A tough place to call home
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| Thon Thoeun ,12, sleeps in a concrete pipe that serves as his family's home near the former Boeung Kak lake in Phnom Penh. Thon Thoeun, 12, sleeps in a concrete pipe that serves as his family's home near the former Boeung Kak lake in Phnom Penh. Meng Kimlong Meng Kimlong |
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| Nol Sarin, 36, nurses her child while sitting in a concrete pipe where her family has made their home in Srah Chak commune.Meng Kimlong Nol Sarin, 36, nurses her child while sitting in a concrete pipe where her family has made their home in Srah Chak commune.Meng Kimlong |
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| One of Nol Linch's family members washes dishes next to the pipes where they sleep. One of Nol Linch's family members washes dishes next to the pipes where they sleep. Meng Kimlong Meng Kimlong |
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“ I will ask someone to marry me when I have a suitable place or house to stay, but if I live in the pipe until I am old, I am happy to live alone. ” "I will ask someone to marry me when I have a suitable place or house to stay, but if I live in the pipe until I am old, I am happy to live alone."
Twenty large cement pipes face a dusty road in the capital's Srah Chak commune, their gaping openings revealing channels purpose-built for waste or water . Twenty large cement pipes face a dusty road in the capital's Srah Chak commune, their gaping openings revealing channels purpose-built for waste or water.
But more than half of them carry very different contents — a family that has called the pipes home for the past two years . But more than half of them carry very different contents - a family that has called the pipes home for the past two years.
Nol Linch, 64, is the matriarch. Nol Linch, 64, is the matriarch.
She and her 67-year-old husband, their four children and spouses, moved to Phnom Penh in 2010 from Prey Veng province in the hope of a better life . She and her 67-year-old husband, their four children and spouses, moved to Phnom Penh in 2010 from Prey Veng province in the hope of a better life.
“I decided to move to the city to work, and I expected that I could earn more money to support the family and live in a good condition like other people, but my dream did not come true ,” Nol Linch said, her eyes beginning to fill with tears. "I decided to move to the city to work, and I expected that I could earn more money to support the family and live in a good condition like other people, but my dream did not come true," Nol Linch said, her eyes beginning to fill with tears.
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