On April 17th, Two members of the Cambodian Global Grants Project Team and two other Rotary members visited the Cambodian Buddhist Temple in Hampton MN (pictured above) to take part in the Minnesota Cambodian community’s annual New Year celebration. The Rotary members were Dick Huston, Sam Ouk, George Wickstrom and Rebekah Freed. The team hoped to learn as much as they can about the Cambodian culture and people through talking and sharing a meal with the Cambodian community members at the temple. The pictures below show the ceremonial activities Rotary members were able to take part in at the temple. The team also had an opportunity to talk to the Abbot (head monk) of the Buddhist temple about our water purification project for Ta Moeung Village in Battambang, Cambodia. The project will provide clean water for over 500 students and hundreds more villagers. At the end of the conversation, the monks blessed a string bracelet and handed it to the team as a gift of friendship.
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The Rotary Team was also joined by Tracy Corcoran of Faribault Public Schools. |
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