Here is a video clip on the testing of the solar water pump.
Showing posts with label Farm of Jesus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Farm of Jesus. Show all posts
Monday, May 03, 2010
Monday, April 26, 2010
A Solar Powered Water Pump for the Farm of Jesus
During the dry season in Cambodia, water needs to be pumped from the river or wells to irrigate the crops. The running costs of using diesel engine to pump water is very high.
After an initial study, our friend Dr Eckardt Bihler from Stuttgart generously funded a pilot project to provide a solar powered pump for water irrigation. Materials were ordered and shipped to Siem Reap in March 2010, and we were in Siem Reap from 19 to 22 April 2010 to install and test the system. With the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ the system was successfully installed and preliminary data shows that it was pumping water from the river at the rate of approx 80 litres per minute.
if you are interested in supporting the next phase of our project, please feel free to contact us.
Please click on the album for photos on the system installed.
After an initial study, our friend Dr Eckardt Bihler from Stuttgart generously funded a pilot project to provide a solar powered pump for water irrigation. Materials were ordered and shipped to Siem Reap in March 2010, and we were in Siem Reap from 19 to 22 April 2010 to install and test the system. With the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ the system was successfully installed and preliminary data shows that it was pumping water from the river at the rate of approx 80 litres per minute.
if you are interested in supporting the next phase of our project, please feel free to contact us.
Please click on the album for photos on the system installed.
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Peik Snaing & Farm of Jesus
Day 1 (09 Dec 2008):
Local people call the 57.5-hectare farm in New Piek Snaing village as Chomka Preah Yesu (farm of Jesus). It is located about 25 kilometers northeast of the town of Siem Reap, and about 20 kilometers north of the ancient Angkor Wat temple complex, Cambodia's prime attraction for foreign visitors.
Despite the farm's close proximity to the world heritage site, the people living nearby are very poor. After working in Old Piek Snaing for some years, Fr Heri Bratasudarma S.J. dreamed of having a piece of land to help the poor in the area. The plan was to demonstrate effective land use, to supply a variety of seedlings and to provide training for the people to grow these vegetables and trees for additional income.
Following a mission exposure trip to Cambodia in July 2007 The New Evangelization Team (NET), a group of lay persons under the umbrella of the Singapore Archdiocesan Commission for Missionary Activity, helped raised US$49,700 from their families and friends in just two months. A single donor from the United States contributed the other US$1,000 needed to purchase a piece of jungle land in Siem Reap.
Since the land was purchased in September 2007, the Jesuit mission together with local people have worked to build a reservoir-cum-fish pond, a greenhouse and nursery, a fruit garden, a chapel and a cow shed.
Local people call the 57.5-hectare farm in New Piek Snaing village as Chomka Preah Yesu (farm of Jesus). It is located about 25 kilometers northeast of the town of Siem Reap, and about 20 kilometers north of the ancient Angkor Wat temple complex, Cambodia's prime attraction for foreign visitors.
Despite the farm's close proximity to the world heritage site, the people living nearby are very poor. After working in Old Piek Snaing for some years, Fr Heri Bratasudarma S.J. dreamed of having a piece of land to help the poor in the area. The plan was to demonstrate effective land use, to supply a variety of seedlings and to provide training for the people to grow these vegetables and trees for additional income.
Following a mission exposure trip to Cambodia in July 2007 The New Evangelization Team (NET), a group of lay persons under the umbrella of the Singapore Archdiocesan Commission for Missionary Activity, helped raised US$49,700 from their families and friends in just two months. A single donor from the United States contributed the other US$1,000 needed to purchase a piece of jungle land in Siem Reap.
Since the land was purchased in September 2007, the Jesuit mission together with local people have worked to build a reservoir-cum-fish pond, a greenhouse and nursery, a fruit garden, a chapel and a cow shed.
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