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Re: Volunteering in Cambodia
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Originally Posted by ScorpioPower
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.
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I agree. 
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Originally Posted by ScorpioPower
People going there thinking that they can change everything are kidding themselves. It aint gonna happen.
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This is true. Cambodia, however, seems more open to consulting based on real-world experience and training, than Thailand though.
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Originally Posted by ScorpioPower
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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Agreed. What years of being taken advantage of and in genocide/war cannot be brought back overnight. Many things were lost during the reign of Pol Pot...including the ancient shadow plays.
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