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THE AIDS VILLAGE(36 images)
Over 100 international HIV and social justice rights organizations all over the world have condemned the Cambodian's government decision to evict more than 50 families from Borei Kela's HIV community in a letter to Prime Minister Hun Sen. The families all affected for HIV/AIDS have been relocated to a site 25 km away from the capital and live now in rooms smaller than those required for...
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  • Tuol Sambo has become the so called 'AIDS village' where more than 40 families were relocated by the government 25 km away from the city. The residents are families affected by HIV/AIDS and currently live in rooms smaller than those required for emergency refugee camps. Tuol Sambo, 4th August 2009. By photographer Arantxa Cedillo
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  • Sok Trau, 38, has been living with HIV for six years. He is now living in a small room with both his mother and son in the so called 'AIDS village' after the government evicted them from their houses in Borei Kela.  Tuol Sambo, 4th August 2009. By photographer Arantxa Cedillo
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  • Sok Trau, 38, has been living with HIV for six years. He is now living in a small hut with both his mother and son in the so called 'AIDS village' after the government evicted them from their houses in Borei Kela.  Tuol Sambo, 4th August 2009. By photographer Arantxa Cedillo
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  • Dina, 30, lives in a small room with her husband in the so called 'AIDS village'. The inhabitants of Tuol Sambo worries that their medicaments will deteriorate because of the intense heat that is inside the houses. Tuol Sambo, 4th August 2009. By photographer Arantxa Cedillo
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  • Dina, 30, lives in a small room with her husband in the so called 'AIDS village'. The inhabitants of Tuol Sambo worries that their medicaments will deteriorate because of the intense heat that is inside the houses. Tuol Sambo, 4th August 2009. By photographer Arantxa Cedillo
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  • Dina, 30, lives in a small room with her husband in the so called 'AIDS village'. The inhabitants of Tuol Sambo worries that their medicaments will deteriorate because of the intense heat that is inside the houses. Tuol Sambo, 4th August 2009. By photographer Arantxa Cedillo
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  • Mai Sophi,4, plays around inside the room where he lives with his entire family. The 40 families affected by HIV/AIDS that were relocated 25km away of the city now live in rooms smaller than those required for emergency refugee camps. Tuol Sambo, 4th August 2009. By photographer Arantxa Cedillo
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  • Mai Sophi (left),4, and Mai Gisha (right), 6, plays around inside the room where they live with their entire family. The 40 families affected by HIV/AIDS that were relocated 25km away of the city now live in rooms smaller than those required for emergency refugee camps. Tuol Sambo, 4th August 2009. By photographer Arantxa Cedillo
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  • Yuk Hoi (left), 68, practices coining on her neighbor Kein Srey Nian (right), 30, inside one of the overheated rooms in Toul Sambo. Coining is an old traditional method to help cure diseases practiced for the majority of the cambodians. Tuol Sambo, 4th August 2009. By photographer Arantxa Cedillo
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  • Yuk Hoi (left), 68, practices coining on her neighbor Kein Srey Nian (right), 30, inside one of the overheated rooms in Toul Sambo. Coining is an old traditional method to help cure diseases practiced for the majority of the cambodians. Tuol Sambo, 4th August 2009. By photographer Arantxa Cedillo
    Cedillo_Aid...jpg
  • Sok Trau (right), 38, has been living with HIV for six years. He is now living in a small room with both his mother and son (left) in the so called 'AIDS village' after the government evicted them from their houses in Borei Kela.  Tuol Sambo, 4th August 2009. By photographer Arantxa Cedillo
    Cedillo_Aid...jpg
  • Sok Trau (right), 38, has been living with HIV for six years. He is now living in a small room with both his mother and son (left) in the so called 'AIDS village' after the government evicted them from their houses in Borei Kela.  Tuol Sambo, 4th August 2009. By photographer Arantxa Cedillo
    Cedillo_Aid...jpg
  • Linda Tan,7, eats some rice outside her room. Small fish and some crustaceans have become the only source of aliment for residents of the "AIDS village'. Tuol Sambo, 4th August 2009. By photographer Arantxa Cedillo
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  • Tua Chairom, 41, holds a photo of her family at their arrival at their new house in the so called 'AIDS village'. Mrs Chairon used to have a store at their former residence in Borei Kela. Tuol Sambo, 4th August 2009. By photographer Arantxa Cedillo
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  • Lay Aan, 68, complains about the heat inside her new house in the 'AIDS village'. The health conditions of many residents have been deteriorated since the relocation to Tuol Sambo took place. Tuol Sambo, 4th August 2009. By photographer Arantxa Cedillo
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  • A kid looks in the rice fields that surrounds Tuol Sambo food for their family. Crabs, frogs and small fishes has become the main source of aliment for the 40 families that were evicted from their houses to a new relocation that many has called the 'AIDS village'. Tuol Sambo, 4th August 2009. By photographer Arantxa Cedillo
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  • Lasin Hua, 14, is one of the residents of the so called 'AIDS village'. She has stopped going to school as her new location is 25 km away from the city and doesn't own a bicycle. Tuol Sambo, 4th August 2009. By photographer Arantxa Cedillo
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  • A woman prepares some food outside her house in Tuol Sambo. The rooms that they have been given do not have kitchens and their only source of aliment are the small fish and crustaceans that they can catch in nearby rice paddies. Tuol Sambo, 4th August 2009. By photographer Arantxa Cedillo
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  • Hain Den, 43, sits outside her room besides a water jug where they collected rain water for drinking and cooking as they lack of resources. Tuol Sambo, 4th August 2009. By photographer Arantxa Cedillo
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  • Tua Chairom, 41, looks at some photographs of her family at their former residence Borei Kela and of their new house in the so called 'AIDS village'. Mrs Chairon used to have a store at their former residence in Borei Kela. Tuol Sambo, 4th August 2009. By photographer Arantxa Cedillo
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  • Bu Man, 34, sits outside his house in Tuol Sambo. Since the relocation to the so called 'AIDS village' took place many of its inhabitants have lost their jobs in the city. Tuol Sambo, 4th August 2009. By photographer Arantxa Cedillo
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  • Kan Liam, 33, hilds her 3 months baby in an improvised shelter outside her room in Tuol Sambo. Residents of Tuol Sambo complains of a lack of drinking water and over heated rooms. Tuol Sambo, 4th August 2009. By photographer Arantxa Cedillo
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  • Tuan Tira,5, looks outside his house how the other kids go to the nearby rice paddies in search for some small fish and crustaceans for their families. Tuol Sambo, 4th August 2009. By photographer Arantxa Cedillo
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  • Tuol Sambo has become the so called 'AIDS village' where more than 40 families were relocated by the government 25 km away from the city. The residents are families affected by HIV/AIDS and currently live in rooms smaller than those required for emergency refugee camps. Tuol Sambo, 4th August 2009. By photographer Arantxa Cedillo
    Cedillo_Aid...jpg
  • Van Na, 60, cooks a meal outside his room in an improvised kitchen as the rooms lack of space and are overheated. Tuol Sambo, 4th August 2009. By photographer Arantxa Cedillo
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