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Chanvatey's story
When we met nine year old Chanvatey* she had just returned from catching a handful of tiny fishes from the nearby pond. This was to be dinner for her, her two sisters and her mother. Tonight they would eat.
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Chanvatey lived in a wooden hut with no toilet or electricity, and the family had to walk to the community tap to get water. Her father had died, and her mother worked hard in the fields to try to provide. Sometimes Chanvatey had to miss classes at the village school to work in the fields because they needed the money. She was vulnerable to exploitation, trafficking and child marriage.
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We reach out to Chanvatey and her sisters, giving them a bicycle and an educational scholarship to attend our school. We also supported their mother to find work. Chanvatey is now 15 and still works hard at her studies. She aspires to become a primary school teacher someday and break the cycle of poverty.
*not her real name
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Light of Hope Cambodia is a partner (Project J1190N) with Global Development Group (ABN 57 102 400 993). GDG is a charitable Non-Government Organisation carrying out humanitarian projects with approved partners and providing aid to relieve poverty.