One interesting headline on climate change and Cambodia centres on the incredible Angkor Wat ruins, visited by millions of tourists every year. Researchers actually believe that the collapse of the 15th Century civilisation that once inhabited Angkor Wat was climate-related,… [Read More]
Author: Christian Wach
Christian travelled to more than 50 countries following his passion for street theatre, programme–making and storytelling. He has worked in Asia, Australasia, Polynesia and America. His travels included an audience with the Dalai Lama, experiencing the reunification of Germany, escaping unharmed from the Thai mafia and living with tribal people in the rainforests of Sumatra.
Siem Reap – Kids Play International
“Say hi to Katey”, said the U.S. Ambassador as we told him of our plans to visit Kids Play International (KPI) in Siem Riep. And so we did. Katey Lippit, also a U.S. citizen, is the Country Director of Kids… [Read More]
Battambang: COMPED doing wonders at Hell on Earth
Kim Hang has worked for the Cambodian Education and Waste Management Organisation (COMPED) since 2003. Kim, in his sixties, has the energy of a teenager. He joined our workshop, via an introduction from a friend in Germany, and was able… [Read More]
The Killing Fields of Choeung Ek
The Khmer Rouge’s brutal regime lasted only 4 years (1975 to 1979) but it still affects the national psyche today. 3 million people dies in the genocide, most of them in hundreds of so-called “killing fields” across the country. The… [Read More]
BvB and SOF – a match made in fair play football heaven
On Saturday morning, March 25th, the day after our 2-day training had ended, we headed off to one of ISF’s schools on the outskirts of Phnom Penh on tuk tuks with Julia Farr from our partner Borussia Dortmund (BvB), the… [Read More]
Indochina Starfish Foundation
SOF were connected to ISF (a non-profit football-for-good organisation) by George Springboard from our mutual partner, the football-for-good network organisation, Common Goal. For several months we had been meeting online to coordinate two workshops in Phnom Penh with their team…. [Read More]
The Ball hosted by the U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh
For several months we had been planning a workshop, supported by the cultural diplomacy team from the U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh. The workshop took place at the American Cambodia Centre (AmCam), in the Exchange Mall, near the U.S. Embassy… [Read More]
Cambodia Climate Facts
Thanks again to Freddie from the Cool Down Sport for Climate Action Network for supplying us with the following climate facts for Cambodia. We were able to integrate them once again into conversations with people and as seen in the… [Read More]
Ball Moi, Beblopplob Moi
CC After a rather exhausting overnight van, train and bus journey from Hoi an in Vietnam, via Saigon and including a slightly tricky border crossing, we made it to Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital. The journey didn’t end there however –… [Read More]