Members of the 2011-12 UMW Cambodia Study Abroad program are in Phnom Penh, and keeping very busy. Students began arriving here last week, and our program began on Monday with a briefing at the offices of the Peace Corps.

The next day we met with Youk Chhang, Director of the Documentation Center of Cambodia, an organization dedicated to researching and documenting the Khmer Rouge Genocide of 1975 – 1979. This provided an excellent background for our visits later in … Read the rest