The fate of the elderly in my country, Cambodia

GRANDMA IS SO POOR. SHE HAS NOTHING TO EAT
The kind of picture that breaks my heart…

Cambodia is still one of the few countries in SE Asia whose state does not cater for, or formally recognise the needs of its elderly – the aged population. Reeling from the destructive legacy of the Khmer Rouge regime in the seventies where the nuclear family unit had been deliberately split apart to deny the family any influence it could exercise as a main rival institution to the state, this social and core human fabric has been coming under attack and grievously and violently violated further ever since under the current neo-KR regime as a consequence of the state's failure to redistribute 'generated' economic wealth equitably among its citizens, or rebuild a sound economic base capable of meeting demands of its domestic labour market, particularly, among the youths whose search for job opportunities has been forcing them to venture overseas leaving behind dependent family members such as this elderly woman to fence for themselves in the process… ~School of Vice, KI Media   

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Comments

  1. Kathy Grimm

    March 20, 2014

    +Jendhamuni Sos , My Dear Sister, this is horrible and inhumane to treat the elderly in such a cruel heartless way. Doesn't anyone care about their elderly?

  2. Reg Dawn

    March 20, 2014

    So sad..I have no words…will pray.
    Thanks sister.

  3. Leonard Lee

    March 20, 2014

    Feel so empty and bewildered against such helplessness

  4. rickyl jacksonjr

    March 20, 2014

    awww….you would think….someone would help..at least for a fleeting moment…

  5. Carmen A

    March 20, 2014

    Lord have Mercy.  It is so sad

  6. yong Tou

    March 20, 2014

    នេះជាការកំ់ុសត់របស់អ្នកស្រុកខ្មែរ តើថ្ងែណាទើបអស់រូបភាពអ្នកក្រីក្រ :;"???

  7. Leonard Lee

    March 20, 2014

    So horrible when we do not see our connectedness

  8. Gordon Lee

    March 20, 2014

    Sad, but just yesterday I asked if anybody reading these posts would assist in development of a healthcare and art colony in Cambodia.
    Needless to say, not one response was received. Words mean nothing without action, now do something after seeing this heart breaking photo of an elderly woman reduced to begging while nobody does anything to help her in the US, or elsewhere. Just look the other way, always the answer to avoid the image of suffering.

  9. Juan Perez

    March 20, 2014

    I know cambodia is so poor,I dont know why the people dont make presure to the president,how make organisation to protect the poor people now we have diferrents ways to found the everything you need, n cambodia have a big population,the only problem is thr people have scare to talk,am from puerto rico a little island wit big heart.

  10. satiche kelkar

    March 20, 2014

    One must care their elders it is natural moral duty of all

  11. Tommy Graves

    March 20, 2014

    That's a shame, on the leadership of Cambodia whereby
    the rich have no mercy through their political strategy. ( That's the trickery of the KR regime which cause that economy failure sense the seventies.) Jendhamuni do all u can do for her u r her blessing in her sight and the our Created! Now here in the USA we need to open our eye and recognize what political party trying to lead this country down a similar path sense the eighty talking about( trickle down) what wooden nickels to now the welfare of poor and our elders!

  12. Corina Farser

    March 20, 2014

    Oh my God jen my heart is so sad for him wish I was there to help people like him

  13. Tommy Graves

    March 20, 2014

    A negative entity can't help what comes out there own mouth showing hate from Cor the topic is Grandma don't your deceitful heart!

  14. Abby Hattenbach

    March 20, 2014

    This is one of the things that makes you want to cry for hours till you know its been fixed. : (

  15. Antonio Zippo

    March 20, 2014

    +Abby Hattenbach
    Really it is not. What makes me want to cry is when I can't straighten my hair in the morning, every body laughs at me then I get upset, then I cry.

  16. Margaretann Hudson

    March 20, 2014

    Why dont someon try to help her instead of giving up on her until she dieds of starvation please help her

  17. S. R. Singh

    March 21, 2014

    I see elderly people in such pitiable condition in India too. There is no effective social security scheme here also though anti begging law is very much in place. Wherever there is corruption, there is no priority in government schemes for such poor elderly people.

  18. George Bolton

    March 21, 2014

    Been there…1969 my tilok took me on my R&R. The most beautiful place & people I have ever seen.

  19. Ajay Agnihotri

    March 21, 2014

    Don't get upset Jendhamuni, there are so many children in this world they don't have food one time only. We have to help them, I am also giving funds every month for such children. God bless them.

  20. Shiksha Singh

    March 21, 2014

    you should form an association to build homes for these elders and help them and provide them with food three times a day by getting money from people of the society

  21. Philip Tan

    March 21, 2014

    Why reach people so reach and pool people so poor

  22. George Bolton

    March 21, 2014

    Sad as it may be … at some deep level I think we all choose to be here in the conditions we are in. That why I say pain has been my best of friends. I have had tough time in the not so long ago past and still now, but if I could change or relive my past I wouldn't. Now I'm being conscious aware of who and what I AM and that I have the power within to change without. I can have any thing my heart desire…. now knowing this it seems like I want less.

  23. Hamin Khatib

    March 21, 2014

    Peace!!! Our Minds cannot see the full curve!!! of G-d Plan. Coming from a people who have been made the Servants of Servants for the World over 40million!!! G-d plan is better!! Your people will come out stronger and purer than before just like the Native African Americans!!! Peace!!! 

  24. nanditha srinath

    March 21, 2014

    I really feel v v bad for that old lady n people in Cambodia tch…..tch

  25. George Bolton

    March 21, 2014

    Now that you have the knowledge of good and evil you will become gods like us. Jesus said not only will you do as I have done but more

  26. George Bolton

    March 21, 2014

    I don't believe in a god above us that we should bow down to and worship the kingdom is within. Love is an expression not an impression.

  27. George Bolton

    March 21, 2014

    The white man with a beard made me suplicitous. I don't believe in Santa anyone and being a homeless vet I don't trust uncle sam

  28. sujon b

    March 21, 2014

    তোমায় হাজার সালাম,

  29. Tharika Lakshani

    March 22, 2014

    Please don't post like that pics it's really sad to see….it's hurts soooo much…

  30. nuel iruka

    March 22, 2014

    She is so poor!what do you want from people?

  31. michael didi

    March 25, 2014

    i want console them
    but i 'm still young.I can do nothing.

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