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During my time in Cambodia a few weeks ago, the beauty and tragedy of the children struck me. There is a sacredness to life that the West seems to take for granted, which is not necessarily a given in many parts of the world. In Cambodia, I saw on several occasions entire families of four and five riding on one single moped down a busy Cambodian boulevard without helmets. A few times the mother was nursing her infant while riding behind the father. 
Our staff in Phnom Penh said that several children in their neighborhood were brain damaged from moped accidents. Yet that is their life.
Additionally, I visited this family who lives in an alley behind a Shell station.
Mom has AIDs, probably picked up from Dad who got HIV from a local brothel visit. Now the children get to look forward to a life potentially without Dad or Mom. Who will care for them?
Hopefully our team or some other NGO will be able to continue to help. Families like this one are numerous in Cambodia. May God's Kingdom come soon. |
| | Posted 3/21/2006 7:23 PM - 162 Views - 6 eProps - 3 comments
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