Chin, Chan Rith

English Name: John
Date of birth: unknown
Age: 9 Sex: male
Place of birth: Kampong Speu Province, Cambodia
Mother's Name: Khim, Ret
Status: Aquatic grass cutter, $7.50 US/mo
Father's Name: Chin, Reun
Relatives: 2 brothers, 3 sisters

What activities do you like to do in your free time?
I like drawing, reading and writing Khmer language and playing outside by the riverside.

What are your favourite subjects at school?
I like math, Khmer language and learning traditional Khmer songs.

What do you want to be when you grow up?
I want to be a singer.

What do you like about living at the NCCLA Orphanage?
I like that I can go to school and eat good food. I like living here because we go places together and we see and learn about new things.

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Suy, Chan Thorn

English Name: Scole
Date of birth: unknown
Age: 9 Sex: male
Place of birth: Kampong Speu Province, Cambodia
Mother's Name: Yarl, Chan
Status: Land protector, $13 US/mo
Father's Name: Suy, Ly
Relatives: 1 sister, 2 brothers

What activities do you like to do in your free time?
I like reading English books and drawing. I like playing marbles and football (soccer) by the riverside.

What are your favourite subjects at school?
I like math and writing. I like writing descriptions about life in my village.

What do you want to be when you grow up?
I want to be a doctor. I want to help poor people. If they cannot pay, they can come see me free of charge.

What do you like about living at the NCCLA Orphanage?
I have enough food to eat here. I like to learn English and Khmer. I like to do traditional Khmer dance too.

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Yan, Channa

English Name: Anna
Date of birth: unknown
Age: 14 Sex: female
Place of birth: Kampong Speu Province, Cambodia
Mother's Name: Sim, Sarim
Status: lost to AIDS
Father's Name: Khuon, Rith
Relatives: 1 brother, 2 sisters

What activities do you like to do in your free time?
I like reading about history and short stories. I also like to read and write cartoons.

What are your favourite subjects at school?
I really like history, math and writing about any subject.

What do you want to be when you grow up?
I want to be a guide. I like to tell people facts and information about places, people and things.

What do you like about living at the NCCLA Orphanage?
I like learning traditional Khmer dance, English and the food is very good.

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Nop, Dun

English Name: Balak
Date of birth: unknown
Age: 10 Sex: male
Place of birth: Takeo Province, Cambodia
Mother's Name: Kea
Status: lost to AIDS
Father's Name: Nop
Relatives: 3 sisters, 1 lives at NCCLA

What activities do you like to do in your free time?
I like drawing, reading English books and playing games like marbles and football (soccer) by the riverside.

What are your favourite subjects at school?
I like math, Khmer language and social studies.

What do you want to be when you grow up?
I want to be a guide. I want to introduce foreigners to Angkor Wat.

What do you like about living at the NCCLA Orphanage?
I am happy because everyone takes good care of me. I see the doctor if I am sick. I can have a clean body, eat good food. We go to special places on holidays. I like going to school.

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(surname unknown), Jumnol

English Name: Allan
Date of birth: unknown
Age: 11 Sex: male
Place of birth: Kampong Speu Province, Cambodia
Mother's Name: unknown
Father's Name: unknown
Relatives: His grandmother died. In order to come to Phnom Penh,
Jumnol stowed away in the luggage compartment of a bus. He had lived on the streets for approximately one year before coming to the NCCLA.

What activities do you like to do in your free time?
I like playing marbles, and football (soccer). I never played when I lived on the streets. I only collected rubbish to get money to eat.

What are your favourite subjects at school?
I like math and Khmer language. I like to be a comedian.

What do you want to be when you grow up?
I want to be a veterinarian. I love all animals, but not mosquitoes.

What do you like about living at the NCCLA Orphanage?
I am very very happy here. I have clean clothes, food and a place to sleep. I like that there are big girls to help teach me. I have a new family.

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Khorn, Kim Hong

English Name: Julia
Date of birth: unknown
Age: 10 Sex: female
Place of birth: Takeo Province, Cambodia
Mother's Name: Dork, Sokhorn
Status: Farm hand, $15 US/mo
Status: died of unknown cause
Father's Name: Chan, Tha
Relatives: 2 brothers

What activities do you like to do in your free time?
I like drawing and reading.

What are your favourite subjects at school?
I like Khmer language and social studies.

What do you want to be when you grow up?
I want to be a doctor. I want to help poor people with any type of disability.

What do you like about living at the NCCLA Orphanage?
I like the place where I sleep. It's bigger than my home. I enjoy learning English and Khmer. They take us on field trips and I learn about my country. It's nice to live so near to a market. My mother is too poor to feed my family, so I came to live here.

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Chaang, Leakhena

English Name: John
Date of birth: Rebecca
Age: 8 Sex: female
Place of birth: Kampong Speu Province, Cambodia
Mother's Name: Phaktra
Status: Vegetable seller, $13 US/mo
Status: killed by a landmine
Father's Name: Sreng, Pon
Relatives: 1 brother, 1 sister

What activities do you like to do in your free time?
I like drawing and reading Khmer stories about the White Elephant and the Good Bear Doctor.

What are your favourite subjects at school?
I like both math and Khmer language.

What do you want to be when you grow up?
I want to be a Khmer language teacher. I want to teach the poor children in the countryside.

What do you like about living at the NCCLA Orphanage?
I like living here because I get good food and I go to public school. I also get to learn English and Traditional Khmer dance. It's fun when we go on field trips together; we have a lot of fun.

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Nheun, Mean

English Name: David
Date of birth: unknown
Age: 9 Sex: male
Place of birth: Kampong Speu Province, Cambodia
Mother's Name: Yom, Sat
Status: Farm hand $13 US/mo
Father's Name: Nheun, Nhil
Status: died of unknown disease
Relatives: 3 brothers, 1 sister

What activities do you like to do in your free time?
I like drawing, reading, doing my homework and I like Hacky-sack and football (soccer).

What are your favourite subjects at school?
I like to learn Khmer language and math.

What do you want to be when you grow up?
I will help poor and disabled people. I want to change things.

What do you like about living at the NCCLA Orphanage?
I like living here because everyone takes good care of me. Dun, Ea, Dee, Thawee...everyone helps me. I am happy to go to school, learn dance and I like to go to the cinema and places like Kampong Suong.

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Puth, Meas

English Name: Michael
Date of birth: unknown
Age: 10 Sex: male
Place of birth: Takeo Province, Cambodia
Mother's Name: Van
Status: hired farm hand, $13 US/mo
Father's Name: Puth, Thean
Status: died from unknown disease
Relatives: 1 sister at NCCLA, 3 brothers

What activities do you like to do in your free time?
I like to read and write English and Khmer. I also enjoy football (soccer) and hacky sack with my new brothers.

What are your favourite subjects at school?
I like math and Khmer language. I am happy to learn how to read and write my language.

What do you want to be when you grow up?
I want to be a veterinarian. I really love all animals and I want to help them. I tried to help a bird once and when I saved it, a dog came along and ate it. I was very sad.

What do you like about living at the NCCLA Orphanage?
Since living here, I get some money when we dance and I save it in my piggy bank. I can use it to help my family. Also, I have good food to eat and I go to school.

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Huch, Navine

English Name: Widooka
Date of birth: unknown
Age: 5 Sex: male
Place of birth: Takeo Province, Cambodia
Mother's Name: Huch, Rina
Status: lost to AIDS
Father's Name: Chin, Reun
Relatives: none

What activities do you like to do in your free time?
I like drawing, playing "rock, paper, scissors", and I like sleeping too.

What are your favourite subjects at school?
I like Khmer language and singing songs.

What do you want to be when you grow up?
I want to be a singer.

What do you like about living at the NCCLA Orphanage?
I am happy here because I get a lot of food. We go to places, and I like going on a bus. I like going to school. This place makes me feel happy.

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Siek, Khun Ne

English Name: Andrew
Date of birth: unknown
Age: 12 Sex: male
Place of birth: Kampong Speu Province, Cambodia
Mother's Name: Nieng
Status: lost to AIDS
Father's Name: Chuon, Seakhun
Relatives: 2 cousins at NCCLA, lost twin brother at birth

What activities do you like to do in your free time?
I like football (soccer) and reading stories about Cambodian culture.

What are your favourite subjects at school?
I enjoy learning about the history of Cambodia and Khmer language.

What do you want to be when you grow up?
I want to be a pilot because pilots can travel anywhere in the world.

What do you like about living at the NCCLA Orphanage?
It's nice that we have field trips sometimes. Mostly I like that I can go to public school. Living with all of the children is really good because we are happy.

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Sopha, Nin

English Name: Figo
Date of birth: May 24, 1993
Age: 13 Sex: male
Place of birth: Kampong Speu Province, Cambodia
Mother's Name: Lay, Sopha
Status: lost to AIDS
Father's Name: Sear, Backy
Relatives:1 brother living at NCCLA,1 older sister, she is very ill. 1 cousin living at NCCLA.

What activities do you like to do in your free time?
I enjoy doing puzzles, playing football (soccer), and reading.

What are your favourite subjects at school?
I like history of Cambodia, math, Khmer and English conversation. I also enjoy P.E.

What do you want to be when you grow up?
I want to be a lawyer because I want to help poor people who have been wrongly accused of crimes and who can't afford a good lawyer. This is very common in the countryside.

What do you like about living at the NCCLA Orphanage?
I was not able to go to school in my homeland. I like studying at public school. I have food to eat here and I didn't before I came here. I am happy to be in a new family. They take us places like Sihanoukville.

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Ky Sopha, Noch

English Name: Beckham
Date of birth: unknown
Age: 8 Sex: male
Place of birth: Kampong Speu Province, Cambodia
Mother's Name: Sear, Backy
Status: lost to AIDS
Father's Name: Lay, Sopha
Relatives: Relatives: 1 brother at NCCLA, 1 cousin at NCCLA, 1 sister, very ill

What activities do you like to do in your free time?
I like reading, playing football (soccer) and badminton and Khmer New Year festivities.

What are your favorite subjects at school?
I like Khmer language. When I am in grade 8, I want to study geography and Cambodian culture.

What do you want to be when you grow up?
I want to be a pilot. I like making airplanes.

What do you like about living at the NCCLA Orphanage?
I like living here because I get food. Neth and Thawee take us to other provinces so we can learn about our country.

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Yem, Pech

English Name: Wara
Date of birth: unknown
Age: 10 Sex: male
Place of birth: Kampong Speu Province, Cambodia
Mother's Name: Yem, Ry
Status: Vegetable seller, $15 US/mo
Father's Name: Meun, Phal
Status: disabled by landmine
Relatives: 2 brothers, 1 sister

What activities do you like to do in your free time?
I like reading, playing outdoor games like marbles, football (soccer) and hacky-sack.

What are your favourite subjects at school?
I like math and Khmer language, and I really like question and answer time.

What do you want to be when you grow up?
I want to be a researcher of historical places in the world (Anthropologist).

What do you like about living at the NCCLA Orphanage?
I am happy to live here because I have lots of food. I go to school and learn traditional Khmer dance. I like to play the drums. My family takes us to special places. I really like going to the cinema.

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Preap, Pha Noun

English Name: Jessica
Date of birth: unknown
Age: 8 Sex: female
Place of birth: Kampong Speu Province, Cambodia
Mother's Name: Oum, Chan Horn
Status: Vegetable seller, $10 US/mo
Father's Name: Hun, Sarom
Status: died from landmine explosion
Relatives: 1 brother

What activities do you like to do in your free time?
I like reading, dancing and singing. (Kareoke with Thawee's father)

What are your favorite subjects at school?
I like writing and Khmer language.

What do you want to be when you grow up?
I want to be a postal-worker. I would like to deliver mail.

What do you like about living at the NCCLA Orphanage?
I like having a nice place to live. I get money to save and to spend. I get to eat good food. I enjoy learning English too. I like going to the supermarket because we do not have these in my homeland. The field trips are a lot of fun.

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Phan, Prak

English Name: Seedan
Date of birth: unknown
Age: 6 Sex: male
Place of birth: Kandal Province, Cambodia
Mother's Name: unknown
Status: lost to AIDS
Father's Name: unknown
Relatives: Grandparents

What activities do you like to do in your free time?
I like drawing, playing football (soccer) and badminton.

What are your favorite subjects at school?
I am learning math and Khmer language now. I like Khmer language but I really want to learn about science and technology.

What do you want to be when you grow up?
I want to be a driver of a truck or car. I want to help poor people in the countryside.

What do you like about living at the NCCLA Orphanage?
I like to live here because I get money everyday and I always have a full stomach. Neth and Thawee take us to special places like the park and Water Park. We went fishing together once. I like that.

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Pork, Ratha

English Name: Kelly
Date of birth: unknown
Age: 11 Sex: female
Place of birth: Takeo Province, Cambodia
Mother's Name: Ngoi
Status: Rice farmer, $13 US/mo
Father's Name: Pork, Chheung
Status: died of unknown disease
Relatives: 5 brothers, 1 sister

What activities do you like to do in your free time?
I like reading, crafts and I want to learn to knit.

What are your favorite subjects at school?
I really like math, social studies, Khmer language and science.

What do you want to be when you grow up?
I want to be an English teacher. I would like to go to another country to learn English if it is possible.

What do you like about living at the NCCLA Orphanage?
I am happy here because I have clothes and good food. On special holiday occasions we do fun things together. We learn English and Khmer Language. I like to go shopping. This is very different from my homeland.

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Yan, Srey Nak

English Name: Zoe
Date of birth: unknown
Age: 13 Sex: female
Place of birth: Kampong Speu Province, Cambodia
Mother's Name: Sim, Sarim
Status: lost to AIDS
Father's Name: Khuon, Rith
Relatives: 2 brothers, 2 sisters

What activities do you like to do in your free time?
I enjoy reading, learning about Cambodia first and then the rest of the world. I also like to help with chores in the center.

What are your favorite subjects at school?
I like math and social studies of Cambodia

What do you want to be when you grow up?
I am not sure yet.

What do you like about living at the NCCLA Orphanage?
I like living here because I have a big family. I really like having my own quiet time and even though there are many children in the center, they let me be. Everyone respects each other. I have good food to eat here and people take good care of me.

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Smut, Srey Neang

English Name: Christina
Date of birth: unknown
Age: 10 Sex: female
Place of birth: Kampong Speu Province, Cambodia
Mother's Name: Eung, Kimhieng
Status: Coal wood collector, $15 US/mo
Father's Name: Smut, Sarom
Status: died of unknown cause
Relatives: 3 brothers, 2 sisters

What activities do you like to do in your free time?
I like reading, drawing, reviewing my school work and helping with chores in the center. I like to try and read English.

What are your favorite subjects at school?
I like math and social studies.

What do you want to be when you grow up?
I want to be an English translator.

What do you like about living at the NCCLA Orphanage?
When I was in the countryside it was very quiet. I sometimes only heard the birds. I miss this sometimes but I like living here because I learn English and I like to learn the traditional Khmer Dance. I get to eat good food.

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Nop, Srey Rath

English Name: Jasmine
Date of birth: unknown
Age: 12 Sex: female
Place of birth: Takeo Province, Cambodia
Mother's Name: Kea
Status: lost to AIDS
Father's Name: Nop
Relatives: 1 brother at NCCLA, 3 sisters

What activities do you like to do in your free time?
I like reading about Cambodian history. I also like to help around the center.

What are your favorite subjects at school?
I like Khmer language and math.

What do you want to be when you grow up?
I want to be a nurse. I would like to go back to my province to help poor people like me. This will be a brighter future for me.

What do you like about living at the NCCLA Orphanage?
It is very different from home. I get to study dancing, Khmer and English. Also, I like to go on field trips with everyone. I learn about my country when we go places. I am safe here.

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Duong, Srey Rin

English Name: Amy
Date of birth: unknown
Age: 10 Sex: female
Place of birth: Takeo Province, Cambodia
Mother's Name: Duong, Phang
Status: lost to AIDS
Father's Name: Yort, Ban
Relatives: 1 brother, 1 sister killed by a landmine

What activities do you like to do in your free time?
I like drawing, reading English books and practicing my traditional dances.

What are your favorite subjects at school?
I like math, Khmer language and science.

What do you want to be when you grow up?
First I want to be a waitress, and then I want to become the owner of a restaurant.

What do you like about living at the NCCLA Orphanage?
In my homeland no one took care of me except for my grandmother. Here there are many people who care for me. I get to go to school, learn English and eat good food.

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Puth, Srey Vorn

English Name: Jennie
Date of birth: unknown
Age: 8 Sex: female
Place of birth: Kampong Speu Province, Cambodia
Mother's Name: Van
Status: Hired hand on a farm, $13/mo
Father's Name: Chhem, Chhan
Status: died of unknown cause
Relatives: 4 brothers

What activities do you like to do in your free time?
I like drawing, listening to music, reading and sometimes I'm allowed to watch cartoons.

What are your favorite subjects at school?
I like Khmer language and math.

What do you want to be when you grow up?
I want to be a dentist. I want to pull out bad teeth in children's mouths.

What do you like about living at the NCCLA Orphanage?
When I lived in my homeland, no one took me to the doctor. Here they take good care of me and help me. I like learning at school and learning English.

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Neuv, Ty

English Name: Hinry
Date of birth: unknown
Age: 13 Sex: male
Place of birth: Kampong Speu Province, Cambodia
Mother's Name: Touch, Phalla
Status: Aquatic grass cleaner
Father's Name: Neuv, Ry
Status: disabled due to landmine
Relatives: 1 sister

What activities do you like to do in your free time?
I like reading, doing my homework and practicing written English vocabulary.

What are your favorite subjects at school?
I like to learn about Cambodian history, math and Khmer language.

What do you want to be when you grow up?
I want to be a pilot. I want to fly around the world.

What do you like about living at the NCCLA Orphanage?
I like having an education. The people look after me very well. They give me food. I like living in the center with everyone.

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(surname unknown),Nye

English Name: Nye has not chosen one yet
Date of birth: unknown
Age: 8 Sex: female
Place of birth: Steang Treang, Cambodia
Mother's Name: unknown
Father's Name: unknown
Relatives: none

What activities do you like to do in your free time?
I like learning. I am dancing now, I know the Minority dance because the children taught me

What are your favorite subjects at school?
I have never been to school, but I am very happy that I will go to school. I want to learn how to read and write.

What do you want to be when you grow up?
I would like to learn English very well and then become an English teacher.

What do you like about living at the NCCLA Orphanage?
It is very different here. Before coming here I had to work hard cleaning dishes for a man in a Karaoke Bar. The people here speak nice words to me and encourage me to learn. Everyone takes good care of me, and the older girls help me to learn to read and write Khmer. I am happy here.

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