Category: CAMBODIA
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Between heaven and the lake~
The haunting floating villages of Cambodia, unforgettable, enchanting and beautifully colorful. Day 77 of 365~ Image taken in Enchanting Cambodia, April, 2010
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Imagine a life so simple…
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Imagine a life so simple life in a little house on the lake it is warm enough not to need any clothes your toys are a little boat and a stick no television, no video games, no ipods, imagine that! your school is on a boat and it floats your playground is made of water…
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How do we unlock their future potential?
Photographs are funny things. They can capture the state that you and your subject were in when you clicked the photo, and each time you look at it again, you are magically transported to that moment and it all returns, the smells, the weather, the sounds, the colors, and your emotional state at that time.…
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Eyes that tell a story
A friend told me recently that when they see photos of children from countries like Cambodia, they cannot help but see the difference between their eyes and the eyes of western raised children. This is so true. And what is it about eyes? They are the first thing we meet normally in a person, the…
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More than one reason to smile…
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Sombath Srey Toch is a 13 year old girl who has been coming to the Cambodian Children’s Painting Project for two years. Srey Toch never smiled when she first started coming and she had no good reason to. Her mother died leaving her and her brother to the care or rather abuse of an older…
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More inspiration and many thanks overdue…
I just love it so much when I come across people in my life who do so much good, have so much dedication, offer so much service without realizing how much they do. Most of the time these people do not hear enough “thank you” or “wow” or “amazing”. They are so much into what…
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Chab Chamreoun, social worker, inspiring Cambodian
Huge smile always on the ready, willingness, brightness, intelligence are a few of the qualities that emanate from Chab Chamreoun, also know as “James Brown” around the Cambodian Children’s Painting Project. He was studying for 8 years at a wat (Cambodian Temple) near Sihanoukville. There he studied and received a degree in social work. Despite…
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so little can be so much- rain in Phnom Penh
Yesterday I was about to leave the guest house in Phnom Penh to make my road trip to Sihanoukville when suddenly the sky opened its floodgates and within minutes the streets in Phnom Penh were transformed into brown swimming pools. I was standing there with 2 cambodian boys trying to help me with my bags,…