Up to 50 students in one classroom – it is hard to concentrate (photo: CARE)It is already two months that I have been working for CARE in Germany. The time has gone by really fast. (more…)
A visitor in the Pergamon Museum (photo: Channy Chheng)Going to Berlin is what I was looking forward to since I arrived in Germany. I come from Phnom Penh, the capital city of Cambodia with over one million inhabitants. (more…)
Motorbikes are the main transportation in Cambodia (photo: Sabine Wilke)My mother told me to be highly careful while travelling in Germany, especially whenever I want to cross the road. She doesn’t know how admiringly safe the traffic in Germany is. (more…)
People gathering to listen to Angela Merkel during the election campaign in Bonn (photo: Channy Chheng)Half an hour had been gone, and the sound of people murmuring to each other vanished. A voice bursts out loudly, announcing the arrival of the German chancellor. (more…)
One of Phnom Penh’s main streets, uncharacteristically empty (photo: Prum Seila)
Welcome to Cambodia, says a small-rectangular billboard, standing handsomely on the right hand side of the road heading east to the city centre of Phnom Penh from the airport. You will smell the air of the kingdom of wonder with thousand of ancient temples waiting for you. (more…)
Channy and his friend in front of the university building in Bonn (photo: private)Pretending to overlook, speeding up with a blushing face, asking me to hurriedly follow her – this is what my Cambodian friend, a 20-year old girl, always does when we pass by people kissing on the street. (more…)
From Phnom Penh to Bonn: Channy Chheng in the CARE office (photo: CARE/Bulling)When I first stepped into the dormitory where I was going stay for two months during my summer internship at CARE in Bonn, Germany, I saw the different coloured skins of many students inside. One question came into my mind: What do they do here during summer? (more…)
