Actives

In Cambodia, the national education system is improving and Vocational Training is developing which is a good thing. But as in all countries there are those who cannot keep up in school or are misfits, families too poor to pay for school or vocational training for their children ... they will remain on the margins, in a country where, for a long time to come, there will be no social support (apart from NGOs). PSE’s action began at the end of 1995 with the children scavenging on the Phnom Penh dumpsite. When the dumpsite was relocated, some of the families of “our children” continued to work on the new dumpsite under more difficult conditions (lower resale rates because they cannot sell anywhere else: transport is too expensive). Others have become street scavengers or work in other difficult and risky jobs.