Villagers of a Cambodian village have a Jewish American family as their benefactors. The Lightmans latest gift is a mosque in the village. Villagers are grateful because it’s their first time to have such a beautiful mosque in their place. Alan Lightman, a professor at M.I.T., is the author of the book Einstein’s Dreams. He never imagined building a mosque in a place halfway across the world. Two years ago, through Harpswell Foundation, his family has help built a school. Then the villagers approached them to build a health center and a mosque. He told them that he can only afford one and asked the villagers to vote on it. The mosque won the vote. (Click here to read the full article)

The World Bank has agreed to loan the government of Cambodia a total of 30 million US dollars to fund the second phase of the Health Sector Support Program. The program aims to improve the preventive health services and the health care in general of the Cambodians, especially the poor, women and children. Its goal is also to improve the training of the country’s health workers and develop the service rendered in the health centers across the nation. WB Country Director for Cambodia Ian Porter stated that the WB is proud of the work Cambodia has undertaken when it comes to the health sector. (Click here to read the full article)

Lightning struck three Cambodian football players while they were playing during a thunderstorm. They were killed instantly. The victims were playing in a tournament organized by the government to introduce and educate the youth about the sport. This is stated by Cambodia Soccer Federation chief Sao Sokha. The incident took place in the nation’s capital and officials have warned players not to play in the field while there are thunderclouds above. Sokha said that the federation encourages the youth to participate in the sport but reminds them to stay out of the field during bad weather. As of press time, there are roughly about 40 deaths due to being struck by lightning this year alone. It has already tied with the number of deaths for the year 2007. (Click here to read the full article)