Images from Cambodia
Photos by Helen Caux

A young prostitute waits for customers in a village near Sihanoukville.
Street children in the capital Phnom Penh attend an education programme administered by NGO Friends, one of UNFPA’s partner organizations in Cambodia.
An abandoned child on the streets in Phnom Penh begs for money. A land mine victim can be seen in the background.
Children pray during activities sponsored by NGO Friends.
This billboard advocates for safe deliveries, urging women to have their babies in a clinic or hospital.
Children in Phnom Penh learn to read and write thanks to a project carried out by  NGO Friends, with funding provided by UNFPA.
Street children not only learn to read and write, they also have a chance to acquire a job skill. This workshop trains young men as electricians
This young woman is learning sewing skills in a workshop for adolescent girls.
A young man gets his hair cut in Phnom Penh.
A Buddhist monk in Phnom Penh.
A woman sells fresh produce in one of Phnom Penh’s many local markets.
This young woman works as a guide at Angkor Watt.
Fishing is still a main source of income for coastal communities in Cambodia.
The Cambodian version of a “holocaust museum” features mountains of human skulls from the virtual genocide carried out by the Khmer Rouge regime. Some 3-4 million people were killed during their reign of terror.
Women (in background) recovering from deliveries in a small clinic designed like a rest home.
Women relax after giving birth in a specially designed maternity clinic.
New-born baby in the maternity hospital in Phnom Penh.


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