We stayed in the forest homes of members of the Prey Lang Network, a grassroots association of villagers risking their lives to try and slow the destruction of their forest.
The battle the Kuy and Chut Wutty are fighting against the march of logging, plantations and mining companies into the forest of Cambodia holds an uncanny resemblance to the plot of Avatar. Except this is real-life. And the bullets are real.
Rape, invisible and ubiquitous, is perceived as sexual and inevitable, and we tend to think of children and women as collaterally damaged during war. In truth, all over the world, girls and women are fully, bodily engaged in conflict.
You are probably wondering how a company that specializes in "human hair extensions" can help to empower women rescued from human trafficking.
If a picture tells a thousand words we know why photojournalists do what they do: they tell stories with their pictures.
All that remains of this once vibrant area is a bunch of torn down buildings, empty lots and shacks.
Any adoptive mother or father will tell you that the memory of the first day they held, hugged and began bonding with their adopted child is the strongest remembrance of fulfillment in a lifetime.
The world is packed full of astounding ancient cities that have survived through the ages.
During a recent trip to Southeast Asia the lives of some hidden communities and new considerations and issues came to my attention that relate to our ...
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In a crucial decision for the people and ecosystems of the Mekong River Basin, the governments of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam have just agreed to delay the Xayaburi Dam, the first of eleven dams proposed for the Mekong River.
Many of us in the charitable community have already heard about the Girl Effect, a ground-breaking campaign launched by the Nike Foundation. But a recap never hurts, so here are some compelling stats to set the stage.
Our school's mission is to get these poorest children and their families accustomed to going to school, and then staying in school for as long as possible.
30 percent of women in Cambodia suffer from domestic violence. Every third woman in Cambodia gets abused? How could that be? I put this question to Erika Keaveney, the executive director of Lotus Outreach.
Hundreds of thousands of kids in India and Cambodia will be oblivious to the start of the academic year as they begin another day at work.