Story of the Little Girl

Story of the Little Girl


This is the poorest family with one of children having a hollow heart disease. This family receives monthly transport cost from Khmer Association for Development to send one of the sick children to national children hospital in Phnom Penh to get medicine for treatment including upcoming heart operation. According to close observation at this family’s house, it really has a severe problem with living and daily food. The family members don’t have enough to eat. According to direct interview with the grand mother of the family, she said that she has two grand children, the first grand child is Toeu Srey Tin and the second grand child is Toeu Srey Ty. Toeu Srey Tin has been sick since she was young until she has become dumb and has even had a hollow heart disease. As for the second grand child, she is alright. Their father died

from self-hanging because he repented that he was unable to feed the children and the wife whereby they live miserably. The mother of these two children currently works as a karaok woman who sits with guests and serves beer to them at Kampong Speu provincial town. She gets monthly wage of USD70 and some other tips from the guests as well. She has done such work as she wanted to make money to buy milk for the youngest child who has just been 1 year old. The grand mother said with tears that currently her family has faced a lot of difficulties as follows:

  • The family lacks of food and sanitation,
  • The family is in debt due to severe illness of the first grand child,
  • The grand children are always sick,
  • There is a domestic violence,
  • The first grand child will undergo her heart operation soon and she will need 6 bags of blood,
  • There is no warmness in the family,
  • The husband committed suicide by self-hanging,
  • There is no transport means (bicycle and motorbike) used in the family,
  • There is no sanitary toilet,
  • There are not proper clothes,
  • There aren’t any persons who are strong suppers of family,
  • The daughter was compelled to work in karaok,
  • The neighbors look down on the daughter who works in karaok.

The grand mother has requested Khmer Association for Development for:

  • continuing to finance the traveling cost and food during the upcoming heart operation of her first grand child,
  • providing blood during hear operation,
  • providing clothes,
  • providing her family with enough food,
  • feeding this dumb grand child,
  • providing her family with sanitary toilet,
  • caring for her family so that the neighbors have affection with her family,
  • providing her family with proper accommodation,
  • providing the grand children with a chance to go to school.