សោភា
We met Sorphea at the height of the global pandemic. She lives in a small house with her mother, father and brother. Each day her mum works hard in a small shop for about $2.50 and her dad fishes in the local river for dinner. Sorphea and her brother are both excelling in their studies, […]
ផានី
We live where nobody would like to live. It’s a small temporary house on a sewage plot. Nine of my family members all live in a small dingy room. The owner allowed us to make this temporary shelter if we would look after the property for him. Except for me and my sister, all of […]
រក្សា
Last year we started the Freedom Line, the country’s first hotline specifically for adolescent girls and their families. It was in response to the threats caused by COVID-19 and meant for girls who were in immediate danger of something or someone. This week, we received a call from Raksa’s mother. It is just her and […]
សុវណ្ណនី
Sovanny is a 17-year-old girl who has dedicated herself to her studies despite the challenges. Her parents are divorced. Her mother remarried and migrated to Thailand with her new husband to find work, leaving Sovanny and her half-sister in the care of her stepfather’s family. The grandmother constantly asks Sovanny to drop out of school to […]
ម៉ាលីស
Malis came to AusCam Freedom Project in Year 11 of high school. She comes from a poor family in the province of Cambodia, but her parents wanted a better quality of life for her so she was sent to live with her aunty and uncle in Phnom Penh. From a young age, Malis has been passionate […]
ថ្ងៃមួយសម្រាប់មនុស្សយើង
It’s in times like these as we watch fear come over Afghanistan, the virus still hurting Cambodia, and instability on every channel, when we start looking for the ones wearing the “humanitarian” name tag. Help. Are you a humanitarian? You probably are but don’t know it. To many of us, the word humanitarian sounds big. […]