Cambodia

Southeast Asia Report 20: Guest House in Takeo

by Ippei Tsuruga Views: 57

November 17, 2007 Takeo (Cambodia)

Guesthouse in Takeo
Guesthouse in Takeo

“Without an arm”

I talked to a man without an arm when we were seeing sunset from the terrace of our guesthouse. Even though he could not speak English, we had great languages in common. It was off course gesture. He was about 40 and lost his arm when he got sick roughly 30 years ago. That happened because of the poor medical system in Cambodia, I guessed. If he were Japanese, his arm might be with him now, maybe.

Water 1000riel
Internet 3000riel
Guest house 5US$
Moto 6000riel
Bus to Takeo 7500riel
Total 9.30$

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Author: Ippei TsurugaIppei Tsuruga is Social Protection Programme Manager for Indonesia at International Labour Organization. He has been managing programmes and providing technical contributions to social security reforms at the country level in Indonesia, Viet Nam and Myanmar, and also contributing to research and knowledge management at the ASEAN regional and global levels. He has been involved in various policy discussions and research activities on unemployment benefit, old-age, invalidity and survivors’ benefits, maternity benefit, sickness benefit, and the extension of social protection to workers in the informal economy. He has worked at the ILO Country Office for Indonesia and Timor-Leste, the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific and the Social Protection Department; and JICA Washington D.C. Office, Research Department, Country Office for Kenya, and Africa Department for Kenya, Nigeria and Somalia.

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