Rice fields in Kampong Cham

Feeding all the children in Cambodia

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July 12th 2008
Yesterday, I had to meet with the partner in Kampong Cham which was a really beautiful town along the Mekong River. All the French colonial architecture, wide boulevards, and pleasantly calm streets somehow free of the millions of mopeds that every other city seems to have. The drive there was out of some National Geographic show with water buffalo and cows working the fields, farmers hunched ov ... 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