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The Pookai Book Project is happily assisting Corinne Purtill (read letter below) with a fund drive to “Keep Angsoeng Lit.” Angsoeng Library founder Chandara Lor has purchased a new generator that will power the library’s new computers and host special nights for patrons. But in order to keep the juice flowing, he needs money ($7.50 buys 10 hours of power).
The Pookai Book Project will pool donations to Keep Angsoeng Lit and send them separate from our organization's annual donations. Money you give to Keep Angsoeng Lit will be solely to power the new generator at the library.
Please send any donations to:
The Pookai Book Project
P. O. Box 6421
Rockford, IL 61125-1421
Donations can also be sent by using the PayPal link on the left-hand side.
Please indicate your donation is for the Keep Angsoeng Lit campaign.
Below is a letter Corinne has sent to friends describing the project.
Over the past few months I've emailed you about LC, the reporter here at the Daily who has started a great library and school for residents in his home village in Takeo province.
This month is a big one for Angsoeng Library -- the library recently received 2 computers donated by a US company, which they have been unable to use because the village has no electricity. But with his personal savings and a few donations, LC just bought a generator (he showed me pictures - she's a beaut), to be unveiled at the library later this month. This will allow rural children to use computers for the first time. LC also plans to have special "Electricity Nights," where villagers will be able to come to the library and read under the glow of an electric light, some for the first time ever.
The amount of time that the generator can be turned on depends on how much money the library has to buy gasoline each month. LC's current plan is to pay for the gas out of his own pocket, which is a pretty considerable sacrifice, even in light of all he has given to his village already.
I'd like to help him out, and maybe some of you would too. This email kicks off the "Keep Angsoeng Lit" campaign. 1 hour of electricity takes about 1 liter of gas, which costs 75 cents. So $0.75 buys 1 hour of electricity for Angsoeng Library, $3 buys 4 hours, $7.50 keeps the lights on for 10. You can do the math. Literally, the tiniest bit helps.
A former Cambodia Daily staffer and his family have set up a great 501(c)(3) non-profit in the US to handle Angsoeng’s donations. I told them about this campaign, and they will get all the money speedily to LC.
Checks, payable to the Pookai Book Project, can be sent to:
The Pookai Book Project P. O. Box 6421 Rockford, IL 61125-1421
You can also donate online at:
There, you can learn all about LC, Angsoeng Library, Pookai Books etc. Pookai's directors also said they'd be happy to send anyone written information about the project. This is not to pressure anyone at all - I know a lot of you can barely pay your own electricity bills, so if now isn't a good time please don't worry. But if you do have a bit you can spare, and you'd like to see your money go directly to a great project that is actually making a difference, run by a wonderful person who has worked tremendously hard and selflessly for it, then you can't do much better than LC's library. It's tax deductible, too!
Please forward this to everyone and anyone you know who may be interested.
Thank you so much. Wouldn't hassle you if this wasn't worth it.
--Corinne