The South Wagga Apex member has been heavily involved in a national Apex Club campaign since travelling to the Asian country about five years ago.

“We started fundraising locally through businesses and started looking for projects, “ Mr Hastie said, who has been a club member for about eight years. “We rounded up some guys from Apex and we raised about $40,000 for that trip.”

Another group will be heading over there this month and one of the main projects among many is rebuilding a school on a floating village.

The school houses about 300 students per day but has been left to fall into disrepair since it was built in the 1970s.

“It’s literally on top of Ton Sap Lake. Kids have fallen through floors and broken their legs,” Mr Hastie said.

“The teachers live there full-time, it’s very run down. The teachers get paid $50 to $60 US dollars a month, but sometimes don’t get paid for months. There’s nowhere to sleep, there’s no toilet at the school. So we’ve sent about $7500 to fix the teachers’ quarters and fix up the floors and walls.

“They’re just beautiful people – you want to help them out.”

If anyone wants more information or wants to donate to the cause, go to South Wagga Apex’s Facebook page – https://www.facebook.com/apexcambodiaprojects.