Frank Mabley and his wife Jane provided a very interesting presentation today about a Rotary trip they joined in January 2025 sponsored by the organization Sustainable Cambodia. This is a Rotarian-led nonprofit organization that helps Cambodian families create a sustainable quality of life with safe water and sanitation, sustainable incomes, healthy food, and quality education for their children. Village families build schools, install wells, learn alternative agriculture, and learn to manage community projects. They then “pass-on” what they have learned by helping neighboring villages. Through this model, they develop the resources needed to rebuild their future in the aftermath of the Khmer Rouge genocide which killed 25% of the population during the mid-1970's. Shockingly, there are still 32 million land mines in place which continue to have the possibility of inflicting great harm. They have come up with a unique solution: Giant rats are imported from Africa and trained to detect mines using their strong sense of smell. These "Hero Rats" can also detect Tuberculosis in humans. The Mableys spoke highly of their trip, which also included a visit to Angkor Wat - the world's largest religious monument and a World Heritage Site. It also served as the former capital of the Khmer empire but was later converted to a Buddhist temple.