by Rael Matrix » 26 Aug 2009, 19:39
Si, fratello Marco, hai ragione ma la ragazza ha un pedigree di tutto rispetto.[:)]
Il documentario verrà girato in 4 anni ed è la vera storia di Manin Keo, orfana cambogiana che a 10 anni perde padre e madre malati di AIDS. Manin accudisce i 4 fratelli e sorelle ma ha un sogno: studiare medicina per poter aiutare i bisognosi e i senza famiglia come lei.
Nel 2006 Anna Gabriel si reca in Cambogia per conto della "Happy Heart Fund Mission" e incontra Manin.
Lei e la sua famiglia (Peter in particolare) decidono di aiutare la ragazza, la faranno studiare ad Oxford.
Questa è la storia di Manin Keo, ce la racconta personalmente.
My name is Manin, I am 16 years old, I am living at the centre for children's happiness now. I am studying at International School of Phnom Penh (ISPP) in grade 10. I have five siblings including me, my parents die of HIV. There are four of my siblings living in CCH and my older sister is living at home with my old grandmother. Right now my younger sister is studying at the United World College of South East Asia in Singapore and my older brother is studying at Peason United World College in Canada, they both have passed the scholarship.
First of all I am going to tell you about my life when I was a garbage picker. I was about 10 to 11 when my parents died so I can remember quiet a lot of things that had happened to my family. My father died in the middle of the night which was on a Monday and at that time I didn't understand how come my dad was leaving me, however the only thing that I knew was that my dad was very ill and couldn't go to work so he had nothing to eat (that is what my grandma told me). After my dad had gone to heaven I was living with my mom and my siblings under my grandmas umbrella because my mum didn't have an education so she couldn't work.
Two months after my dad died my mom started a job as a fruit seller. My siblings and I didn't have enough clothes to wear even school uniforms, and for school supplies my siblings had to go to the pagoda and ask for those things from the monks. The job that my mum had couldn't help my family because they are a lot of paying than saving. Because of the family's need my siblings decided to stop our studies but my mom said no because she didn't want her children to be uneducated like her. So then my siblings and I thought we could go to school two or three days a week so then we have to pick up the garbage (Since that day I became a garbage picker).
My mom lived with us for a year and then she died and because of her death my grandma told my siblings that my parents died of HIV, Oh my god I couldn't believe what my grandma had said, however I had to accept it because that information was true. After I heard my grandma say that sentence I cried for two days because I couldn't take what my dad did to my family. Thinking of this story I feel like stone is falling from another planet to my heart. After my mom died the more difficult things came to my life and my siblings'. I was about to stop my education because there was nobody helping me only myself. Life as a garbage picker, I had to wake up at 5:30am because I have to clean my house and then went to buy breakfast for my uncle who is using drugs. However my siblings and I never had any breakfast because we didn't have any money. All of my money and my siblings money were given to my uncle for his drugs and some we gave to my grandma.
I went to work at 6:00am. It was really hard to pick up the garbage; first I didn't have any breakfast so I didn't have any energy to work. While I worked the problems that I got was I got cut by the glass, Zinc, wood. Some time when after selling my item that I got, the gangsters that were older than me came and took my money. If I don't give it to them they will hit or kill me and sometimes they kidnap.
My uncle who is using drugs was always forcing me to be a bagger at the market or sometimes work for my neighbour for money to buy him drugs. Sometimes when I couldn't find any money I always got hit from my uncle. When I was picking up the garbage at the dump I thought that I would never get out from this dirty and dull life. When I was at home I always dream that some day in the future I can go to school like other children and I can become a doctor, especially I can live a safe life without being hit by my uncle.
Everything in the world is changing day by day, nobody knows what is going to happen in the future. One day when I was working as usual I saw two men who were dressed in nice and clean clothes come to my work place and interview some children. I asked my friend if they know anything about those two man, my friend told me that those men want to take kids to live at the centre. God centre is where children can study and live in a safe life (I thought myself).
I ran to those men and asked if I can go to live at the centre or not? I told them my entire story, they looked interested in my story and they said I can probably go to live at the centre. When I heard about that I also asked if my siblings can go to live there with me or not? They said they will give me the answer later and at least I knew those mens names Sokha (my papa Sokha today) and Phanna (teacher). When I went home I told my grandma about this story and she said that it is good for me and my siblings to live at the centre because she doesn't have any money to support us with our education.
In the next three days Papa Sokha came to my house and talked to my grandma then he took me, my younger sister, and my brothers to Centre for Children's Happiness (CCH).
On Friday 29th May 2003 around 2:25pm when I first entered CCH I felt a little bit afraid, however, after the welcome attitude of CCH's children I was extremely happy and impressed of myself that I can come this heavenly place. In CCH I learn general knowledge at Khmer public school, I learned how to feed animals, computer, Khmer traditional dance, sewing, English, cooking etc... every Thursday morning we have a meeting to talk about morality so then we learn how to respect each other and appreciate each other. CCH children always help each other and we think that we live as a family so the older kids help the younger kids or sometimes the younger kids also help older. If someone does something wrong we always help them and educate them not to do that again and think that whatever we'd done wrong, those things are our life experience.
One day in 2006 I met Anna Gabriel who came to Cambodia with the Happy Heart Fund mission. She and her Friends came to visit CCH. I showed her and her friends around CCH and we went to the dump, I told her my entire story when I was at the dump I said that I wanted to get an IB and my dream is I wanted to go to Oxford University. Anna is the most friendly girl I ever met before, she has quite long hair, she likes to laugh a lot, and I am sure she likes kids a lot.
One day in the afternoon I received an e-mail from Anna that she and her family wanted to help me with my education which meant they wanted me to go to the international school (international school is the place that I wanted to go and study because before I met Anna there was a child from CCH name Narun Un who got three years scholarship to study at the international school in Singapore.
By seeing Narun have his great chance it inspired me a lot to go to the international school). I was smiling when I read Anna's message and when I finished reading it I was dancing and singing around the centre. Dad Sokha said it is good for me.
On Wednesday 8th August 2007 I entered the International School of Phnom Penh (ISPP) for grade 9. I can't explain my feelings on that day because I was more than happy. Everything, every subject in this school is all in English and English is my second language so it was really hard for me as a second language speaker. The first week at ISPP I didn't really get what the teachers wanted me to do, however I tried very hard and finally in the next two to three weeks I could understand and feel confident to speak English. At the school I am the only child who is living at the centre. I like ISPP a lot because we are studying in a quality system, friendly people, good environment etc.
Since I started ISPP I feel like I am in a new modern world because I know a lot of things that are happening in the world and I meet a lot of new faces and new people.
Moreover, I thank the Centre for Children Happiness very much, Papa Sokha and all the staff at CCH, all of CCH's donors, and especially to Anna Gabriel and her family who help me from the starting point with an international education which will introduce me to a new world and give me a lot of things that I have never had in my life.
ALL OF YOUR HELP AND DONATIONS THAT ARE CHANGING MY, AND A LOT OF THE CCH CHILDREN'S LIVES, I CANNOT FORGET, I AM KEEPING ALL THESE MEMORIES IN MY HEART UNTIL I DIE. I PROMISE THAT WHEN I GROW UP AND HAVE A GOOD JOB I AM GOING TO HELP POOR CHILDREN LIKE WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING RIGHT NOW.
Dimenticavo di ricordare il dramma della Cambogia:
Dal 1975 al 1979 la Cambogia ha sofferto il più devastante periodo di genocidio della storia causato dai Kmerr rossi.
Durante quegli anni le scuole furono chiuse, i libri bruciati, e chiunque aveva a che fare con l'istruzione (insegnanti compresi) venne giustiziato.
Gli effetti di quel genocidio è ancora vivo nella popolazione cambogiana e il processo di ricostruzione educativo è molto lento.
Oggi più del 50% della popolazione cambogiana ha meno di 21 anni e c'è molta ignoranza tra i giovani soprattutto nelle regioni più povere e a molti giovani viene negato il diritto all'istruzione.
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Rael Matrix on 26 Aug 2009, 19:49, edited 1 time in total.