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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 by nine musicians, all professors or students from Royal University of Find Arts. This band has been formed as semi-classical orchestra where they play traditional songs in as contemporary style.

The repertoire includes a number of well-known songs composed by HRH Norodom Sihanouk such as“Monica”. Bosba’s first album “Phnom Penh” also includes three traditional songs the retired king scored and popularized – “Violon Sneha”, “Slek Chheu” and “Samrong Chongkal.”

BosbaPANH and her musicians want to promote the music and culture of Cambodia.

This photo is from Jinja-Cambodia.

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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. It is because of poverty that affects their routine lives, education, and health and so on. They are reaching age to attend schools like other children. They stood with sad face and were quiet. Their face expression is so pity. Right now, they do not know yet whether what will happen to their future.

A girl is banging against tree, expressing sad face and no smile.

Sad boy is standing with long stick to herd cows.

Landscape of outskirt of remote rural areas far more than 10km from Svay Rieng’s town.

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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 in poor family, in rural and remote areas have less opportunity than the children in rich and well-off family.

When we talk about quality of education, we talk about quality of life as a result of education in school.

Prime minister said that “these problems include the fact that many children and young people, the majority of them female, poor, and living in remote areas, cannot attend school, because of a lack of school buildings and a lack of teachers.

As we knew, all parents often need their children to attend school like other children but poverty is the main obstacle to sending children to school. Poor parents always need their children to help generate income. By the way, those children often drop out or repeat class because they are busy to help their family make a living.

While it was raining heavily, I was sheltering at gas station, seeing a few hopeless children who were begging for money from people standing there. I asked them “where is your parent?” they said that they were sitting nearby. And they told me that they do not attend school yet. Some of them reach the age of schooling like others, but they have no chance to attend school it is because of poor family. Their parents are also beggars.

To these points, the poor children are losing education opportunity. Does the government have strategy to help them? According to new draft law on education, parents are forced to send their children to school. If they are poor, they are impossible to support their children to attend school, despite free enrollment, how do they send their children to school?

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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 violence, crime, drugs, HIV/AIDS, trafficking of women and children for sex affect youths. Therefore, Cambodian youths have to play important role in building peace in society.

During attending workshop, those youths learn and gain new experiences related to peace, youth volunteers, experienced peace buildings, building culture of peace in communities and interaction of religion in the world.

Youths are singing and dancing Khmer style during their break.

Youths are in hall listening to speakers presenting.

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