One day in February 2016, Human and Hope Association was approached by a tour company in Phnom Penh. They wanted to bring 15 tourists from India to Human and Hope Association…
There is a belief in Cambodia that when a person dies, they wander around the village as a spirit until the proper rituals have taken place. If the proper rituals…
I once asked my former workmate how he managed to have sex with his wife when they only had one bed which his young son also slept on. “When my son…
I recently took part in Indigenous cultural training. Although I have always been empathetic to the horrors that Aboriginals have gone through, I honestly had no idea of the extent…
This morning the electricity cut out at my home in Sydney. I didn’t realise it at first. I thought that the lightbulb had just blown. After flicking the switch on…
It isn’t easy for charities to stand out from the crowd nowadays. It takes a lot of planning, networking and commitment to run a successful crowdfunding campaign. These 10 tips…
There is a belief in Cambodia that when a person dies, they wander around the village as a spirit until the proper rituals have taken place. If the proper rituals are…
On April 17th, 1975, the Khmer Rouge took hold of Cambodia. They wanted to transform Cambodia into a rural, classless society. They were starting at ‘year zero’. Money, free markets, normal schooling,…
In less than five months, my partner and I will be moving back to Australia. I will have been living in Cambodia for five years and three months by that…
So it finally happened. I have finished working at Human and Hope Association. I was terrified to go to work on Wednesday; I knew that the slightest thing would set…
