#9 - Kampong Speu made famous

Since we arrived Cambodia last month, there were at least 3 news from the Kampong Speu province made national news.  Kampong Speu is the province where our village school, Hope House Education Center (HHEC) located.  The locations of these events are nearby.

#1

1 May 2013 - Singapore woman, director of Christian organization, murdered at her home at Kampong Speu

http://www.cambodiadaily.com/archive/singaporean-woman-murdered-in-kompong-speu-21088/ 

#2

16 May 2013 - Two workers die after walkway collapses at shoe factory in Kampong Speu, which made shoes for a Japanese company.

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/16/world/asia/cambodia-factory-walkway-collapse

#3

27 May 2013 - 20 workers injured including 2 miscarriages in factory protests demanding US$5/month increase (The wage provision of US$80 a month has to be adopted on May 1st*).  The factory involved supplies Nike and Lululemon.

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/31/world/asia/cambodia-garment-workers-strike/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

*Minimum wage reference:

http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=MTc2MjI0Y2JlMjV

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• Please pray for the villagers, workers, and children in Kampong Speu
• Please pray for our local team for their work and safety
• Please pray for the student’s family who may have been affected by these events

On the way to HHEC, there are quite a few of these kind of factories

This factory is very big

Another factory with Chinese name written on it

Workers rented a space in these hostels (see their "hanging bed" on the most right)