Children
School boys and Girls
After Khmer Rouge regime was toppled, most of Cambodian people attended school too late. Because school building had been destroyed and closed. To me, I was too late to attend school as well, aged at 10. Looking at the present time, young boys and girls start their study at the age of more than 3 […]
Grand Concert Bosbapanh
On December 21, 2007, younger singer, Bosbapanh, will sing her new songs for the second album from 7pm at Chaktomuk Theatre (Phnom Penh) under the patronage of the Ministry of Culture. She is 10 year, her mom is Laotian and her daddy is Cambodia. Her band was named “La Compaignie BOSBAPANH”. She will be companied […]
Life of boy and girl in rural areas
After studying at school and school vocation, boys and girls in remote and rural areas always spend their time to help their parents. I went to Svay Rieng and sew boy and girl herding cows in front of their house. I thought that their lives are not different from theirs in the same rural areas. […]
Poor children have less opportunity to attend school
At the beginning of new academic year 2007-08 started on October 2007 with an opening ceremony as planned. Parents have been required to register their children at public school at age 6, while they reach the age of schooling. Even though, all of them have an equal chance to attend school, the children is living […]
Workshop on “Role of youth in peace building”
Last week, I went to Siem Reap to attend workshop on “Role of youth in peace building” organized by Youths for Peace from 20-25 September, 2007 with 200 young participants from different provinces and municipality, including Phnom Penh, Battambang, Kampong Chhnang, and Takeo provinces.
There are many issues happening in the current society such as gang-related […]
Trading Sex with virgin in Cambodia
The International Organization for Migration released report on “The Ties that Bind: Migration and Trafficking of Women and Girls for Sexual Exploitation in Cambodia”; there are about 85 percent of the Asian men who pay to have sex with virgin in Cambodia, which around half of the Asian clients are Khmer (47%) and the other […]
