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Since its inception in 2004, Trailblazer Foundation has had a close relationship with the Rotary International community, receiving important initial and ongoing support from Clubs and Districts across the United States, and around the globe. We have received nineteen (19) grants from Clubs in the United States, thirteen (13) grants from clubs outside of the States, and two (2) international grants (see list below). Additionally, Trailblazer's co-founders, Chris Coats and Scott Coats, have been members of the Rotary Club in Siem Reap City (Trailblazer's headquarters in Cambodia).
Finally, as co-founder and executive director, Chris Coats has spoken to numerous Rotary groups - at monthly meetings and annual conventions. Most recently, Chris was a keynote speaker at the annual meeting of District 5440, which covers the U.S. states of Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho and Nebraska. There were approximaetly 300 people in attendance, with representatives from nearly 50 Rotary Clubs across the four state district.
After the event, Chris received a nice thank you note from the District Governor, in which he said of Trailblazer's story: "The story of the evolution of the small project supported by Jackson Hole Rotary into the very effective program today was both immediately noted by the Rotarians, and very much a motivation to plan for bigger and better projects through their own clubs."
Our response: Thank you for the kind words, and the ongoing support. Trailblazer would not be the "very effective program" it is today without the support of a myriad of Rotary Clubs. Those clubs, and their financial support, are listed below.
Rotary Club of Golden (Colorado, USA)
-- 2024: $1,000 for 5 latrines & training of usage and hygiene
Rotary Club of Denver Se Foundation (Colorado, USA)
-- 2024: $3,000 for 15 latrines & training of usage and hygiene
-- 2023: $2,500 for 34 bio-sand water filter replacements
-- 2022: $1,575 for 9 latrines & training of usage and hygiene
Fort Collins Breakfast Rotary Club (Colorado, USA)
-- 2023: $4,500 for 24 latrines & training of usage and hygiene
Rotary Club of Lakewood Foothills Foundation (Colorado, USA)
-- 2019: $245 for three water filters
-- 2017: $300 for water well and water filter
Rotary Supper Club Charitable Association (Wyoming, USA)
-- 2019: $500 to help reach our bicycle goal
-- 2017: $900 for Agriculture Training
-- 2013: $350 for Envirofit clean cookstoves
-- 2012: $1,000 for general support
-- 2011: $1,000 for supplies/playground for kindergarten school
-- 2009: $2,000 toward International Rotary Grant for $37,150
-- 2008: $2,000 for playground equipment for Sras Primary School
Rotary Club of Thompson Valley (Colorado, USA)
-- 2014: $2,000 for 16 latrines
-- 2013: $100 for general support
-- 2012: $500 for Cambodia Assistance/Environment
-- 2009: $200 for a sewing machine
-- 2008: $3,200 for well drilling equipment, and 15 pull pump wells
Rotary Club of Teton Valley, Idaho (Idaho, USA)
-- 2011: $600 in general support
-- 2009: $3,000 toward International Rotary Grant for $37,150
-- 2009: $2,500 for toilets, library shelving, and playground equipment at primary schools
-- 2008: $2,000 for water project: Wells for Village
-- 2005: $2,200 for 2 wells and set of toilets at Sras Primary School
Rotary Breakfast Club of Jackson Hole (Wyoming, USA)
-- 2008: $1,000 for 12 pull pump wells
-- 2007: $812 for 5 pump wells, and Primary School Food Program equipment
-- 2006: $250 for sewing materials for Sras Primary School student uniforms
Rotary Club of Jackson Hole (Wyoming, USA)
-- 2007: $5,000 for Bio-Sand Water Filter & Well programs
Rotary Club Zurich-Flughafen (Switzerland)
-- 2024: $2,979 for 7 latrines and 14 bio-sand water filters & training of usage and hygiene
-- 2023: $2,669 for 14 latrines & training of usage and hygiene
-- 2022: $2,341 for 29 bio-sand water filter & training of usage and hygiene
-- 2021: $4,314 for 50 bio-sand water filter & training of usage and hygiene
-- 2021: $2,050 for 11 latrines & training of usage and hygiene
-- 2020: $2,975 for 17 latrines & training of usage and hygiene
-- 2020: $4,000 for 50 bio-sand water filters & training of usage and hygiene
-- 2020: $4,960 for 62 bio-sand water filters & training of usage and hygiene
-- 2019: $6,000 for 75 bio-sand water filters & training of usage and hygiene
-- 2017: $9,200 for 70 bio-sand water filters, and four new water filter construction
molds (replace existing set)
-- 2017: $5,000 for new well drilling equipment
-- 2016: $9,973 for 89 bio-sand water filters
-- 2015: $5,227 for 59 bio-sand water filters, and 18 pull pump wells
-- 2014: $5,490 for bio-sand water filters
Rotary Club of Scarborough (Australia)
-- 2016: $1,470 for wells and water filters
Rotary Club of Canberra - Weston Creek (Australia)
-- 2015: $662 for 3 pull pump wells
-- 2013: $2,000 toward new well drilling equipment
-- 2012: $1,042 for support of ongoing water projects
Rotary Club International - Taiwan
-- 2013-2014: $26,475 for 52 bio-sand water filters, 410 Ceramic Filters, and 26 Wells serving over 450 people
Rotary Club International - Norway
-- 2013-2014: $20,481 for 54 bio-sand water filters, 460 ceramic water filters, 39 wells, and 30 wells being repaired
Rotary Club of Melbourn (Australia)
-- 2012: $580 for 8 bio-sand water filters
International Grant #MG70943 (2009): $37,150
-- Well Drilling Equipment
-- 60 wells and 2 rain water catch systems
-- 150 Bio-sand Water Filters serving over 2,200 people
-- Toilet, well, playground equipment, and kitchen supplies for kindergarten school
-- Agriculture trainings, including take-home start up kits for training graduates
-- 2 motorbikes and helmets
-- Mosquito nets
District 7010 - Wheels for Learning (Ontario, Canada)
-- 2009: $1,500 for 40 bicycles
Malaysia Rotary
-- 2009: $300 for 4 bio-sand water filters
Muskoka Rotary Club (Ontario, Canada)
-- 2009: $20,000 for Primary School for 480 students
International Grant #MG60935 (2007): $14,150
-- 59 wells and 14 cisterns
-- Well drilling equipment
-- 133 Bio-sand water filters
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Testimony from STEWART,
The British School Foundation has been supporting Trailblazer projects for almost 10 years. During that period, we have helped fund six new school buildings. We continue to support Trailblazer’s school projects for the same reasons we chose to do so in the first place: [1] the projects are driven by the communities themselves; [2] the projects are sustainable in the long term, thanks to a memorandum with the Cambodian government that incorporates the schools into the public school system; and [3] the vast majority of the funds we provide end up in the communities for which they are destined.
SHARLEE HUGHES
2018 OREGON IE3 GLOBAL INTERNATIONAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
My internship at Trailblazer was the most exotic yet rewarding experience of my life thus far. It allowed me to experience the Khmer culture in ways that documentaries and text books cannot provide. One cannot fully understand a culture without fully immersing yourself in it and this internship allowed me to do just that. The thing I admire most about Trailblazer is their mission to ensure that the rural villages they serve are given the tools they need to be self-sufficient instead of them relying on foreign aid. I witnessed this first hand through the sustainable agriculture program that provides education and assistance to rural farmers wanting to implement sustainable and organic practices at their farms.
EMILY ETUE
ABERCROMBIE & KENT TRAVEL
Our philanthropy program works closely with Trailblazer Foundation as a trusted on-the-ground partner. Their systematic way of identifying community needs, their emphasis on transparency, and their dedication to bringing clean water to the communities of Siem Reap Province isn’t just ideal, it’s inspiring! When our guests visit the homes of water well and bio-sand filter recipients that TF have installed it’s an emotional and eye opening experience for them. Most have never been in a situation or area where clean water is a challenge to obtain. The work Trailblazer does is important and vital to the communities of Siem Reap Province.
PEGGY GOLDMAN
FRIENDLY PLANET TRAVEL
If you're looking for a way to help people that obviously need your help, you want to be able to choose a conduit that's going to use as much of what you give to do that work as possible. There are lots of organizations out there that are doing work in Asia. I haven't seen very many that allocate most of the funds that are raised directly in these projects. That's what Trailblazer does. They are working with the local counsel in these villages to determine what projects are needed. So, they have the support of the villagers. Trailblazer works together with the people who need the help the most, and they go about providing the help in a very direct way. I think that's a model other organizations could emulate. It's a very important reason why others would want to support Trailblazer Foundation.
STEWART FRY
BRITISH SCHOOL FOUNDATION
The British School Foundation has been supporting Trailblazer projects for almost 10 years. During that period, we have helped fund six new school buildings. We continue to support Trailblazer’s school projects for the same reasons we chose to do so in the first place: [1] the projects are driven by the communities themselves; [2] the projects are sustainable in the long term, thanks to a memorandum with the Cambodian government that incorporates the schools into the public school system; and [3] the vast majority of the funds we provide end up in the communities for which they are destined.
TODD AND VICTORIA THIESSEN
SUPPORTERS
Before our trip to Cambodia in early 2016, we reached out to Trailblazer Foundation to see how our family could help a village in need. We donated a well and a water filter, and Trailblazer’s team took us to see these products, and meet the people who benefited from them. Our 8 and 9 year-old daughters learned first-hand the importance of clean water as a basis for improving living conditions throughout. They understand now that with clean water, everyone is healthier. Healthy parents can provide for their families, and healthy children can go to school, get an education, and get better jobs. We were so moved by the community and the great job that Trailblazer is doing that we donated more wells after our visit. We are proud to be participants of Trailblazer’s program.
NICKY ULRICH
2016 SUMMER INTERN
I interned with Trailblazer over the summer of 2016. I got to see, first-hand, the incredible work they are doing, as they continue to bring new opportunities to families all over Siem Reap province. I worked with Trailblazer’s staff and local farmers, as they collaborative on a project to increase the farmer's income and local economy through a farmer co-op. I saw passion and drive coming from both the farmers and Trailblazer's staff. This was not only inspiring to me, it reminded me of the wonderful work being done at the grass-roots level of development. Thanks to Trailblazer, these farmers have opportunities they might not otherwise have.
YOUNG YOUNG
TF AGRICULTURE TRAINEE
My farm was not good before the Trailblazer Agricultural training. I could only get low yields, because my knowledge about planting was terrible. I did not know how to prepare the soil, produce a seedling, and control the weeds with integrated pest management. Now, it is wonderful! I can get high yields, and my farm has a lot of types of vegetables like herbs, eggplant, and long beans. In addition, now I can plant in both the rainy season and the dry season, because I know how to plant the vegetables.
SUY KIN
FORMER CHIEF OF SRA VILLAGE
The two most important things Trailblazer provided were the school, and clean water and wells. Sra Village did not have a school until Trailblazer came. Now, many of the students who started at the school Trailblazer built are starting high school. The village health has also improved noticeably. Before they had no clean water. Now they have clean drinking water, and better sanitation. Trailblazer also helped initiate the Village Fund, which is still going, and is very successful. The families are better off financially. Most used to eat just one meal a day, now they have three. All these improvements are thanks to Trailblazer.
YANG BUNTHIM
AGRICULTURAL SPECIALIST
The thing I most enjoy about these trainings with Trailblazer is working with poor people that need our help to improve their life, by producing food they can eat and sell to the market. Now, they want more help from Trailblazer, because of the new ‘Farmers Community Group’ project, which will help farmers find local markets and restaurants where they can sell their crops.
JENNA BOYCE
GLOBALTEER COORDINATOR
The Trailblazer Foundation is certainly one of my favorite partner projects that Globalteer works with. Trailblazer is making a massive difference in rural communities around Siem Reap Province. This foundation is crucial to breaking the poverty cycle, as children would not be able to concentrate in school if their basic needs are not being met. Our Globalteer volunteers have had incredibly positive feedback working with the Khmer team, and we especially love their commitment to educating the village people on maintaining the water filters, and other survival knowledge (teaching villagers how to grow different plants) so they can earn a better wage in the local markets. So much love for Trailblazer.
CARLY MAPP
BAMBOO COORDINATOR
The Trailblazer Foundation is doing invaluable work in and around rural Siem Reap, Cambodia, providing villages with access to clean water. Visiting these communities first hand, I have seen what a difference the water filters make; being able to safely drink water, children not getting sick and being able to go to school, and being able to irrigate crops for a sustainable source of food. It is clear that Trailblazer is having a direct and lasting impact in these communities.
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