Posted in From the Field, Interviews, Organizations on Jul 7th, 2011
While in Cambodia, Danielle along with Ashlee Larsen, a Brigham Young graduate student, accompanied Stirring the Fire founder, Phil Borges as he documented the work of Youth Star. There are two sides to every story told about a relationship. Today’s post reveals the side of the perpetrator; his perspective on violence, his past and Samphors’ positive influence. [...]
Posted in From the Field, Interviews, Organizations on Jul 5th, 2011
While in Cambodia, Danielle along with Ashlee Larsen, a Brigham Young graduate student, accompanied Stirring the Fire founder, Phil Borges as he documented the work of Youth Star. The story below illustrates the positive impact Youth Star volunteer Samphors had in the Stieng community. Domestic violence does not discriminate between country, culture, socio-economic status or religious affiliation. Domestic violence [...]
Posted in From the Field, Organizations on Jul 1st, 2011
While in Cambodia, Danielle along with Ashlee Larsen, a Brigham Young graduate student, accompanied Stirring the Fire founder, Phil Borges as he documented the work of Youth Star. Of the several Youth Star volunteers we met, only one was a woman and from our perspective she had the hardest assignment of them all: to go to an [...]
Posted in From the Field, Organizations on Jun 29th, 2011
While in Cambodia, Danielle along with Ashlee Larsen, a Brigham Young graduate student, accompanied Stirring the Fire founder, Phil Borges as he documented the work of Youth Star. Underway with Youth Star, our first stop was at a community of 10 villages about 2 hours away from Phnom Penhcalled Cheungdeung. We were warmly welcomed and hosted [...]
Posted in From the Field, Organizations on Jun 28th, 2011
While in Cambodia, Danielle along with Ashlee Larsen, a Brigham Young graduate student, accompanied Stirring the Fire founder, Phil Borges as he documented the work of Youth Star. Our time with the acid survivors at CASC came quickly to an end and before I knew it we were moving on to our next NGO: Youth Star. [...]
Posted in Announcements, From the Field, Organizations on Jun 13th, 2011
Our team is traveling to Cambodiato take a closer look at issues of violence against women and girls and work with organizations that are working to end such violence. As is commonly known, violence against women and girls happens in every country around the world with some common themes, such as domestic violence, as well [...]
