2 people died by flooding in Cambodia

I just had a quick view on news in Cambodia in the morning,  after i arrived my pratical work place, Landratsamt Bayreuth.  I feel sad about the flooding in Cambodia. It is effected to some of the provinces and people life.

Cambodia daily newspaper report that a boy, 3 years old died by flooding while he was playing at his house in Kampong Thom province. Last week there were a women in Prekvihear province died because of the water flow very strong on her….i am so sorry for them…natural disaster took people life.

How about flooding in VN now, Chhin and all friends in VN group? Is there flooding in Laos, Somdy, Nok, Ket and Kane?

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POVERTY is man-made

Phnom Pehn Post reports that Theary”…Poverty is not fate. Poverty is not destiny. Poverty is man-made; it results from the greed and arrogance of power, poor governance and ill-conceived policies.  Today, we join voices against the scourge of poverty and to urge the G-8 leaders to be more mindful of Cambodians and the less fortunate of this world, she said.

”Yes, Cambodia is back – but not everyone. In Cambodia, 35 percent live on less than 50 US cents a day”, added Theary, Executive Director of the Center for Social Development (CSD) On 7 June 2007, German rock legend Herbert Groenenmeyer, U2’s Bono, Bob Geldof and civil society umbrella organization Global Call to Action against Poverty organized the P-8 Rock Concert in Rostock, Germany to highlight the plight of the world’s poor, to coincide with the G-8 Summit where the leaders of the world richest countries were meeting in nearby, seaside Heiligendamm.

Poverty causes by Lack of education, War, Corruption, Environmental destruction, Landlessness. Theary said, Enrollment is up, but we have one in two Cambodian child not completing primary school.

‘Poverty causes war. We, in Cambodia, had to start literally from the Year Zero, when almost 2 million Cambodians died as a result of the Khmer Rouge’, she added. 

So, today, let us be reminded: Poverty is not destiny. Poverty many times is man-made. Poverty is the worst form of violence. Hence, let us do everything in our power to fight against this worst form of violence.

Amidst the poverty, there’s also much beauty in Cambodia; come visit us. We still need your help.

”And today onward,  ich bin eine Rostockerin ! Danke schön…., Theary”  [Phnom Penh Post, Issue 16 / 16, August 10 – 23, 2007]