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Chhoeurn Dina is 13 years old, student in 7th grade at Angk Daun Pis Village Learning Center (#550), located in Angk Daun Pis Village, Toeuk La-ak Commune, Korng Pisey District, Kampong Speu province.
There are 4 members in her family, her mother, 2 brothers and she is the third child in the family. Her mother name: Uong Them, 44 years old, she is a farmer, her father was left the family to have another wife and never come back to visit his family for many years ago. They have one hectare of farmland where they can produce rice around 2,500 – 3,000 kg per year. All the rice they can gather is preserve to use for the family during a year and about 1,500 kg sell for $450 to support the other need in the family including children school materials. Out of farm work, they have raised a few chickens to supply the food.
Every day, Dina rides her bicycle to school about 4 kms round-trip. She is a smart student in class, and tries to study very hard. After school, she comes back home to help her mother housework, and if she has free time she likes to read books and prepare her next day lesson. She also loves to tell the fork story to her classmate during the rest time in school.
In the future, she wants to be a teacher to teach the students in rural area, she hopes that she will become a part of human resources developer for the new generation for her country and she wishes to help her family to get better living.
Posted, November 2018
