Phymean noun biography
My name is Phymean, I was born in the province of Kampong Cham in In April The Khmer Rouge took control of the whole country.
Phymean Noun has been nominated for the World's Children's Prize for her thirteen-year struggle for the children who scavenge garbage dumps in Cambodia.!
City of Lost Children:
Cambodia's Phymean Noun
Phnom Pehn, Cambodia has been called the city of lost children.
Street gangs of dirty-faced kids run in and out of open markets, topple garbage cans, and sort waist-deep through the sea of trash at the edge of the industrial district looking for marketable rubbish and scraps of food for their families.
Most work in the dumpsite seven days a week, from dawn until dusk. Many lose their lives to disease before the age of 13. One woman worked tirelessly with the people in the community to provide hope for these children and their families with education—and also enough rice to feed their families.
Phymean Noun ’s unique story is one of hope and absolution.
Noun Phymean is an executive director at the People Improvement Organization (PIO).In 2002, Noun founded the People Improvement Organization (PIO) and made it possible to pull street kids from gloom to schoolroom. Building a school for the children at the dumpsite itself—raising hope where there was nothing but sadness and dirt and shame.
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