The Plight of Cambodian Children

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This paper examines how children are affected by poverty, sex trafficking and AIDS in relation to the humanitarian relief being done to help quell these social and economic issues in Cambodia. The author uses statistic to reveal the serious problems facing children in Cambodia today caused by the war-like history of this country. The paper suggests that the decline of Khmer Rouge and the wars might enable Cambodia to recover a stable economy and to create a healthy environment for the children of this region.

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"This international proposal presents the plight of Cambodian children through a humanitarian perspective. By divulging a recent past history of Cambodia, one can learn the desperation and destruction that seriously injured and maimed children within a war-torn country. This study will reveal how the children have undergone the terrors of poverty, sex trafficking, and a rising problem for contracting AIDS within modern Cambodia. The Vietnam War was a critical point in recent Cambodian history in the year 1970. American power placed an immense amount of pressure on King Norodo Sihanouk to stop helping the Vietnamese involved in the Communist struggles of Ho Chi Min. In this manner, Sihanouk was exiled by the communist opposition party Khmer Rouge led by General Lon Nol, to help "the growing communist opposition to American dominance in Southeast Asia" (Chandler 156)."

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