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Showing posts with label Cambodia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cambodia. Show all posts
14 April 2014
21 March 2014
17 March 2014
14 March 2014
8 March 2014
7 March 2014
Cambodia's Prats-in-Power (4) Mass Faintings
Nor is it the lack of food.
No,the failure of workers to look after themselves that is the reason for the mass faintings in many of Cambodia's garment factories.
"I want to tell you all that we have looked deeply into the situation of mass fainting, and it is not caused by the work, but mostly because of the workers’ health. For example, when they get a headache or are slightly ill, they don’t see a doctor, because they think healthcare is too expensive.' said one of Cambodia's Prats-in-Power, National Social Security Fund director, Ouk Samvithyea.
So hundreds of workers have a headache or are slightly ill and then faint all at the same time? Nothing to do with noxious fumes and meager, poor-quality food, Samvithyea?
And of course the workers don't 'think' healthcare is too expensive they know it is when there is just a few dollars to feed and clothe themselves and send money home to family in the provinces.
5 March 2014
3 March 2014
Cambodian Mental Health Care Deficient
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| Poverty, homelessness, and high rates of post traumatic stress mean psychiatric care is acutely needed in Cambodia |
In 2010, Cambodia had around 35 trained psychiatrists and 45 psychiatric nurses.
With a population of around 15,000,000 that means there is one psychiatrist for every 428,570 people.
Compare that to Australia* which has approximately one psychiatrist per 5,500 people and one mental health nurse per 1,500 people.
And even when comparing psychiatric care with an equally poor country such as India, the lack of support for Cambodia's mentally ill is still woeful- it is estimated that India has one psychiatrist per 250,000 people.
This lack is even more acute as studies show that instances of post-traumatic stress are very high in Cambodia because of the horrors of the Khmer Rogue regime.
*includes psychiatrists in training
2 March 2014
1 March 2014
27 February 2014
A Mountain of Ministers
1 prime minister, a ridiculous 9 deputy prime ministers,15 senior ministers, 13 ministers attached to the prime minister and 27 other ministers.
And within the cabinet there are a staggering 179 secretaries of states.
179!
Bloated much?
But corruption means there are favours to be given and repaid and so, just like the armed forces where generals are stupidly plentiful, government staggers under the burden of senior bureaucrats each with agendas of their own.
25 February 2014
What Wat? Wat Sarawan, Phnom Penh
A once a week at Wats and other places of worship within the region.
24 February 2014
21 February 2014
Moment of Zen: Peaceful Elephants in Cambodia (Reprised)
The Wildlife Conservation Society presents camera trap footage revealing an intimate glimpse of Asian elephants in Seima Protection Forest, Cambodia. The stunning images were collected during biodiversity monitoring work by WCS and the Cambodian Government's Forestry Administration, and filmed by Daniel Morawska, WCS's Seima Management Advisor.
19 February 2014
Generally Generous
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Yet, in 2010 there were more than 2,200 Generals in RCAF. That's a staggering 1,500 more than can be found within the US military.
1,500 more!
Or, put another way, US forces have 1 general for every 3,142 personnel, while Cambodian forces boast 1 general for a scarcely believable* every 86 personnel!
An acknowledgement by the military that the number of generals within its ranks was out of control resulted in a halt to further promotions in November of 2011. But last week 29 lieutenant-Generals were promoted to generals of the 4-Star variety.
That, of course, has nothing to do with Hun Sen wishing to shore up his support among the upper ranks of the force during these times of unrest.
* This figures appears so utterly ridiculous, I'm not sure, no matter much I do the research and the maths, that I believe it.
18 February 2014
What Wat? The Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints, Phnom Penh
A once a week look at Wats and other places of worship within the region.
This Church Of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints sits at the quiet end of Phnom Penh's Street 63.
The church claims that is has a Cambodian membership of 11,469 which is spread over 27 congregations.
Many Cambodian refugees from the Vietnam War living in the United States joined the Church in the 1970s.
Cambodian branches of the Church were also established in various metropolitan areas in other countries.
The government of Cambodia granted legal recognition to the Church on 4 March 1994. Since the early 1990s, the Church has given millions of dollars in humanitarian aid and welfare support to the people of Cambodia.
There are approximately 140 Mormon missionaries in Cambodia- under 30 of those are pedaling their bikes while pedaling their religion and 40 other missionaries are Cambodian converts. The rest are senior missionaries.
17 February 2014
Remembrance (6) Shrines, Spirit Houses, Memorials and Offerings from the Region
Street 432, Toul Tompong,
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Children are Not Tourist Attractions: Orphanage Abuse Continues
An AsianPacificPost.com article- Orphange Tourism Leads to Exploitation in Asia- shines light on the issue again.
'...according to a 2011 UNICEF study, an estimated three out four children in Cambodia’s orphanages still have one living parent.'
'Children in these orphanages are rarely given an education, instead being put to work until the tourists come to visit, when they’re wheeled out as bait for donations. Unsurprisingly, little of those donations end up being spent on their care.'
“The really important message for all the tourists coming from Europe, from Australia, from the US, is that you are driving an industry that is incredibly abusive and exploitative of children."
*There are some fine orphanages in Cambodia. Sunrise Children's Village is a stand-out example.
For more see:
http://www.asianpacificpost.com/article/5972-%E2%80%9Corphanage-tourism%E2%80%9D-leads-exploitation-asia.html
http://www.thinkchildsafe.org/thinkbeforevisiting/
http://cambodianbeginnings.blogspot.com/2013/04/think-before-visiting-orphanage.html
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