*** Some hearth breaking pics I took of kids in Cambodia. :-(
 

Shit. I meant to say HEART BREAKING.

If you are ever passing through Cambodia, and trust me when I say there is no real reason you would, and you want to have your heart broken or play the good tourist and donate to some great organizations, look no further than this Hell hole.

Stoeng Meanchey is on the outskirts of Phenom Penh and hundreds, if not thousands of people, many of them children, sift through the garbage here all day to scavenge enough to maybe make $1 USD.

I spent the day here shooting pics and I can tell you first hand that the smell and almost unbearable. The gasses in the air, the smoke from the flames and the dust floating in the air made it almost impossible to breath. I can only imagine the damage that is being caused to their health while working here.

There are several orphanages in the area that will take this children in, educate them, give them healthcare and keep them out of this garbage pit. It only cost a few hundred bucks a year per child if you want to help, so if you want to do your part, do some research and help one of these kids or go there and see it for yourself. It will change your life if you do.

Here are a few snaps I took that day:

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they dont have shit and look happy go figure

Indeed. I have found that many very poor children appear to be happy. I think it could be because they don't know the alternative.

In this case, the health conditions is what is horrible. Yea, the kids may have a smile, but they will all die an early death I'm sure of some nasty illness due to this dump. :Oh crap I didn't see anyone here that look older than me (34) and that was kind of scary. They all looked very young, 30 max.

I saw similar things in the Philippines and other 3rd world countries. It really does break your heart, if you have one.

I've seen plenty to break my heart in this country as well.

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Indeed. Tragedy is everywhere.

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Bro, post some young Cambodian whores better...:-) I live for 5 years 3 hours drive from that country and never been there....:winkwink:

What's sad about this sort of thing is that with a slow internet connection and a 10 year old computer they could work online and make a ton of money by their standards.... and they don't even know it.

If you choose this standpoint, someone out there will quote you as sponsoring genocide

Sad pics, although this one did make me smile though. :)

They don't have much, but they make do, and get on with it. Some people moan on here when sales for the day are down by a few from the day before. Kinda puts it into perspective really...

Very True

Amen. :thumbsup

Sometimes I just dont get it. Take pictures of New York projects and Phili, then post what you think about 3rd world countries. Powerty is everywhere. You dont have to travel the globe around, just take a hike for 2 minutes and you will find people to shoot. I give them food, I dont make pictures of them...

And yes they are happy. I grew up in India with kids like those on your pics and I was happy with them too. Since im back in europe, I started to feel bad about things like how avarage people live here. We use 200 times the water they use a day. We cook 4 times the amount they cook and most of it ends up as trash, while they live in hunger. Im not proud to be a "white, civilized folk", If I had the cash I would help those people live a better life. They dont need no xbox and dvd's. They need clothes and food. It was nice to grow up with them. Miss those times

Man, those pics makes me sad. Like I wanna go over there and help.

That is horrible :(

I know depressed and frustradted millionaires

The level of poverty in Cambodia is very high. I feel sorry for the those small kids...at least they look happy...