Phnom Penh, Cambodia

We have been so busy, I have been falling behind in the blog! On Monday, we flew to Phnom Penh. In the morning we were able to get a wonderful overview of what speech therapy services look like from Dr. Alice Smith, a speech pathologist that spends 7-8 months a year working here in Cambodia. Alice specializes in cleft lip and palate and works closely with several orginizations, hospitals, and clinics to provide traininga and therapy. In the afternoon, we went to the Royal Palace built by the French in 1866 and the Silver Pagoda. The King lives on the same grounds and he was home at the time of our visit. We then went to the National Museum and took photos of the garden. Outside of the museum were many many kids begging for money and food. Several of the children were naked and dirty. A family lived on the corner of the street protected by a tarp hung between two trees. One of our delegates took four kids and bought them all new clothes! We spoke with the mom that lived on the corner, she was very interested to know all about us. The people on the streets have picked-up English quite well from the tourists. We were able to collect about $70 to give to the mom and she was very thankful.

We ate dinner at the FCC, Foriegn Correspondance Club, this is where all the reporters would come during the war.