Girl #82 - Sorn Phum
Sponsor: Ms. Teruko Miyawaki
Profile: Sorn Phum is 12-year old fifth grade student at Tith Mom School at Trapang Chak village, Tram Kak commune, Tram Kak district, Takeo Province.
There are five members in her family. She has three siblings and she is the oldest child of her mother’s first husband. Her younger brother is a child of her mother’s second husband who died of malaria. Her mother remarried again and just had a baby. Her stepfather is the earner for the family but she had to do all the housework, take care of her small siblings stay home when her father went out to look for wood to earn 2000 riels (50 US cents) a day. They are living on someone else’s land, and they don’t have their own land for growing rice. Her parents have a debt of $50. All these were reasons for her frequent absence.
Reported by: Sokna
Date posted: January 10, 2007
