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The land enclosed is no longer a presence, as if what was displaced or destroyed at these sites no longer matters. Memory has been traded for development. What will be erected with a strict belief that the future is the only concern?

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In 1997, I returned to Cambodia. At that time, rumors of a coup were going around Phnom Penh, and it finally happened in July. Following heavy street fighting in the city, the battle moved to the country’s northwest.

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Bernard Tan and I have just come back from a 3 day trip in Cambodia where we spent considerable time with The Riverkids Project and also with the slum communities in Phnom Penh. We experienced first hand the wonderful social work The Riverkids Project are doing on the ground for poverty-stricken kids and their families who [...]

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