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Tag: Cham people

Every Time I Go On A Plane

March 15, 2018

Kung Future is a tiny NGO working in Phnom Penh off the smell of an oily rag, with landless Cham people who live on their boats at the conflux of the Mekong and Tonle Sap rivers.  This week Kung Future reported the death of a two year old boy who fell off the boat he … More Every Time I Go On A Plane

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Saturday Lunch Musings

May 21, 2017

One morning about 13 months ago I was unsuccessfully trying to help Mum with her iPad.  The Siri feature kept turning on at inopportune moments so I was showing Mum how Siri works, as well as how to turn her off.  I turned Siri on to ask her a question just as Mum spoke, which … More Saturday Lunch Musings

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Quick Cambodia Visit: Paula

December 5, 2016

An earlier blog post already talked of my first reunion with Paula and her family.  The following Monday her mother had traveled home from Malaysia, where both of Paula’s parents are working as street vendors.  I was invited back for a celebratory lunch.  Dan drove his tuk tuk with myself and a local nursing friend … More Quick Cambodia Visit: Paula

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Keeping Up With The Chamericans

November 10, 2015

Paula was discharged from hospital late last week.  She remains in the US to be near the care she needs and because the surgeons don’t want to send her home to a place without running water until her wound, which may need further surgical intervention, is healed.  But she is healing and becoming stronger by … More Keeping Up With The Chamericans

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