About
Project Bottrong is an annual short-term mission trip in partnership with Build Your Future Today (BFT). Based in Bottrong, Prasat Commune, Preah Netr Preah District, Banteay Meanchey, the team also travels to nearby BFT-supported villages to conduct clinics, where the nearest hospital is approximately 200 km away. Formerly known as Project Ta Om, the project shifted its focus to the Bottrong region following positive community development outcomes in Ta Om.
The villages we currently work with include:
- Bottrong village - located in Prasat Commune, Preah Netr Preah District and Banteay Meanchey
- Kromom Bo village - located in Kon Toutt Commune, Svay Lue District, Siem Reap Province
- Taprour village - located in Svay Lue District, Ta Siem Commune
We reassess our beneficiary villages on a yearly basis. You will find that these villages are not easily found on google maps.
The villages we currently work with include:
- Bottrong village - located in Prasat Commune, Preah Netr Preah District and Banteay Meanchey
- Kromom Bo village - located in Kon Toutt Commune, Svay Lue District, Siem Reap Province
- Taprour village - located in Svay Lue District, Ta Siem Commune
We reassess our beneficiary villages on a yearly basis. You will find that these villages are not easily found on google maps.
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The Project
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What We Do
Clinics
Home Visitations
Health Education
- Mobile clinics are held in several villages over the span of around 6 days. Last trip, we saw 1300 villagers in total.
- We have capacity to dispense acute medications and treat common conditions. The feasibility and cost of time and resources in visiting the closest hospital is a significant barrier in seeking treatment for many villagers,
- We have dedicated health education stations providing patient-centered lifestyle advice.
- We refer patients to secondary or tertiary services when needed. Our detailed referral ensures that patients are seen to and alleviates the burden on the heavily strained government healthcare facilities.
- When available, our physiotherapists run a station prescribing various stretches and rehab techniques for the patients experiencing MSK pain. This is extremely relevant to the big population of villagers working in farming.
Home Visitations
- We attend to house-bound villagers to provide medical checkups and deliver acute medications when appropriate. These are patients who are too unwell or cannot be supported to attend the hospital in the city.
Health Education
- Dental hygiene
- Pearlie White has kindly sponsored us with toothbrushes and toothpaste over the past few years, to be distributed
- Balanced nutrition
- Personal hygiene
- Gender-specific hygiene
- English classes
About The Team
Project Bottrong is organised by student volunteers, who are rigorously screened to possess the appropriate competencies, motivations and values in line with HealthEx. They are supported and trained by the HealthEx International team.
Projects applying for the YEP grant are also trained through YEP-endorsed leadership training camps.
Volunteers of all healthcare backgrounds are welcome to sign up, and are screened to ensure that the team is well equipped to run the project.
Projects applying for the YEP grant are also trained through YEP-endorsed leadership training camps.
Volunteers of all healthcare backgrounds are welcome to sign up, and are screened to ensure that the team is well equipped to run the project.
Programme Details
Project Bottrong 2024
Team of 20: 3 doctors, 1 radiographer, 1 occupational therapist, 8 medical students, 5 physiotherapy students, 2 nursing students
7 July - 18 July
Funded by: YEP grant, self
Programme Outline
This was the programme for Project Ta-Om in 2019. Activities can be subjected to change to suit the needs of the locals.
Team of 20: 3 doctors, 1 radiographer, 1 occupational therapist, 8 medical students, 5 physiotherapy students, 2 nursing students
7 July - 18 July
Funded by: YEP grant, self
Programme Outline
This was the programme for Project Ta-Om in 2019. Activities can be subjected to change to suit the needs of the locals.
Our Partner NGO
Build your future today (BFT)
Overview
Build Your Future Today (BFT) works with villages in the Siem Reap region to provide education for the children and a future for them and their families.
BFT's Vision
BFT's main aim is to empower the Cambodian people with the right intellectual and economic tools to attain self-sufficiency. BFT believes that education is key to developing economic stability and personal well-being along with peace for the individual family, and hence the whole of Cambodian society. BFT is highly committed to providing the opportunity for people, especially children who have been living through hardship and poverty, with effective solutions to improve their lives.
For more information click below:
Build Your Future Today (BFT) works with villages in the Siem Reap region to provide education for the children and a future for them and their families.
BFT's Vision
BFT's main aim is to empower the Cambodian people with the right intellectual and economic tools to attain self-sufficiency. BFT believes that education is key to developing economic stability and personal well-being along with peace for the individual family, and hence the whole of Cambodian society. BFT is highly committed to providing the opportunity for people, especially children who have been living through hardship and poverty, with effective solutions to improve their lives.
For more information click below:
Testimonials
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Leading Project Bottrong was definitely a massive push out of my comfort zone- I had never been on a medical mission trip before, let alone lead one. However, it was an experience that I will always cherish. |
Taking on Project Bottrong as a project leader was daunting and a huge step out of my comfort zone but a very worthwhile and transformative experience. Leading the project was drastically different from my prior experience as a project participant and I am very grateful to have had the opportunity to work closely with our overseas partners and been able to forge meaningful bonds with them. I am deeply moved by the perseverance and resilience of the Cambodian people and hope to be able to return again one day. I strongly encourage anyone who’s considering taking on the role of project leader to take a leap of faith. |
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Gallery
Project Video
Project Bottrong Covid
Project Bottrong helped two groups that were disproportionately affected by COVID - the migrant workers in Singapore (outbreak due to overcrowded living conditions) and the Cambodian villagers (hygiene supplies and food shortage during the pandemic).
We collaborated with SDI Academy to come up with physical and mental heath education resources for an app (Linger.AI). Linger.AI is an app that provides online modules including a wide range of skillsets and topics for migrant workers to learn and master in their free time in the midst of COVID-19.
We fundraised through IG live concerts, IG workouts, bake sale, lecture series and collaborations with other online shops.
With the money, we provided hygiene and food essentials for people in Siem Reap and Banteaymeanchey.
In total, we raised a total of SGD $15 350 for our migrant worker and Cambodians friends.
We collaborated with SDI Academy to come up with physical and mental heath education resources for an app (Linger.AI). Linger.AI is an app that provides online modules including a wide range of skillsets and topics for migrant workers to learn and master in their free time in the midst of COVID-19.
We fundraised through IG live concerts, IG workouts, bake sale, lecture series and collaborations with other online shops.
With the money, we provided hygiene and food essentials for people in Siem Reap and Banteaymeanchey.
In total, we raised a total of SGD $15 350 for our migrant worker and Cambodians friends.
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