This is Chamso, who we met during one of the Buddhist days at the pagoda. She showed us the small room where she lives, at […]
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Chenda
This is Chenda. she is 75 years old. We met her in a pagoda where we attended a service at 5 o’clock in the morning. […]
Elderly monk: San and his sickness
One of the ways elderly take care for themselves is being part of the Buddhist religion and being part of the life inside the pagoda’s, […]
Oeun
This is Oeun he is 60 years old. We met him begging on the Kendal market at the riverside. He arrived yesterday in Phnom Penn. […]
Loneliness: missing my children
One of the main answers we get when we ask elderly around Cambodia about loneliness is that they miss their children. The one thing we […]
Chamso
Chamso has been living in a small room, constructed next to a pagoda 20 years ago. After her 5 children were all married, she decided […]
Financial income: provide for your family
In Phnom Penh we were looking for elderly who are still working independently of their family. One of the people we met was Mr. Sok […]
Terrorism and Mrs. Oi Roth
We went to Siem Reap in the North of Cambodia to talk with elderly in a rural environment. We were not prepared for what we would encounter […]
Older people associations in Battambang
In every country we did research so far, we found different approaches of dealing with loneliness, sickness, income and social exclusion in the lives of […]
Older People Associations in Phnom Penh
Today we met Sok Kho (78) in Phnom Penn, director of the Old Peoples Association in one of the Phnom Penh areas, and his fellows from […]