A village of scavengers has developed in the dump site, as the empty bottles and plastics provide a source of income for the very poor. There are 540 families living there, and over 1,000 kids.
We delivered food - bananas, apples, pinneapples, and bread - to all the kids.
They were short handed, so I had to volunteer with the medical team. All of these kids, from 8 months to 7 years old, had all of these medical needs especially infections. Lots of them had scabies on their feet. Others had open wounds that had become infected. A little baby has a dislocated arm. A mother had a piercing ear ache. I had to sanitize and clean off their wounds. Held back the tears. It was hard. Here's a video.
Yea, I'm crying...
ReplyDeleteHi there did you visit the NEW DUMP SITE or were you conned into the now closed Stueng Meanchey site!
ReplyDeleteThankyou Kohei for sharing this. I have recently returned from Cambodia and was deeply moved by what I saw and heard. i wanted to raise awareness of the plight of so many Cambodians but also to show the beauty of the country so I made a slideshow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbv0BTzF4Sg&feature=youtu.be
ReplyDeleteit is rather long and I now want to make a short one about poverty in Cambodia . I am looking for e relevant photos. do you have any of children with infections or bare feet on the dumps that I can have. This is just to raise awareness I don't benefit in any way but I hope that the Cambodfians will somehow. My email is sowing.seeds.for.Cambodia@hotmail.co.uk