Lots of you know I went to Cabodia in ealry 2004. I left there feeling haunted, both Bob and I did due to the lack of good water and the green slimy water the peope had to drink in the rural areas.
Bob came up with a slogan" every mothers child deserves good clean water to drink".That is what we are having painted on the side of our new waste water management system.
When I got home I miraclousy found connections there and began a non profit project to raise money for toilets, wells and other health related projects. I found Dr Tom Murphy from Manitoba over there and Dr Mickey Sampson from USA.They were good friends.
We emaield lots, became good friedns and I sent money to their proejct plus we did alot of new ones.
About two weeks ago Tom emailed me late one night to say Mickey had dropped dead of a heart attack... he was only 43.
I have been stunned and sickened by this news since. I have been going to post pictures and stories about DREAM CAMBODIA but always seemed too busy.
Now with Mickey gone it feels really sad.
Mickey started his own organization many yrs ago and was really successful.
I will tell you some stories of how this came about and post osme pictures but I need some time to process all this and feel sick to my stomahccwhen I talk about it.
Some of you know about this and have been aksing me so I thought I better get up to speed here and will fill you all in.
Mickey and his group built a big four seater monsoon proof toilet and sink wtit money I raised here its , in a little school yard in Cambodia so the whole village could use it.
I asked him to cut a maple leaf in the door to represent Canada.
Money for some of these projects later came from my cousin Cathy and John, my sister Cecily, a B&B host whom I have never met but she belongs to a B&B board I belong too, her name is Marianne from Hummingbird hill B&B in Ontario.
Most the money came from my marital budget, thanks Bob Carter, you are a good man!!
God Bless Mickey, he was a good man, he was an angel and he made such a difference in the Khmirs world in his short life time.
We never met in person, we didn't even know who each other looked like but Mickey Tom and I shared alot of hours and alot of dreams on emails.
Thanks guys, you made my dream a reality and I will continue to slowly plod along.
Tom, I know you will miss your buddy and it wil be hard for you to do the journey in Cambodia without Mickey,I am so happy that we accidentally met each other.
Bye Bye Mickey, I honor your volunteer work.
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