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Why Cambodia

The Problem
     During the Khmer Rouge Regime, Cambodia endured systematic and massive human rights violations, which included executions, starvation, and slave labor. One-fifth of the population died.

 In the four years from 1975-1979  the Khmer Rouge ruled Cambodia, it was responsible for one of the worst mass killings of the 20th Century, killing up to 2 million people. 

Pol Pot, the Khmer Rouge leader tried to eradicate any one with an education.

Whole families died from execution, starvation, disease and overwork.

 


Plagued by Poverty

Interview with Principal Pov.  What is it like in Cambodian Government School?

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