Fellow Sufferers (Khmer Landmine Victims)

Cambodia is one of the most landmine affected countries, and with over 25000 amputees it has the highest ratio per capita in the world. The Handicap International Cambodia operates a rehabilitation center in Siem Reap for mine victims where also provides physical treatment for children whose born with congenital disorders. Besides physical and mental treatment, the center fix and makes new prosthetic limbs for mine victims whose arriving the center from all around of the country.

The people who were participating with my photography project, all were mine victims and came to the center to get a new prosthetic limb. Must of them stayed approx for a week. They never met with each other before.

All the services at the Handicap International are free. Those are living far, the center pay the transportation.

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Beyond borders

I find two pictures among my archives. One of I took in Israel and the other in Cambodia. The relation of the two pictures are about the every day protection. Not self protection. Protection of the human against an other "human". The sign with the child was located in the yard of Ministry of Tourism in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Campaign against child sex tourism in Cambodia supported by the government. Does the campaign is effective and successful enough? It is estimated that 1/3 of prostitutes in Cambodia are children. By the Trafficking in Persons Report of 2010 reports that the sale of virgin girls continues to be a serious problem in Cambodia. Must make pedophiles fear going to jail inside the country and not let them run away...

The other photo shows an Israeli solder girl with the machine gun on her back in a shoe store. I took this in Jerusalem.

Taxi drivers hold a protest at Budapest Hero's Square

Yesterday, I received an email from Demotix one of the photo editor. He let me know that at the Hero's square in Budapest, Taxi drivers will demonstrate. They will talk about the tariff and monopoly of services at the Ferenc Liszt International Airport.

Today it was a rainy day, but I went to the spot and done my assignment. It took for awhile to upload my photos to the agency server, because of the speed of my unreliable mobile connection. But soon after I received a message again from the same editor. My photo was chosen and made the front page. That's a good news, but that's means they are marked my story to sell for the mainstream media. So, now I just have to wait. How long? Hm....

Whether the media partners of this London based news agency are focusing such a story like Taxi drivers protest even if hits the Breaking News category and Hungary is the current holder of the EU presidency? Let's see....

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