Children of all ages in rural Takeo Province, Cambodia now have a library and books to call their own. (Photo courtesy of Caitlin Ishigooka) LONG BEACH – One sign came when she couldn’t enter the existing library because the floor…
Khvien teachers receive their second delivery of rice
You may recall that the teachers at Khvien have entered into an agreement that the school will remain corruption free i.e. schoolchildren will not be asked to make any payments for attending school . For background click here: Rice4Teachers How is…
Pain of Khmer Rouge Era Lost on Cambodian Youth
Seth Mydans/The International Herald Tribune Yeoun Chany, 38, who lives near a former killing field, said her children “only know there are skulls and bones here; they don’t know what they are.” By SETH MYDANS TRAPAENG SVA, CAMBODIA —…
Thought for the Day #2
“Education‘s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one…” Malcolm Forbes
Cambodia: Rice politics
Rice is more than a staple of the Cambodian diet. It also implicates land rights, trade and international relations. A post on The Mirror reveals the frustration of Cambodians, including Cheam Yeap, a Cambodian People’s Party official, over land leases…
Global downturn threatens Cambodian garment success
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Mon Moeun, one of thousands of Cambodians pulled out of poverty by a job in the garment trade since foreign investors arrived in the 1990s, may be back rearing pigs soon after a collapse in demand…