The Story of 11 year-old Boy Suong Sanu
Khmer Association for Development has supported the children’s health care of the family of grand father Suong Subuk for two years that has eased a big part of misery and helped solve a lot of difficulties. His family is currently facing some problems including living situation, health and sanitation, etc. According to direct interview with the grand father of a left-hand broken boy, he said that his grand son named Suong Sanu, 11 years old, survived his father for 9 years and then Sanu’s mother married another husband since he was about 8 years old. “Because I took pity of my grand son who was always scolded and suffered from domestic violence committed by the step father, I brought him to live with me, the extremely poor person too”. Suong Sanu broke his left hand on January 19, 2013 at 1:39PM because he climbed up the guava tree to pick its fruit when his grand parents went to sell the cakes in front of Prey Pdao factory. When returning home, the grand parents saw their grand son hanging down the left hand, sitting and crying alone due to acute pain. Then the grand father pulled his left hand up and was aware that it broke. Suddenly, he led the grand son to Khmer traditional healer in Vor Sar village and even called KAD staff to ask for some money to cure him because KAD always supports his grand son on health care. He spent USD25 to cure their grand son and then KAD helped spend half of this amount. After receiving money, the grand father thanked KAD that assisted his family in the event of emergency. His family is extremely poor. Land and house on which he is living, belong to other people.
Currently, his family encounters a lot of problems as follows:
This family has requested KAD for:
The story of Little Girl Phon Socheata
Mrs. Meas Sinath, 31 years old, the mother of the little girl works for Prey Pdao garment factory. Her husband is Mr. Chea Piseth, 42 years old, is a construction work in Oral district and stays there. As for Mrs. Sinath, she leaves home for work at 5:30AM and return home at 8:30PM. This couple has two children. The fist child is Phon Socheata, 7 years old and learns at grade 1 of Rolaing Chhuk primary school, for about 3km away from home village. She goes to school on foot. The second child is Phon Ratha, 5 years old. He doesn’t go to kindergarten. When the parents go to work, both children are left behind at home without warm care. Socheata was raped on March 19, 2012 and this case was known to the parents on March 24, 2012. The perpetrator named Phon Pitum, 15 years old who raped her behind his house in the banana bushes when she and other children were playing there. After this case took place, she was hurt and cried. On March 25, 2012 the mother sent the girl victim to Kampong Speu referral hospital for medical check-up and it was shown that she was really sexually molested and the perpetrator was arrested and imprisoned then. Socheata was brought by HOPE for treatment for 3 months, she was provided with a warm care and learning opportunities at their center. Since then, Socheata has faced some health issues such as scabies, psoriasis and paleness. In addition, she looked reserved and poke-faced due to long-time pain. She couldn’t go to school for 3 months. The parents felt very hurt because they took much pity of their daughter. This case has made the mother stop working in order to stay home to look after the children for change. When leaving the HOPE center, HOPE donated one bicycle, a sack of rice, some fish and soy sources, one battery together with fluorescent light. KAD investigated this case and even donated some money to this girl victim and she is still under its support on the health and education.