Meet Nary

by Seiha Tiep

Cambodia

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Nary, 15-year-old, pumps water for preparing lunch before she goes to work on a construction site, 30 km from Angkor Wat Temple in Siem Reap province in order to keep her younger brother at school.
Nary, 15-year-old, pumps water for preparing lunch before she goes to work on a construction site, 30 km from Angkor Wat Temple in Siem Reap province in order to keep her younger brother at school.
This is where Nary cooks, eats and sleeps. She has a bowl of Prahok (fish paste) for having lunch together with her younger brother and father before separating to work on a construction site.
This is where Nary cooks, eats and sleeps. She has a bowl of Prahok (fish paste) for having lunch together with her younger brother and father before separating to work on a construction site.
Nary (second left) dropped out of primary school, works on a construction site, earns 20,000 Riel (5$) per day to support her family three meals and her younger brother continuing his schooling after her mother passed away.
Nary (second left) dropped out of primary school, works on a construction site, earns 20,000 Riel (5$) per day to support her family three meals and her younger brother continuing his schooling after her mother passed away.
Nary's father (left), works on a construction site with Nary. He moved from Thailand to live with his children in Cambodia after selling a rice field and a cow for an untreated sickness of his dead wife in 2015.
Nary's father (left), works on a construction site with Nary. He moved from Thailand to live with his children in Cambodia after selling a rice field and a cow for an untreated sickness of his dead wife in 2015.
Nary's younger brother is in his classroom at grade six under the supporting from his sacrificing older sister of her schooling and his father to work on the construction site in a rural area of Siem Reap province.
Nary's younger brother is in his classroom at grade six under the supporting from his sacrificing older sister of her schooling and his father to work on the construction site in a rural area of Siem Reap province.