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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 a Cambodian Government School?

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