“The government talks about poverty reduction, but what they are really trying to do is to get rid of the poor. They destroy us by taking our forested land…
Under Pol Pot we died quickly, but we kept our forests. Under the democratic system it is a slow death. There will be violence, because we do not want to die.” – A Cambodian villager affected by an economic land concession. From the report “Land Concessions for Economic Purposes in Cambodia: A Human Rights Perspective”, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Human Rights in Cambodia, November 2004
It is a nation of wanderers. From rural villagers, evicted by government land grabs, to those migrating to the city in the fragile hopes for a better life, Cambodia is a poignant example of a global phenomenon of displacement, which has complex causes with a common theme: leaving and arriving, putting down tenuous roots, only to be uprooted again. Rural migrants becoming the urban poor, living in makeshift squatter communities, are an increasing part of the global population, now numbering over one billion, according to recent United Nations estimates. War, genocide and the current climate of government corruption have displaced much of Cambodia’s people, a population of “fringe dwellers” perpetually on the move.
While some of the photographs, (taken from 2005-10,) document a harsh and precarious life, many of the pictures also depict the pride in ownership and extraordinary enterprise which signify hope and the will to thrive, despite extraordinarily difficult circumstances.
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ប្រជាជនខ្មែរក្រមែន តែសំដាច់មិនក្រទេ សំដាច់មាន ដុល្លារវាល់លាន។ សំដាច់ធ្វើបុណ្យម្ដងៗ ចំណាយរាប់លានដុល្លារឯណោះ អ្នកក្រល្មមដល់ពេល ចេញតវ៉ាប្ដូរសង្គមនេះហើយ ព្រោះបើមិនអីចឹងទេ សំដាច់ៗ មានប្រាក់កាស មិនដឹងជាយកទៅណាអស់ទេ៕
Hun Sen has ten and ten thousands of hectar to give to Yourn Companies through land concessions but some Khmer people are living in the grave yards (no punt intended) with the dead.
There are three basic needs in life! Shelter, food, and sex!
Talking about shelter such as housing and Hun Sen policy fail big time because of the land concession and land grabbing!
Talking about food such fresh produce and meat and some commerce still use dangerous chemical to preserve the food and pesticide contamination.
Talking about sex such family planning promoted by Bun Rany Hun Sen is sending the wrong message to the Cambodian population to encourage the killing of babies and to encourage irresponsible sex before marriage!
This is the legacy of Hun Sen and Bun Rany Hun Sen.
Be honest and fair to the people, who try to resolve these problems.
All countries on the world have their own black or dark sides. Not just our country Cambodia, but this kind of life also existed on the western world. USA also have, only they look different styles. Homeless, people don't have jobs or lost their homes and lands are also found all over the part of the US in some parts of Europe.
Feel so sad and sorry for our Khmer people, who have to fight for their daily life.
But we all should try to do the best for our country and our Khmer people and for the next generations.
War and conflict will brings changes!
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