Au Cambodge en ce moment il pleut. Presque tous les jours. Généralement en fin d’après-midi. Moi, je n’aime pas la pluie, mais alors pas du tout. Mais depuis que je suis ici, je commence à comprendre les amateurs de trombes d’eau. Il fait tellement chaud...
Lire la suiteThe White Building, Phnom Penh
The White building is housing more than 3000 inhabitants. The building was anarchically equipped with electricity, running water, and evacuation appliances by its occupants. Big blue pipes are running on the walls to evacuate sewage. Mildew scatters over...
Lire la suiteDirty Pretty Things
When I lived in London , I had one thing in mind: finish the year, go home and leave this place. For Okwe and Senay, it’s somewhat the same. The only and big difference is that I have an EU passport. I am free. To stay. To leave. To work. To study. To...
Lire la suiteThe good virtues of sex with virgins
Brothel owners in Cambodia pay traffickers from $350 to $450 (€225 to €290) for each attractive virgin 16 years or younger. Non-virgins and those considered less beautiful are sold from $150 to $170 each (€96). After being sold by the traffickers, the...
Lire la suiteAllons z’enfants ! Tous au resto!
Il est 18h, devant l e Palais Royal de Phnom Penh. On attend là, pas très sûrs du lieu de rendez-vous. Mais tout à coup, Leakhana, radieuse, arrive, joliment maquillée et délicatement parfumée. Leakhana a 25 ans, une pêche d’enfer, et un cœur gros comme...
Lire la suitePremière visite de terrain à Kampong Thom
Durée : 3 jours Objectif : rencontrer les ONG ‘passerelles’ (TPO, Action for Health) entre victimes et hôpitaux, le directeur de l’hôpital du district, ainsi que nos partenaires sur place pour renforcer la coopération (UNICEF, World Vision, UNFPA). Bilan...
Lire la suiteWhat am I doing in Cambodia?
I am working for the German technical cooperation agency GTZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für technische Zusammenarbeit) in a project between the German federal government (Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development) and the Cambodian government (Ministry...
Lire la suitePhnom Penh
Commençons par les quelques frustrations du début. Déjà à l’enregistrement, excédent de bagages à payer…Manu gagne son pari, et quant à moi, j’aurais dû me douter que dans un pays de businesspeople comme la Thaïlande, il n’y avait pas de place pour la...
Lire la suiteThree days in Bangkok - May 29
There we are! From Berlin to Southeast Asia ! After the most hectic week in a very long time, we managed to move out of the flat, pack for Cambodia and settle (most of) all the administrative things (although I’m still not insured)…this was stressful!...
Lire la suiteLilja 4 Ever
To start with a series on human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of children and women: “Lilja 4 ever” (2002), Lukas Moodysson, Sweden In former Soviet Union Estonia , 16-year-old Lilja is so excited about moving to the US with her mother....
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