Grandma and the Bike

We are always on the lookout for people who seem to be in serious need of help. We try to help them in some way to have a more secure home or perhaps give them some rice to eat and sometimes we help them to improve or enhance their business. This last week in Kampong Reab we met a lady who seemed to need a little support.
She was like several others before. Her husband had died and her daughter and other family were no longer around and she was trying to raise her 7 year old granddaughter. All of the villagers knew her as the “skinny poor lady”. Sarah Kate and her translator Sim went to visit her and found her in dire straits. She sold bunches of older looking bananas for 2 or 3 cents profit each! We suggested she try to expand her offerings but she did not have any way to the market which was several miles away. It was determined she needed transportation so we bought her a bicycle. She can use it to go to the market and her daughter might even be able to ride it some to her school in the future. We also gave her some rice which is always needed. Rick