Distributing soap powder to the Otras families

Locals displaced for tourism

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February 29th 2008
In May 2007 the Cambodian government evicted approximately 30 families from land they had lived on near Otras beach for numerous years, to make way for a 5 star luxury hotel resort on this prime beach land. Any documentation relating to land ownership was destroyed by the Khmer Rouge dictatorship in the 1970s. These coastal dwelling families rely on fishing as their main source of income. The ... read more

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Most Cambodians consider themselves to be Khmers, whose Angkor Empire extended over much of Southeast Asia and reached its zenith between the 10th and 13th centuries. Subsequently, attacks by the Thai and Cham (from present-day Vietnam) weakened the ... ... read more