Srey Neng, Sambok Chab Slums, Phnom Penh. "I moved here from Takéo Province after my house burnt down." Srey Neng described the living conditions in Sambok Chab as she prepared Khmer noodles with her 6 year-old daughter: "There's no running water. We have to buy it in 50 litre drums that cost 10 cents. The rubbish you see on the ground is from the people who live here - no one comes to collect it." 2016.
Laylok, Sambok Chab Slums, Phnom Penh. "All my family are here." Laylok has lived here since 1995. She runs a small shop out of her house for the Sambok Chab locals. 2016.
Pheap, Hemakcheat Cinema Slum, Phnom Penh. “I’m married to a policeman.” Pheap has lived in the Hemakcheat Cinema for 10 years. She doesn’t know if she has the right to live here, but residences are sold from person to person nonetheless. Pheap’s home is a converted room near the top floor where living conditions are relatively good. The lower floor, which consists of tiny wooden shacks built where cinema seats once stood, is a different story altogether though. Here the conditions are dire. There’s no sewage or waste management and holes in the roof and walls have allowed hundreds of bats to move in. Hygiene is non existent. 2016.
