophal, director of the NGO2 BambooShoot Foundation, told The Post on May 7 that they have organised the campaign in the form of a competition to find the cleanest, most hygienic and most environmentally friendly family in the community.
Sophal said families can win big prizes, ahead of the annual environmental festival that provides a big push to collect plastic waste from the lake ahead of the traditional Tonle Sap Lake floods. This year’s festival is scheduled for June 17-18.
“In June, the water levels will start rising again, so some prizes will be awarded. Winners people may be tempted to will receive certificates, sacks of throw their garbage into the rice and other prizes. water. We will distribute bags “We are doing it to celebrate to people’s homes, so they the World Environment Day can separate their own rubbish. and International Sea Festival Before we get to the big in the form of ‘Cambodia’s Inland June event, however, we will Ocean’: Tonle Sap. We have begin the clean family campaign, officially announced that 1,000 in which each participating households will be competing family will be judged for the chance to win huge prizes on seven points, starting from in this competition,” he added. now,” he explained. Neth Pheaktra, Ministry of
He said the programme falls Environment spokesman, under the framework of the safe said the ministry supported village-commune policy. Before the competition, just as it had the big finale in June, weekly * supported the NGOs earlier
plastic-for-rice exchange project, which was very successful at creating public understanding about the importance of not littering in the lake.
“The competition for clean families in the Kampong Phluk community is important work, because the community is an important tourism destination. Many people visit there. The ministry encourages NGOs and other partner organisations to continue to work to clean up the environment and make it more beautiful,” he said.
“This community is particularly attractive to tourists, who visit floating villages, take boat tours, see the flooded forests and enjoy the beauty of sunset on the vast Tonle Sap Lake,” he added.
Kampong Phluk community has about 1,000 households living in the villages of Cham Noy, Tnot Kambot, Kork Kdol and Dey Krahorm, in Prasat Bakong district’s Kampong Phluk commune. Most of people in the communities live in floating houses and earn their living as fishermen.