What We Can Do

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What We Can Do
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Cambodian People

• During years of battle in South East Asia, the
  United States bombs and kills over half a million
  Cambodians (1969-73)
• After years of Genocide (1975-79) by the Pol Pot
  regime of the Khmer Rouge nearly a Third of all
  Cambodians were murdered
• Pol Pot wanted to destroy all opposition and
  strike fear into the Cambodian people
• Intellects, doctors, religious leaders, and
  important people are killed to establish control
• Socio-economic impact would be felt till today

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Cambodia at Glance

• 181,035 sq.kms
• 24 provinces
• 13.5 mill (pop projection)
• US 300 GDP per capita
• 36 pop under PL
• US 0.46 PL

Laos
Thailand
Vietnam
Gulf of Thailand

Cambodia is one of the poorest countries in East
Asia. Its ranked 130th in the Human Development
Index, just below Myanmar and India.
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Cambodian People

• 1994        Cambodias 7 million mines amount to
  two for every single Cambodian child, and between
  200 and 250 people become victims every
  month.   
• 1995        The Khmer Rouge was ousted in
  Cambodia after a 3 year reign of terror in which
  hundreds of thousands died.   
• 1999        Aug 11, It was reported that an
  estimated half of Cambodia's 10-20 thousand sex
  workers were infected with the AIDS virus,
  HIV.   
• 2005        Some 80 of Cambodians lived in the
  countryside.

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Areas of Suffering

• Sanitation is a huge problem and many sewage
  systems are not available
• Bird Flu is a huge epidemic right now and
  Cambodian people are unaware of how to fight it
• Safe Sex is not taught and the people dont
  understand how STDs work
• School Systems are few and far between and
  education is not happening
• Political corruption and murder is happening
  everywhere without a way to stop it

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What We Can Do

• Raise funds for any of these causes
• Jointly raise awareness of issues
• Work closely with Cambodian relief organizations
  specializing in establishing working school
  systems
• Fund student trips to Cambodia to allow them to
  do service projects such as setting up sanitation
  systems or building houses
• Create safe sex materials or fund safe sex
  learning in Cambodia
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How To

• Do a fundraiser through different organizations
  on campus
• Find an action group in Cambodia that can be
  trusted and we can work closely with
• Find students interested in helping or possibly
  going to Cambodia
• Establish a service project that will be carried
  on for several years
• Possibly work through our government in a way
  that our actions will be effective