Tuesday January 6 2009, Generator for Angkor Hospital for Children, Siem Reap, Cambodia.

A request came to ODRI via Peter Braun on behalf of the Ankor Hospital for Children. Their electricity generator had broken down and although they had switched to mains power, it was very unreliable and frequently off for at least five hours every day.

As a charity pediatric hospital with a functional operating theatre and a few ventilators on which their sickest children depend, they had an urgent need to maintain a reliable power supply.

The financial burden of renting a replacement generator was preventing some of the hospitals good work because they had to spend money otherwise used for consumables [bandages, medicine etc].

ODRI contacted Deputy Lord Mayor Marcelle Hoff of City of Sydney Council , who were able to donate an old hospital generator that had been sitting unused for some 14 years. The council generously agreed to donate this surplus equipment to the Ankor Hospital for the benefit of the children.

Cummins Diesel was able to provide a manul for the unit and a service inspection prior to removal.  The original controller was faulty and a replacement unit was generously supplied by Mecc Alte Alternators of South Australia.

January 12, 2009, a 40 degree day, the generator was emptied of fuel, drained of oil, (drums courtesy of Meadow Lea) and wrapped in plastic and a tarpaulin and moved, courtesy of  Johnstons Transport, who dragged the generator unit out of the basement with a 5 tonne forklift.

Thanks again to ACP Customs who kindly handled all the paperwork and shipping logistics.