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A New Beginning for Na’s Family

Julian August 16, 2026 0 Comments
In poverty-stricken communities, it is unfortunately often the case that abuse runs rampant. This often forces women and children to leave certain environments in order to escape threats and physical danger. It takes an incredible amount of strength and courage to do this, especially as a young mother with children in a country facing as much fundamental poverty as Cambodia. While such a move...

The Conflict Escalates

Julian December 15, 2025 0 Comments
Cambodia has appeared repeatedly in global news headlines since the summer, as tensions have risen amid a decade-old border dispute with neighboring Thailand. As we have previously reported, shots were fired in July, forcing thousands of families in northern Cambodia to flee their homes and seek safety in makeshift refugee camps. While the situation initially appeared to improve following a...

Elevating a Little Boy’s Life

Julian February 16, 2025 0 Comments
Somnang was only three years old when his mother passed away due to complications from diabetes. Meanwhile, his father was suffering from substance use, which eventually led to severe mental health issues that made him leave the family out of the blue. No one knows if he is still alive today. Somnang was left behind to stay with his great-aunt, who dedicated her life to caring for him. However,...

Helping a Single Mother in Need

Julian August 31, 2024 0 Comments
There is a strong connection between poverty and gender. Women and children are at a much higher risk of sliding into extreme poverty due to a multitude of reasons, mainly the fact that developing countries like Cambodia don’t have any social welfare programs set in place to support those in need. Chanthou was five months pregnant with her second child when her husband left her. She suddenly...

A Family’s Business Venture

Julian April 28, 2024 0 Comments
After the Khmer Rouge regime in the late 70s, Cambodia was wiped out of most of its infrastructure and educational institutions. People who were educated or considered as such were actively targeted and executed during the genocide, leaving behind a traumatized and torn Cambodia, that has had to rebuild itself from scratch. This is the reason, why many people of that generation never had the...