By Chandara Tith.

Today I am going to Berlin.

Me in Berlin. I spent a whole day on my bike, visiting as many places as possible. (Photo: tourist)

It was an awaited opportunity for me since I knew that I will go there. I went to the train station an hour earlier just to understand how the train system works. Luckily, it was not that complex as I expected. When I sat on the train and it started to move, my heart was beating fast. I was on board in a high-speed train for the first time in life!

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By Chandara Tith.

“I am Powerful!”  What does it mean? Is it a political action? No, it is a new brand of CARE, a campaign that put the focus on women`s empowerment.

The CARE campaign "I am powerful" portrais women from different contries. Here a Cambodian woman shows that with her vegetable garden she can feed the family. (Photo:CARE Australia)

It really caught my attention. Since the beginning of my internship, I saw it many times, both on the CARE website and in many information leaflets.

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By Chandara Tith

I have never imagined how advanced the media in Germany is.

I was trying to experience in the WDR TV studio to see how I look if I appear on TV. (Photo: Sina Stach)

I was trained to be a professional journalist by German teachers. In my university in Phnom Penh I used media equipment made in Germany, but I have never imagined how enchanting the real technical system and the media studios in Germany are. (more…)

By Chandara Tith.

One day after work, I went down the street to the city of Bonn. Just off the central station, I saw a spot of orange color – a group of people wearing T-Shirts in the typical CARE color with the logo showing a circle of hands.

The team talks to the people in a very smooth and joyful way. When I saw them, I remembered the time I volunteered for fund-raising in Cambodia. (Photo: Chandara Tith)

They were standing in front of a booth full of pictures. They were talking to pedestrians and showed them a small box which resembled the CARE Package and a book with pictures. I wondered what they were doing, but I guessed they must be doing some kind of social activity.

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by Chandara Tith.

My friend Manika who came from Cambodia with me asked an interesting question: “Does the climate change people’s habits?” She noticed that people in Germany get up and go to sleep later than people in Cambodia do and that the sun in Germany sets later, too.

My friend, Michael said that in front of the University of Bonn, there are often many people sitting around, sun bathing, but now it looks so quiet. (Photo: Chandara Tith)

When I walked to the city with my friend Michael, he told me that the park in front of the University of Bonn was always full of people sun bathing during the summer. But now, less people go there. He wondered if it is too hot for people to do so.

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By Chandara Tith.

The United Nations-backed war crime tribunal for the Khmer Rouge Regime has pronounced its first verdict on July 26, 2010. The former leader of the Toul Sleng prison in Phnom Penh, Duch will be sent to prison for 19 years.

Kaing Guek Eav alias Duch in the court on 26 July 2010 (Photo: Courtesy of Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC)

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia (ECCC) known as the Khmer Rouge tribunal deals with surviving senior leaders of the regime. People believe it helps to support reconciliation after the enormous sufferings during the Khmer Rouge regime.   (more…)

by Channy Chheng

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…)

by Channy Chheng

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…)

by Channy Chheng

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…)

by Channy Chheng

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…)