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Archive for November, 2010

Here is Match 50

Sunday, November 14th, 2010

Okay, here we go for nr. 50… Only 13 years apart though… (rules are there to be transgressed). From Water in Sahel and from Germany 10 Years On.…

Recent days at Boeung Kak Lake

Saturday, November 13th, 2010

A few pics from recent days at Boeung Kak Lake. There will probably be more in the future: it will take 17 to 18 months to fill the lake and have all 4000 families evicted.

A Matter of Size?

Friday, November 12th, 2010

Is it just a matter of size and value? Or is it about respecting your own citizens? Government officials came to measure the houses of the people living on the edge of Boeung Kak Lake, along the railway tracks, before the sand pumped into the lake by development company Shukaku Inc. engulfs them.

Boeung Kak Lake Smothered

Thursday, November 11th, 2010

More and more houses are being engulfed in the sand pumped into Boeung Kak Lake by Shukaku Inc. development company. People seek refuge on the railroad tracks. I have been working on refugees during 13 years. It seems I keep on doing it…

Independence Day at Boeung Kak

Wednesday, November 10th, 2010

Nov. 9th is Independence Day in Cambodia. A country’s independence is supposed to allow its citizens to take care of themselves without outside interference. It supposes a certain degree of responsability, of compassion, of solidarity towards its fellow citizens. All nice virtues which are sometimes hard to find in Cambodia. Exactly during the 57th ceremonies […]

Match 49

Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

The postman always rings twice… The second picture is from the Bicycle selection…

Match 48

Monday, November 8th, 2010

From Cambodian refugees and Pchum Ben.

Match 47

Sunday, November 7th, 2010

From Mexico to Kosovo refugees… And both were taken from inside a Volkwsagen…