Cambodia

Written by Scot, November 25th, 2009

After Tanzania it was back home for a few weeks and then back out again to Cambodia with World Vision. We shot in and around the capital city of Phnom Penh. Doing urban stories is such a different experience than shooting in the small rural villages of Africa. We were in one of the poorest areas of the city – a crowded, cramped and noisy shanty-town along the river. The conditions were some of the worst I’ve ever seen. Basically, we were up to our knees in mud, garbage and sewage.

Seyha

One of our stories featured a little 9-year old boy named Seyha. He helps support his family by collecting old bottles and plastic bags to sell for recycling. Wherever he went, we had to follow. He works all day to fill a huge bag and makes about 15 cents.

We’ve just returned home now and it’s time to start editing. We’ve got so much great material from Cambodia. Each story in the new World Vision show is only about 4 minutes long – it’s going to be tough to cut it all down!

Well, enough blogging for now. Time to get back to work. Hopefully our next posting will be sooner than three months from now!

Seyha collecting plastic to sell