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My first-hand experience in Cambodia

14 April 2011 by Archie Law | Comments closed

Guest post from ActionAid Australia’s Maeva Freeman

Back in the ActionAid office sitting out looking over Parramatta Road, it is hard to believe that just two weeks ago I was in a remote village in Cambodia getting ready to build a pre-school.

I was in Cambodia as part of ActionAid’s First Hand Experience along with five amazing women from Sydney, Canberra and Brisbane.

The two week experience included cycling across Cambodia before visiting one of our rights programs in a rural village two hours from the bustling capital of Phnom Penh.

Riding through the villages outside Battambang

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Come to Cambodia with me

2 July 2010 by Archie Law | 3 comments

In March next year, I’ll be visiting a country that holds a very special place in my heart – Cambodia. If you want to learn more about the work ActionAid is doing to  end poverty in Cambodia, and elsewhere around the world, I suggest you  join me.

It was the first country I had the privilege of living in outside of Australia and it’s where my kids spent their early years growing up.

It’s also a place where I met amazing people – from King Sihanouk himself, to inspirational women in rural villages fighting for their rights.

Cambodian boy proudly sits on top of his family's rice harvest in one of ActionAid's development areas.

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