Girl #4 - Phala
Sponsor: Soroptomist International of Osaka-ChuoProfile: Tuon Phala is 14 years old and a fourth grade student at the 2005-2006 semester of the Kirivorn primary school in Kirivorn village, Kompong Sela commune, Sre Ambel district, Kok Kong province.
Current situation: Her family’s homeland in Kandal province. They moved to live here since 1983. Her father passed away eight years ago and her mother also died four years ago. Both of parents died from AIDS. She has one sister and two brothers. She is the second in the family. One of her younger brother, 12 years old was transmitted HIV from his parent and he is staying with Maryknoll for the past two years (local NGO which is providing health care for HIV people). Her oldest sister is married and lives separately in another district. She and her youngest brother 9, live with their grandmother, 58. They are staying on someone’s land and get $25 a month from the landlord. She got absent because she had to help her grandmother work at home, keeping up for landlord trees, growing rice at the field, etc.
Problem she faces: The family is very poor. Grandmother is getting old and could not do many tasks. They don’t have any property.
Suggestion: She really needs support from us because she is an orphan.
Support: We pay her grandmother $10 a month ($120 a year)
Reported: Nead
Date posted: October 4, 2006
