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Reflections of two Vietnamese-American teens

Reflections of two Vietnamese American teens

(on stateless children in Cambodia)

Recently I have seen many pictures of the Vietnamese people living on the waters of Cambodia. Due to severe droughts, their home is being stripped away from them and their living conditions have been worsened. I don’t know much about Vietnamese culture despite the fact, I want to help them. After seeing the pictures of dried up land, littered shores, and washed up boats I feel empathy for everyone who is currently struggling in that situation. In some of the pictures, there were some teens that could be around my age living a completely different life from what I’m used to. From where I live I have a certain privilege where I don’t have to worry about these kinds of circumstances, so I would like to learn more about what is happening and what I can do to help. I’m glad that more people are coming to support, the pictures of everyone together all helping out warms my heart and I hope I can do something in the future to spread even more awareness.

(Gabby, 14 years old)

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"Give a man a fish, and you’ll feed him for a day. Teach a man how to fish, and you’ll feed him forever, but what if there is no fish for him to catch, or water for the fish to swim in? This is the situation of the poor people on Bien Ho lake. They are stranded on an evaporating lake. The drought has stripped them of their ability to get food and their ability to move. Adding salt to the wound is Covid-19, which has them under lockdown. In the state they are in, these poor people will starve without help since they have lost the tools to help themselves. They are Vietnamese, but they themselves have no name or nation. The only lifeline they have is the Vidan Foundation."

(Paul, 18 years old)

 

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