'Floating toilets' help Cambodia's lake-dwelling poor

‘Floating toilets’ help Cambodia’s lake-dwelling poor

Pointing to the murky waters of the Tonle Sap, Si Vorn fights back tears as she recalls her four-year-old daughter dying from diarrhoea after playing in the polluted lake.

'Floating toilets' help Cambodia's lake-dwelling poor

This photo taken on March 13, 2023 shows a girl taking a bath near floating toilets in Chong Prolay village on Tonle Sap lake in Siem Reap province. AFP PHOTOSIEM RE Pointing to the murky waters of the Tonle Sap, Si Vorn fights back tears as she recalls her four-year-old daughter dying from diarrhea after playing in the polluted lake.Her family of 12 is among 100,000 people living in floating houses on Cambodia's vast inland waterway, and while …

'Floating toilets' help Cambodia's lake-dwelling poor

SIEM REAP, Cambodia (AFP): Pointing to the murky waters of the Tonle Sap, Si Vorn fights back tears as she recalls her four-year-old daughter dying from diarrhoea after playing in the polluted lake.

'Floating toilets' help Cambodia's lake-dwelling poor

SIEM RE Pointing to the murky waters of the Tonle Sap, Si Vorn fights back tears as she recalls her four-year-old daughter dying from diarrhoea after playing in the polluted lake. Her family of 12 is among 100,000 people living in floating houses on Cambodia's vast inland waterway, and while their villa

'Floating toilets' help Cambodia's lake-dwelling poor

More than a million people live on or around Tonle Sap, the world's largest inland fishery, but there is no system in place for managing human waste from the 20,000 floating houses around the lake.

'Floating Toilets' Help Cambodia's Lake-dwelling Poor

Pointing to the murky waters of the Tonle Sap, Si Vorn fights back tears as she recalls her four-year-old daughter dying from diarrhoea after playing in the polluted lake.