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Cambodia: programs & priorities   One of ChildFund Australia's biggest achievements in 2007-08 was the establishment of development programs in Cambodia, to help improve the lives of children and families in some of the country's poorest regions. One of ChildFund Cambodia's first programs is a water and sanitation program in Svay Rieng. Thousands of children die every year in rural Cambodia from the effects of drinking dirty water, which can cause life-threatening illnesses, such as typhoid, dysentery and diarrhoea. To help improve children's health, ChildFund Cambodia is building clean-water wells and hygienic latrines. Additionally, ChildFund Cambodia plans to investigate the construction of irrigation canals and water distribution opportunities to rice farmers affected annually by drought. 
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