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Education for All?

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"Education for All?" explores the dynamics behind youth education and labor in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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  • Students stand on the porch of their primary school during recess in the floating village of Chong Kneas just outside of Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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  • A young girl runs past a construction site adjacent to her primary school during her lunch break in the village at the base of Phnom Krom just outside of Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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  • Pictures of government officials hanging on the wall of a primary school building in the floating village of Chong Kneas, just outside of Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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  • Fourth grade students read aloud from their schoolbooks in a primary school in the floating village of Chong Kneas, just outside of Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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  • A fourth grade student goes to hand in his assignment at the front of his classroom in the floating village of Chong Kneas, just outside of Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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  • Students play outside their primary school classroom during recess in the floating village of Chong Kneas, just outside of Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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  • Primary school students sing in their classroom in the village at the base of Phnom Krom just outside of Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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  • Tourists on a guided tour of Chong Kneas, the poverty-striken floating village just outside of Siem Reap, Cambodia, clap after fourth grade students sing them a "Welcome Song" and the National Anthem.
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  • A seventeen-year old girl pauses for a break at a construction site in Siem Reap, Cambodia, where she works to keep her younger siblings in school, which she is not able to attend due to her family's financial issues.
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  • A fourteen-year old girl (foreground) is trained in her home by her elder sister (background) in the family trade of seamstressing.  Her knowledge of the skill will provide her family with an extra income to support her younger siblings.
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  • A fourteen-year old boy washes a motorcycle at a local car wash in Siem Reap, Cambodia where he is currently employed after dropping out of school to help support his family.  He commutes from outside the city to work, because there are few job opportunities in the village where he lives.
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  • An eleven-year old boy (center) rests at a duck farm where he works after his mother pulled him out of school in Siem Reap, Cambodia and sent him to the farm  in a village at the base of Phnom Krom because he was not performing in class and the family needed the extra income.  Two sons (left) of the duck farmer (center) rest with him; they have never attended school.
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  • An eleven-year old boy (left) rests at a duck farm where he works after his mother pulled him out of school in Siem Reap, Cambodia and sent him to the farm  in a village at the base of Phnom Krom because he was not performing in class and the family needed the extra income.  A son of the duck farmer (right) rests with him; he has never attended school.
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  • Children of a duck farmer play during down time on the farm in a village at the base of Phnom Krom, just outside of Siem Reap, Cambodia; none of them has ever attended school, as their family cannot afford to spare the additional income that sending them to school would forgo.
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  • An eleven-year old boy (center) plays during down time at a duck farm where he works after his mother pulled him out of school in Siem Reap, Cambodia and sent him to the farm in a village at the base of Phnom Krom because he was not performing in class and the family needed the extra income.
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  • Students at the Provincial Teacher Training College in Siem Reap, Cambodia rest before their afternoon classes.  The school is free of charge for all who can pass an admission test, and it trains students to teach locally in Cambodia upon graduation.
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  • Children pump water in the village of Phnom Krom, just outside of Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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  • Young children line up to receive a free lunch from Dail, a Christian Korean organization that provides free lunch daily to kids in Chong Kneas, a village just outside of Siem Reap, Cambodia.  Additionally, Dail buses those who need a ride to and from the center, and teaches classes to children who have not been able to attend school to help catch them up to speed.
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  • Varee (far right), nineteen-years old, rests before her afternoon courses with fellow classmates at the Provincial Teacher Training College in Siem Reap, Cambodia.  She took a test to gain admission to the free school, and hopes to teach in Cambodia once she finishes her course of study.
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  • Primary school students walk home after their class in the floating village of Chong Kneas, just outside of Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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