A baby sleeps in a corner of a home in a squatters village in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The alleyway where the home is located is inhabited by approximately 55 people, including many school aged children too poor to attend classes. Each family pays roughly $20 per month for these shacks to various landowners in return for squatting rights. The slum is located less than a block from Phnom Penh's main tourist strip.
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Saturday, August 2, 2008
Pot and Fan
A baby sleeps in a corner of a home in a squatters village in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The alleyway where the home is located is inhabited by approximately 55 people, including many school aged children too poor to attend classes. Each family pays roughly $20 per month for these shacks to various landowners in return for squatting rights. The slum is located less than a block from Phnom Penh's main tourist strip.
The Net
The Mekong River serves as an attractive fishing spot for residents of Luang Prabang, Laos, The waterway is an important freshwater source for farm irrigation and agriculture throughout Southeast Asia. Further, many fishermen's livelihoods depend upon harvesting fish from the river to earn their livings and contribute to their community food supply. Although Luang Prabang is a UNESCO World Heritage City,several dam projects have been propsoed along the Mekong in Laos and Cambodia.Friday, August 1, 2008
The Wall
Today in history...36 years ago: August 1,1971—North Vietnam experiences its worst setback, during the Vietnam War with the U.S. and South Vietnam, when approximately 100,000 of its citizens lose their lives in devastating floods that overpower capital Hanoi's dike system.www.lightstalkers.org/john_brown
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