A boy baths in the arsenic-containminated river in Chroy Takeo Commune, Kandal Province. Photo: Yeo Kai Wen.NP TRIBUNE
By Lee Xian Jie
November 15, 2008
Imagine living in a community where sanitation is a nightmare: villagers fish and defecate in the same place.
There, a fifth of the children will die before their fifth birthday because of water-transmitted diseases.
That was what six students from the School of Film & Media Studies experienced when they went to Cambodia from Sept. 1 to 11
In their visit to the Tonlé Sap, a drinking water source for Cambodians, students gained a better understanding of the scarcity of clean, safe water.
“We even had to bathe with arsenic-contaminated river water,” says Chiam Sing Wei, 25, a third-year Film, Sound & Video student.
Together with two Lien Aid staff, the six students produced three short documentaries about the non-governmental organisation’s water and sanitation programmes in three different provinces: Kampong Chhnang, Kandal and Kampong Speu.
They also captured stories of these villagers with photography and radio capsules to raise awareness about the chronic problems. In turn, they hope to inspire other Singaporean youths to improve the situation in Cambodia.
“Although solving the crisis in its entirety is impossible, we hope we will be able to help them with our work,” says Yeo Kai Wen, 19, a third-year Mass Communication student, who is also npTribune’s Photo Editor.
Mr Craig McTurk, the lecturer-in-charge says he was impressed with the students’ willingness to overcome language and cultural barriers.
Vivocity Exhibition
“The Demon in the Water” photographic exhibition, will tell the story of water and sanitation issues Cambodia faces.
It will be held from Nov. 27 to Dec. 3 at Vivocity. The exhibition will also include toilet seat art by students from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and LASALLE College of the Arts.
By Lee Xian Jie
November 15, 2008
Imagine living in a community where sanitation is a nightmare: villagers fish and defecate in the same place.
There, a fifth of the children will die before their fifth birthday because of water-transmitted diseases.
That was what six students from the School of Film & Media Studies experienced when they went to Cambodia from Sept. 1 to 11
In their visit to the Tonlé Sap, a drinking water source for Cambodians, students gained a better understanding of the scarcity of clean, safe water.
“We even had to bathe with arsenic-contaminated river water,” says Chiam Sing Wei, 25, a third-year Film, Sound & Video student.
Together with two Lien Aid staff, the six students produced three short documentaries about the non-governmental organisation’s water and sanitation programmes in three different provinces: Kampong Chhnang, Kandal and Kampong Speu.
They also captured stories of these villagers with photography and radio capsules to raise awareness about the chronic problems. In turn, they hope to inspire other Singaporean youths to improve the situation in Cambodia.
“Although solving the crisis in its entirety is impossible, we hope we will be able to help them with our work,” says Yeo Kai Wen, 19, a third-year Mass Communication student, who is also npTribune’s Photo Editor.
Mr Craig McTurk, the lecturer-in-charge says he was impressed with the students’ willingness to overcome language and cultural barriers.
Vivocity Exhibition
“The Demon in the Water” photographic exhibition, will tell the story of water and sanitation issues Cambodia faces.
It will be held from Nov. 27 to Dec. 3 at Vivocity. The exhibition will also include toilet seat art by students from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and LASALLE College of the Arts.
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