The Cambodian Genocide In Cambodia
During my sophomore year (2014-2015) of high school, I learned about how the Cambodian genocide in the late 1970s impacted the survivors, particularly adolescents and children. Because the educated and middle classes of Cambodia were wiped out, the teenagers of Cambodia now have little choices other than child labor or sex trafficking. Individuals within my youth group formed The Cambodia Initiative with the goal of building a $62,000 dorm for 50 students in the Banteay Meanchey Province so that an already existing school could expand to a permanent location. It was incredible to educate myself about a cause, then educate my peers so we could join together to correct an injustice. I organized my friends to sell candy and collect change at my