Girl #27 - Mang Phalla
Sponsor: Ms. Mutsumi Takahashi
Profile: Mang Phalla is 7 years old and a first grade student at the 2006-2007 semester of the Tokyo-West Rotary Club primary school in Meanchey village, Dombork Rong commune, Phnom Srouch district, Kompong Speu province.
Current situation: Her family migrated to live here for 17 years ago, as there weren’t any job to up there (Her homeland). Her father got leg disable people for the past three years. Her mother sells Khmer noodle, by earning $1 a day. During the farming season they could work for someone hire, earning $1.30 a day. She has four brothers and two sisters. She is the fifth kid in the family. There are eight members in the family. Her mother asking her to droop out of school sometimes is due to taking care of her younger siblings. Her mother usually got dizzy and weakness when she working a lot. Her parents don’t have own land. Her family is living in the worst condition. They are in debt for about $300 that is why they are much worry and have to work hard for that but still not solving.
Problem she faces: Poverty, Her mother has physical illness.
Suggestion: She needs support from us because the family has no stable work to do
Support: we pay the parents $10 a month ($120 a year).
Reported by: Nead
Date posted: October 25, 2006
