Bedridden Sam Peach and her two granddaughters. A look at this pisture says all about the bleak prospect of this women. (Photo Bavet/Koh Santepheap news)A sad grandmother is afraid that she cannot die with her eyes closed because of her orphaned grandchildren
Koh Santepheap newspaper
28-29 April, 2006
Translated from Khmer by KI-Media
Svay Rieng Province – No words are needed to describe the poverty and misery which can be clearly seen in the photo above. The wall of the hut is made out of coconut leaves which do not even cover the wall completely. The bedridden woman is sick and is not able to perform any work to earn an income to feed her two small granddaughters. The three of them currently subsist on donations from their neighbors.
Sam Pech is a 68-year old poor woman living in Thmey village, Chrey Thom commune, Romeas Hek district, Svay Rieng province, and her two granddaughters are 3 and 5-year-old respectively. The children’s mother passed away when the youngest girl was 3-month-old following child birth complication, and their father decided to remarry and took off by leaving his children under the charge of their widowed grandmother. Sam Pech said that since her daughter died, the two children were left at her charge because their father abandoned them. Because of her old age and illnesses, their life had been extremely difficult. Her earning is not sufficient to feed her and her grandchildren, nevertheless, all three of them are doing whatever they can to survive.
Sam Pech works as a laborer sewing “kandob” leaves together. Each sewn leave earns her 50 riels (1-1/4 penny). In a day she can sew between 15 to 20 leaves [daily earning of 750 to 1,000 riels - $0.19 to $0.25]. The earning allows her to buy rice, but there is nothing left for buy any other food.
Sam Pech said that since last month, she became gravely ill and was bedridden since. She is no longer able to work and had to depend on the generosity of her neighbors for food. Some days, when her neighbors are too busy, they forgot to bring her and the two girls any food, and all three have to go on without anything to eat. We have witnessed the miserable life of this grandmother and it is extremely sad. Her current situation is not only sad, but we do not think that she can survive without the help of her neighbors, and she does not have any money at all. All that she can do is shedding tears.
The villagers said that the life of this grandmother and her two granddaughters is very bleak, however, the villagers are also very poor, they can only provide a little help to her. With her illness, the grandmother is also losing her eyesight. With her hopeless case, Sam Pech raises her hands to beg for the public generosity for her plight and those of her two granddaughters. She hopes that someone would hear her plight and help her and her two granddaughters so that, if she were to die, she can die with her eyes closed because right now, she has lost all hope.
The villagers said that the livelihood of Sam Pech and her two granddaughters depends entirely on the public generosity because the villagers do not have much mean to help her, they are being poor themselves.
Donation for Sam Pech and her two granddaughters can be sent via Koh Santepheap newspaper. For additional information:
http://www.kohsantepheapdaily.com.kh/society/donation.htm
Sam Pech is a 68-year old poor woman living in Thmey village, Chrey Thom commune, Romeas Hek district, Svay Rieng province, and her two granddaughters are 3 and 5-year-old respectively. The children’s mother passed away when the youngest girl was 3-month-old following child birth complication, and their father decided to remarry and took off by leaving his children under the charge of their widowed grandmother. Sam Pech said that since her daughter died, the two children were left at her charge because their father abandoned them. Because of her old age and illnesses, their life had been extremely difficult. Her earning is not sufficient to feed her and her grandchildren, nevertheless, all three of them are doing whatever they can to survive.
Sam Pech works as a laborer sewing “kandob” leaves together. Each sewn leave earns her 50 riels (1-1/4 penny). In a day she can sew between 15 to 20 leaves [daily earning of 750 to 1,000 riels - $0.19 to $0.25]. The earning allows her to buy rice, but there is nothing left for buy any other food.
Sam Pech said that since last month, she became gravely ill and was bedridden since. She is no longer able to work and had to depend on the generosity of her neighbors for food. Some days, when her neighbors are too busy, they forgot to bring her and the two girls any food, and all three have to go on without anything to eat. We have witnessed the miserable life of this grandmother and it is extremely sad. Her current situation is not only sad, but we do not think that she can survive without the help of her neighbors, and she does not have any money at all. All that she can do is shedding tears.
The villagers said that the life of this grandmother and her two granddaughters is very bleak, however, the villagers are also very poor, they can only provide a little help to her. With her illness, the grandmother is also losing her eyesight. With her hopeless case, Sam Pech raises her hands to beg for the public generosity for her plight and those of her two granddaughters. She hopes that someone would hear her plight and help her and her two granddaughters so that, if she were to die, she can die with her eyes closed because right now, she has lost all hope.
The villagers said that the livelihood of Sam Pech and her two granddaughters depends entirely on the public generosity because the villagers do not have much mean to help her, they are being poor themselves.
Donation for Sam Pech and her two granddaughters can be sent via Koh Santepheap newspaper. For additional information:
http://www.kohsantepheapdaily.com.kh/society/donation.htm
11 comments:
I hope hun sen the vietnamese are happy to see the misery in Cambodia. When is god going to take them away from this planet. They've caused so much suffering on Cambodian people. I wish all of the Cambodian living abroad care a little bit about Cambodia and her people rather than a nice house and cars.
This is the missing part of IMF/ADB Poverty Increase Report...
Null in Reduction of Donation...How ludicrous of government manipulation...
Rany oh oh Rany pel nah tov bawng barn choub thlai som srei pronei anett dol cheat dael kror pitt
aun komm thaer taer khdit dael swett ruom chitt oh oh Rany Rany
aun kuor anett knea kror pitt pitt komm lokk khdit oi Thai Rany Rany
Well, there is no Khmer Red Cross. There only Khmer Red Regime that strangles and drain khmer all the way.... you know what I mean.
May be not even have a Kmer Red Regime, there only Youn Red Master.
I hope we can do it together next time.
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