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Girl Rising | Cambodia Chapter

Girl Rising: Cambodia Chapter. Written by Loung Ung and voiced by Alicia Keys, Sokha’s chapter is one of nine remarkable stories from the Girl Rising film. Sokha was a Cambodian child of the dump; orphaned and forced to pick through garbage to survive. But, through a series of miracles, Sokha finds her way to school and, like a phoenix, rises to become a star student on the brink of a brilliant and once unimaginable.

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Girl Rising – Cambodia Chapter

Written by Loung Ung and voiced by Alicia Keys, Sokha’s chapter is one of nine remarkable stories from the Girl Rising film. Sokha was a Cambodian child of the dump; orphaned and forced to pick through garbage to survive. But, through a series of miracles, Sokha finds her way to school and, like a phoenix, rises to become a star student on the brink of a brilliant and once unimaginable future.

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2019 The Refugee Response Cleveland Benefit Highlight Reel

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The administration is cutting the number of refugees the U.S. will take, and that’s attracting criticism from some evangelicals

The Trump administration announced this week that it will slash the number of refugees allowed into the United States to an all-time low. But the plan is a reminder that the president’s hard-line immigration policies often go beyond attempting to curtail illegal immigration — and end up directly affecting some among the groups that support Trump most strongly. Read full article

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Angelina Jolie: Climate Change Is Already Displacing Millions of People. It’s Our Responsibility to Help Them

BY ANGELINA JOLIE SEPTEMBER 12, 2019IDEASJolie, a TIME contributing editor, is an Academy Award–winning actor and Special Envoy of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. Read full Article

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“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.” ~Maya Angelou

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First They Killed My Father Trailer

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The day the nightmare started

Forty-four years ago – on April 17, 1975 – a nightmare started for Cambodia and its entire population. On that day, after a brief battle on the outskirts of the city, Khmer Rouge fighters marched into the capital Phnom Penh and took control of the country.

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Happy Khmer New Year!

Sur S’dey Choul Chnam Thmey! Happy Cambodian New Year! This year, Khmer New Year is celebrated on April 14-16. Yup! Three days of celebrations. https://pharecircus.org/khmer-new-year/

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