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| Katrina Doherty is off to Cambodia |
By Kirsty Cranitch
South-East Advertiser (Australia)
SOUTHSIDER Katrina Doherty is on a Cambodian hike to raise awareness of the continuing impact on the local population of unexploded landmines, cluster bombs and other remnants of the conflict.
Speaking to the Advertiser before she left for Community Challenge Cambodia, Ms Doherty said she was impressed with hike organiser Mines Advisory Group’s (MAG) work.
“The effects of war last a very long time and people forget about them,” Ms Doherty said.
“MAG trains staff, of whom 90 per cent are Cambodian nationals they are victims of bombs and land mines and have prosthetic limbs.
“They do the day-to-day work of clearing rockets, missiles and grenades and they’re not only trained in that dangerous task but also in community development.
“This is because large areas have been heavily mined throughout Cambodia so staff work with authorities to decide what are the most important areas to clear for schools, water access and farming land.”
On the challenge, Ms Doherty is spending two days trekking around the temples of the greater Angkor Wat region and then working on a community project to build traditional Cambodian houses for the poor and landmine victims.
She has raised $4500 for the hike.
She plans to spend the next year working in Timor off the coast of Darwin.
2 comments:
cambodia need education from outside world about the spirit of humanitarian, god, and worldly education, etc... people are too isolated like a frog in the well, you know! there are a lot of potential in the people, but they need the opportunity to excel, and don't blame the gov't as there are more to cambodia than this, it is the people's own responsibility to work hard, get educated and become better human being, etc...
If Khmer Hun Sen is a good leader,Khmer citizens do not blame him,but he is evil man,they blame or even put him to death.
Hun Sen is an irresponsible leader.Did he have good leadership,management,and duty as a leader?He let Vietnam to encroach Cambodian land.Thai destroyed Khmer market,and Thai troops stay in4.6 square miles.Is he a good leader.
30 years under Hun Sen leadership,why did Khmer people get poorer and poorer and almost starve to death?Khmer went to work abroad such as in Thai,Singapore,Taiwan,South Korea...much much much countries;and also he let six Vietnamese illegal immigrants in and live happily in everywhere in Cambodia.
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