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Cambodian Peacebuilders

Long Khet

In memory of running across provinces to escape American carpet bombs, his parents named him Khet.  Khet was too young to remember...
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Yeng Virak

When asked why an education was important to him, Virak said, “It’s valuable because you can use it to make a living;...
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Touch Varine

“In 2001, the former Khmer Rouge still dressed like Khmer Rouge. They didn’t wear black anymore, but they wore shoes made from...
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Song Kosal

She knew she was different from the other children.  She could not play like they played, and she did not look the...
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Neou Kassie

Kassie pointed out the irony in how speaking English had been both a curse and a gift in his lifetime.  On one...
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Neb Sinthay

Sinthay began his work with weapons reduction in late 1998, doing fieldwork for a study on the feasibility of removing guns in...
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Meas Sokeo

Sokeo said that in many ways, it would have been easier to live inside the Cham community than outside it: “With other...
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Khus Thida

“All news stopped coming out of Cambodia when the border was sealed toward the end of May [1975],”  Thida recalled of her...
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Huy Romduoi

For 10 years, Romduol has been working to strengthen communication between government officials, citizens, community leaders, and NGO staff. Through looking at...
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Huot Thavory

By 1970, Thavory could not remember how many times she had taken refuge in trenches to escape the American bombs. She turned...
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Cheang Sokha

Sokha was eager to share his journal.  In it was an  assortment of quotes that he has been collecting for over 20...
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Chea Vannath

For Vannath, neither her extensive activism for democracy nor her leadership in Cambodian civil society was part of any plan. Growing up...
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