Abstract
This is 2006 and my home is Phnom Penh. I’m on a placement
for a volunteer organization that aims at the sharing of
skills and knowledge for a local salary. My years in Cambodia
have their highs and lows but hours of careless happiness
are hard to come by. There is commiseration and compassion,
camaraderie, self-doubt, euphoria, dismay and desperation.
My pen and paper provide me with an escape to sanity while
I catch myself writing down the same basic question, again
and again: “What are all these people like me doing here?”
This is a personal story filled with observations and doubts.
This is not the truth. These are my reports from Cambodia.
for a volunteer organization that aims at the sharing of
skills and knowledge for a local salary. My years in Cambodia
have their highs and lows but hours of careless happiness
are hard to come by. There is commiseration and compassion,
camaraderie, self-doubt, euphoria, dismay and desperation.
My pen and paper provide me with an escape to sanity while
I catch myself writing down the same basic question, again
and again: “What are all these people like me doing here?”
This is a personal story filled with observations and doubts.
This is not the truth. These are my reports from Cambodia.
| Original language | Dutch |
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| Place of Publication | Amsterdam |
| Publisher | AnyBook Publishers |
| Number of pages | 178 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789491030116 |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 |