{"id":82,"date":"2006-10-22T10:26:32","date_gmt":"2006-10-22T02:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rice4life.sg\/bulletin\/?p=82"},"modified":"2008-12-23T18:22:18","modified_gmt":"2008-12-23T10:22:18","slug":"cottage-industries-in-khvein-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rice4life.sg\/bulletin\/news-updates\/cottage-industries-in-khvein-village\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Cottage Industries’ in Khvien village"},"content":{"rendered":"
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During our visit we have seen various enterprises used by villagers; here are some examples:<\/span><\/div>\n
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BRACELETS<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Kournn Lumong<\/span><\/strong> has a daughter in Grade 6 and lives quite close to the school, next to S……..’s family.\u00a0She supports her family by making bracelets for her daughter to sell to tourists at Angkor Wat. (Margaret will be bringing a supply back to Australia for sale; the proceeds will be used for the school projects.)<\/span><\/div>\n
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RECHARGING OF BATTERIES<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Villagers power their meagre lighting (and Mr Ournn’s TV set!!!) with car batteries. Of course, they need constant recharging. One villager has a petrol driven generator and he offers a re-charging service.<\/span><\/div>\n
Costs are:\u00a0\u00a0 Small sized battery\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 500 Riel<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Medium size battery\u00a0\u00a0 1,500 Riel<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Large battery\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03,000 Riel<\/span><\/div>\n
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[4,200 Riel = 1 Australian dollar]<\/span><\/div>\n
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CASH CROPS<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Sweet potatoes (see post entitled “Staying Alive”)\u00a0
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SELLING TO THE TOURISTS<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
The usual items sold by children from Khvein village are books (describing some aspect of Cambodian life and history), postcards, bracelets, and Cambodian scarves (“gror-maa”). These items are bought from a man from Siem Reap who acts a a wholesaler to the children in the Angkor Wat carpark. The margin is very small by western commercial standards and\u00a0someone like G….. may go for days without selling a book. By the way, if they don’t “work” (make a sale), they don’t eat.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Martin\u00a0and Margaret<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

During our visit we have seen various enterprises used by villagers; here are some examples: \u00a0 BRACELETS Kournn Lumong has a daughter in Grade 6 and lives quite close to the school, next to S……..’s family.\u00a0She supports her family by…<\/p>\n

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