New Mandala

Regular New Mandala reader Michele Legge contributes this insight into ongoing displacement in Cambodia. A good reminder of the importance of maintaining a focus on the poor and vulnerable. Michele writes:

The woman pictured here was among the millions of Khmer displaced during Pol Pot’s collectivisation experiment which emptied Cambodia’s urban areas, created rural upheaval, and [...]

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Two years on from the tsunami that struck on 26 December 2004 I was coincidentally travelling through Khao Lak, a hub for scuba divers heading to the Similan Islands and one of the most tsunami-impacted areas in Thailand. A pamphlet from the Ministry of Transport and distributed by dive shops introduces the concept behind [...]

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