College students hold exhibition of photographs of Cambodian children
Jul. 15, 2016
by Mei Hashihara, Staff Writer
A photo exhibition conveying the daily life of Cambodian children is being held at the AEON Mall in Asaminami Ward, Hiroshima. Cambodia is now rebuilding its country after a long civil war. A group of students from the Hiroshima University of Economics (HUE), also in Asaminami Ward, formed the “Cambodia International Exchange Project” and have been working to lend support to the education of Cambodian children since 2008. The exhibition presents around 180 photos taken by the students and will run until July 17. Admission is free.
The students have led health education activities, such as washing hands and brushing teeth, and taught in classrooms using a supplemental textbook that they produced themselves in 2011. The textbook introduces the reconstruction of Japan in the postwar period. The exhibition of photos shows school life in Cambodia.
The effects of Cambodia’s civil war in the 1970s and the mass killing of intellectuals by the Pol Pot regime have lingered to this day, and 62 students from the university are now engaged in the group’s efforts to support Cambodian children. Rina Sugahara, 19, a resident of Asaminami Ward and a second-year student who has visited Cambodia twice, said, “I’d like visitors to the exhibition to know that there are many children in Cambodia who are desperate to learn despite the tough conditions of education there.”
(Originally published on July 15, 2016)
A photo exhibition conveying the daily life of Cambodian children is being held at the AEON Mall in Asaminami Ward, Hiroshima. Cambodia is now rebuilding its country after a long civil war. A group of students from the Hiroshima University of Economics (HUE), also in Asaminami Ward, formed the “Cambodia International Exchange Project” and have been working to lend support to the education of Cambodian children since 2008. The exhibition presents around 180 photos taken by the students and will run until July 17. Admission is free.
The students have led health education activities, such as washing hands and brushing teeth, and taught in classrooms using a supplemental textbook that they produced themselves in 2011. The textbook introduces the reconstruction of Japan in the postwar period. The exhibition of photos shows school life in Cambodia.
The effects of Cambodia’s civil war in the 1970s and the mass killing of intellectuals by the Pol Pot regime have lingered to this day, and 62 students from the university are now engaged in the group’s efforts to support Cambodian children. Rina Sugahara, 19, a resident of Asaminami Ward and a second-year student who has visited Cambodia twice, said, “I’d like visitors to the exhibition to know that there are many children in Cambodia who are desperate to learn despite the tough conditions of education there.”
(Originally published on July 15, 2016)
