Sophal Starts A New Chapter In His Life
Sophal became a Buddhist monk because it was the only way for him to gain access to education. Coming from a poor familiy, he grew up as one of seven children. All of his older siblings dropped out of school because their parents were unable to support them through graduation. Sophal joined a local pagoda at the age of 13 and became a monk, in order to have an opportunity that his siblings...