Saracie in Stung Meanchey, Cambodgia
December 19, 2007 9:06 pm Uncategorized
Misery At Stung Meanchey
A young girl cries while sitting in garbage at the Stung Meanchey dump site in Phnom Penh Cambodia
This little girl had cut her hand on a piece of garbage and was sitting alone crying. I approached her to look at her hand and she had suffered a puncture wound to one of her fingers. Her hands were blackened with grime and flys were landing on the open wound.
I walked down to the nearest shack that sold bottled water and then returned to search for the girl’s mother with this girl in tow. We found mom, opened the bottle of water, cleaned the wound, and gave the rest of the water to the girl.
The point of this narrative isn’t what I did of course, or even the girls situation and why she is sitting in a dump. The point that struck me was I could not find nor see any first aid kits with bandaids, gauze, hydogen peroxide, anti bacterial solution…..or anything else around here.
There should be a first aid kit in every garbage truck, on every tractor, and one kept down at the “store” (actually just a very poor plastic and wooden shack infested with flys).
Somehow, we have to make this happen rather quickly.
(Copyright: John Brown, Sursa: http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/photo565953.htm )
***Stung Meanchey is the location of the city landfill for Phnom Penh, Cambodia where a large number of people live in absolute miserable conditions with relative affluence nearby. The people “pick” salvageable materials from the dump wastes to sell to nearby collectors for a dollar or two a day. Most disturbing are the large numbers of children working in the toxic mess with little chance for school, health care, or a future.
mai multe portrete din Stung Meanchey, ceva mai optimiste totusi, gasiti aici: http://www.pbase.com/mjbushue/stung_meanchey
mihaela :
Date: December 19, 2007 @ 10:58 pm
Impresionanta! Ce mai poate spera fetita aceasta?! Din pacate si la noi in tara cred ca sunt multe cazuri disperate de care inca nu stim!
Doamne miluieste!
Ralu :
Date: December 21, 2007 @ 8:38 pm
Dumnezeule mare!!! E incredibil!!! Cand ma gandesc care sunt “necazurile” mele, ca, uite, imi voi petrece revelionul in Elvetia si in loc sa am 400 de euro de cheltuiala voi avea numai 300, k vreau pantalonii aia super cool din vitrina, desi mai am inca 2-3 perechi de panataloni la fel acasa, ca de ce nu primesc de Craciun dvd-ul acela original care contine melodii pe care oricum le am in pc, imi dau seama ca… I have a problem… Ce traiesc eu nu sunt probleme, nu sunt necazuri, dar viata acestei fetite si a altor mii de fetitze si baietzi din intreaga lume e o adevarata mizerie. E foarte greu sa intelegem deplin ca suntem niste fericiti. Si daca astfel de imagini nu ne fac sa ne dorim mai putin toate nimicurile care noua ni se par absolut necesare, daca ele nu ne fac sa ne deschidem mai usor portofelul pentru a ajuta un amarat, atunci ele ar trebui macar sa ne faca sa dam Slava lui Dumnezeu pentru binecuvantarea vietii noastre…
Marius :
Date: January 8, 2008 @ 11:33 pm
Chiar ma gandesc…cati am rezista daca am fi in situatia ei?
Alin :
Date: August 16, 2008 @ 2:30 pm
Doamne ai grija de ea
Dani :
Date: May 27, 2009 @ 9:15 am
Doamne ajuta-i pe cei in situatii de genul asta!
otilia :
Date: August 27, 2009 @ 9:08 pm
Spre deosebire de voi, pentru aceasta fetita asta este viata si va invata sa se descurce pana la urma, altfel nu va avea sanse. Deja este mai puternica decat noi cei care stam in case calduroase si navigam relaxati pe net.
Pe ea n-o ajuta nimeni din afara daca nu se ajuta singura. Asa invata sa supravietuiasca.
Iar ca sanse reale nu are decat doua optiuni. Ori o scoti din sistemul ala definitiv ori o lasi sa devina puternica.
claudia :
Date: May 22, 2010 @ 9:18 pm
imi vine sa plang cand vad asa ceva
Anonim :
Date: January 30, 2011 @ 2:15 am
otilia
Eu cred k vorbesti foarte lejer, cu foarte mare usurinta o ”condamni”
cum adik invata sa supravietuiasca si sa devina puternica? tu crezi ca ia ar mai supravietuii dak ar fi fost lasata in situatia aia?
Te asigur eu 100000% ca NU.
Un caz ar fi sa fi avut totusi pe cineva care i-ar fi asigurat cat de cat o sursa de mancare oricat de mica ar fi ea si un adapost,care ar fi ala.
Eu cred k tu sau noi dak am fii in situatia ei la varsta aia singuri printr-e gunoaie am ajunge de mult in pamant.
Mai gandestete inainte sa vb.
danut :
Date: March 17, 2012 @ 9:31 pm
Pedeapsa mare vom suferi cu totii pentru nepasarea si indiferenta de care ne inconjuram si mai ales dam dovada…