We visited villages in the Battambang province, guided by Helpage Cambodia. There we met Buo Phan (91), living there with her children and grandchildren. She […]
Making of…
There used to be a strong social bond in the pagoda
In our search for the lives and life questions of elderly in Cambodia, we also interview the young generation. Sochoeun (37) a sociology teacher and […]
Giving back the portraits to the elderly: an adventure in Battambang
After an intense week of meeting elderly in the Battambang province, making portraits and video of them and their stories, guided by Helpage staff, we […]
Making of…documentary elderly: Khwon Chhoeut
On the 18th of august we met Khwon Chhoeut, an elderly man who lives with his wife in Battambang city, and rents houses to generate […]
Solidarity works two ways: Vathanak
When we hired Vathanak (22) to be our assistent / translator, the first thing he told us was that he lived with his grandmother (66), […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Helpage Cambodia
One of the riddles to solve is how elderly in governmental and NGO field of work seem non- existent. As head of sociology faculty Thy […]
Visit to the Pagoda
This morning 5 AM we woke up to go to the Pagoda Wat Sampeou Meas, were we meet Sociology professor Sina at 5.30 AM. In […]