Kandal province will organise a December 22 ceremony to celebrate the announcement that the province had been declared open defecation free (ODF). Kandal provincial governor Kong Sophorn chaired a December 19 meeting to prepare the ceremony.
Kandal province’s Sa’ang district reached “open defecation free” (ODF) status after the provincial Department of Rural Development gave official verification on September 16.
Kandal province announced that four of the province’s 11 districts have achieved Open Defecation Free (ODF) status. Authorities called on the other districts to join in with efforts to achieve ODF status by year’s end.