Images by John Brown (Lightstalkers)

A woman and her infant are in need of a hand in a squatter's slum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Phnom Penh's main tourist strip is located less than a block away.

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:36:00 +0000

A woman and her infant are in need of a hand in a squatter's slum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Phnom Penh's main tourist strip is located less than a block away.
A woman and her infant are in need of a hand in a squatter's slum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Phnom Penh's main tourist strip is located less than a block away.

A man enjoys an afternoon bath in front of his home in a squatters village in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The alleyway that the people live in is inhabited by approximately 55 people, including many school aged children too poor to attend classes. Each family pays roughly $20 per month for these shacks to various landowners in return for squatting rights. The alleyway is located less than a block from Phnom Penh's main tourist strip.

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:36:00 +0000

A man enjoys an afternoon bath in front of his home in a squatters village in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The alleyway that the people live in is inhabited by approximately 55 people, including many school aged children too poor to attend classes. Each family pays roughly $20 per month for these shacks to various landowners in return for squatting rights. The alleyway is located less than a block from Phnom Penh's main tourist strip.
A man enjoys an afternoon bath in front of his home in a squatters village in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The alleyway that the people live in is inhabited by approximately 55 people, including many school aged children too poor to attend classes. Each family pays roughly $20 per month for these shacks to various landowners in return for squatting rights. The alleyway is located less than a block from Phnom Penh's main tourist strip.

A baby sleeps in a corner of a home in a squatters village is depicted in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The alleyway that the home is located in is inhabited by approximately 55 people, including many school aged children too poor to attend classes. Each family pays roughly $20 per month for these shacks to various landowners in return for squatting rights. The alleyway is located less than a block from Phnom Penh's main tourist strip.

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:36:00 +0000

A baby sleeps in a corner of a home in a squatters village is depicted in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The alleyway that the home is located in is inhabited by approximately 55 people, including many school aged children too poor to attend classes. Each family pays roughly $20 per month for these shacks to various landowners in return for squatting rights. The alleyway is located less than a block from Phnom Penh's main tourist strip.
A baby sleeps in a corner of a home in a squatters village is depicted in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The alleyway that the home is located in is inhabited by approximately 55 people, including many school aged children too poor to attend classes. Each family pays roughly $20 per month for these shacks to various landowners in return for squatting rights. The alleyway is located less than a block from Phnom Penh's main tourist strip.

A young boy looks out from the porch of his home near a mound of rotting garbage adjacent to their neighborhood in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The trash is generated by a nearby market and is piled just feet from their living quarters, for which they pay roughly $20 per month. Rent is paid to various landowners in return for squatting rights, and approximately 55 people, including many school aged children too poor to attend school, occupy this alleyway less than a block from Phnom Penh's main tourist strip.

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:36:00 +0000

A young boy looks out from the porch of his home near a mound of rotting garbage adjacent to their neighborhood in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The trash is generated by a nearby market and is piled just feet from their living quarters, for which they pay roughly $20 per month. Rent is paid to various landowners in return for squatting rights, and approximately 55 people, including many school aged children too poor to attend school, occupy this alleyway less than a block from Phnom Penh's main tourist strip.
A young boy looks out from the porch of his home near a mound of rotting garbage adjacent to their neighborhood in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The trash is generated by a nearby market and is piled just feet from their living quarters, for which they pay roughly $20 per month. Rent is paid to various landowners in return for squatting rights, and approximately 55 people, including many school aged children too poor to attend school, occupy this alleyway less than a block from Phnom Penh's main tourist strip.

A group of bare-footed underprivileged street children watch television through a security gate that guards a home in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Phnom Penh's main tourist strip is located less than three blocks away.

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:36:00 +0000

A group of bare-footed underprivileged street children watch television through a security gate that guards a home in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Phnom Penh's main tourist strip is located less than three blocks away.
A group of bare-footed underprivileged street children watch television through a security gate that guards a home in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Phnom Penh's main tourist strip is located less than three blocks away.

A young boy who lives in a squatter's slum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, takes a bite of an orange. The World Health Organization estimates that 39% of Cambodia's nearly 15 million people are malnourished.

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:36:00 +0000

A young boy who lives in a squatter's slum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, takes a bite of an orange. The World Health Organization estimates that 39% of Cambodia's nearly 15 million people are malnourished.
A young boy who lives in a squatter's slum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, takes a bite of an orange. The World Health Organization estimates that 39% of Cambodia's nearly 15 million people are malnourished.

A young boy who lives in a squaters slum in Kampong Cham, Cambodia, takes time out to look onto the road from his home. He is among 250 people, who were displaced to this location from their former homes on the banks of the Mekong, River. The move was triggered by the construction of a large new hotel on the site of their former homes. In all, thirty-nine families made the move and each received 50 kilograms of rice and plastic sheeting to wrap up their homes from the new hotel's owner.

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:36:00 +0000

A young boy who lives in a squaters slum in Kampong Cham, Cambodia, takes time out to look onto the road from his home. He is among 250 people, who were displaced to this location from their former homes on the banks of the Mekong, River. The move was triggered by the construction of a large new hotel on the site of their former homes. In all, thirty-nine families made the move and each received 50 kilograms of rice and plastic sheeting to wrap up their homes from the new hotel's owner.
A young boy who lives in a squaters slum in Kampong Cham, Cambodia, takes time out to look onto the road from his home. He is among 250 people, who were displaced to this location from their former homes on the banks of the Mekong, River. The move was triggered by the construction of a large new hotel on the site of their former homes. In all, thirty-nine families made the move and each received 50 kilograms of rice and plastic sheeting to wrap up their homes from the new hotel's owner.

Young children who live in a squatter's slum in Kampong Cham, Cambodia, while away the day in front of a home. They are among 250 people, who were displaced to this location from their former homes on the banks of the Mekong, River. The move was triggered by the construction of a large new hotel on the site of their former homes. In all, thirty-nine families made the move and each received 50 kilograms of rice and plastic sheeting to wrap up their homes from the new hotel's owner.

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:36:00 +0000

Young children who live in a squatter's slum in Kampong Cham, Cambodia, while away the day in front of a home. They are among 250 people, who were displaced to this location from their former homes on the banks of the Mekong, River. The move was triggered by the construction of a large new hotel on the site of their former homes. In all, thirty-nine families made the move and each received 50 kilograms of rice and plastic sheeting to wrap up their homes from the new hotel's owner.
Young children who live in a squatter's slum in Kampong Cham, Cambodia, while away the day in front of a home. They are among 250 people, who were displaced to this location from their former homes on the banks of the Mekong, River. The move was triggered by the construction of a large new hotel on the site of their former homes. In all, thirty-nine families made the move and each received 50 kilograms of rice and plastic sheeting to wrap up their homes from the new hotel's owner.

A man and a woman sit in a neighbor's home while one of the home's residents eats a hard boiled egg in Kampong Cham, Cambodia.

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:36:00 +0000

A man and a woman sit in a neighbor's home while one of the home's residents eats a hard boiled egg in Kampong Cham, Cambodia.
A man and a woman sit in a neighbor's home while one of the home's residents eats a hard boiled egg in Kampong Cham, Cambodia.

A woman counts out money in front of a dwelling inhabited by people who collect recyclable material to sustain themselves in Kampong Cham, Cambodia. The World Bank estimates 2% of all citizens residing in Third World nations sustain themselves in this manner.

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:36:00 +0000

A woman counts out money in front of a dwelling inhabited by people who collect recyclable material to sustain themselves in Kampong Cham, Cambodia. The World Bank estimates 2% of all citizens residing in Third World nations sustain themselves in this manner.
A woman counts out money in front of a dwelling inhabited by people who collect recyclable material to sustain themselves in Kampong Cham, Cambodia. The World Bank estimates 2% of all citizens residing in Third World nations sustain themselves in this manner.