Another day in our research into elderly in Cambodia found us in Battambang province, in the house of a woman of 85 years old, Ean […]
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Our research results visualized: Wall of Elderly
In our current research we talk to elderly around Cambodia. In our house / studio in Phnom Penh we made a wall with the research […]
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), […]
Poverty: total insecurity
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]