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Old 29th February 2008, 12:36   #58 (permalink)
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Re: Volunteering in Cambodia

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Originally Posted by High Five
I am so sick and tired of those "volunteering" projects.... Govt are loaded with cash, use it to buy penthouse in Manhattan, and always find good apples to work for them for free...

Right, like if the dolphins or trees were going to see a cent of the "project" ....
High Five, I'm just quoting you to get something off my chest. Cheers for the post mate!

With the state that Cambo is in at the moment, most/all organisations are not in a position to help from their top-down level. There's just too much crap to cut through.

I'm all for people like phuketbound who are going there as individuals, because that's where the lives of Khmers can be touched. From a bottom-up level.

People going there thinking that they can change everything are kidding themselves. It aint gonna happen.

While I was there I helped put a motodup through school. It worked.

Another guy I knew gave his cleaning lady enough money to set up her own market stall. That worked too.

I reiterate, it's from a bottom-up level that we, as individuals, can help that dire little country.

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