In words and images, the Globe media offers a gallery of portraits in the very precarious districts of Phnom Penh where we intervene, along the Boeng Trabek canal.
We discover the testimonies of inhabitants who live in shacks on stilts, in mud and water, under the threat of eviction. We also talk about the way Planète Enfants & Développement accompanies these communities.
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February 13, 2020
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