This week I discovered that “TB Baby”, 18 months old and severely malnourished with no weight gain in many months, is unable to sit independently, unable to crawl, unable to weight bear on her legs and unable to walk. We don’t think help will be forthcoming. Perhaps, after all, it never was TB? It is … More Viral Panic
Mary, as I have been calling her, has remained severely malnourished now for four months of her almost seven months of life. Her five year old sister has a neurological disability caused by TB Meningitis, which happens to children when their TB disease goes unchecked for too long. Noone has ever identified the adult who … More When God Syndrome Gets in the Way
It’s a month since I wrote about Mary, aka “TB Baby”. Sadly there is still no reprieve for this deteriorating almost-6-month-old. She remains untreated and dangerously unwell at home. Her weight is perilously stagnant, with no weight gain for over 3 months. She is now developing other symptoms related to her suppressed immune system caused … More Dismay and Disarray
The roads leading out of Phnom Penh are chaotic with many traffic sights. Traveling south on the bus I had my camera ready and snapped many pictures, occasionally noticed by subjects who happened to realise what I was up to through the bus window and who without fail responded with an amused smile from their … More A Parable From Paradise
In Cambodia alone there are thousands of hammocks slung between trees on the shores of the Mekong. I see them all the time, many positioned in fairytale-worthy locations. But there’s always poverty. I am sure it gets boring hearing this from the First World where I am well aware how difficult it is to envisage … More Hammocks on the Mekong
About half a million of Cambodia’s 15 million population are employed in the garment factory industry. These workers make around $80 per month. Export from this industry earns the Cambodian economy around $5 billion per year. In recent times garment workers have been lobbying for a pay rise to $160 per month. Today at least … More Attacked by a chicken
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