Story of the Children When the Orphanage Shut Down!

Just received today an email from Buntheon, one of the young adults at the orphanage ...

The situation is terrible for these children ...
We continue our fundraising to be back ASAP and help save these children!

Your support means a lot to us! Thank you all!

"Hello , LULU, this is Bonthoeurn. how are you? i am in a scared condition. i want to reply some your questions of whom came to the orphanage. On 3rd of July 2013 it was around 9am morning i was in the office playing piano with sister Rose and there were some higher people and cars at the outside door. i was getting stuck. i locked the door for them. they got in and blamed us for not ready for their coming, but they didn't tell us the date or time they might come.Me and Rose was in a circle discussion they read some documents for us with some points saying that the orphanage is closed from now on and i was out of words, getting stuck and so afraid. After a while mum chanthea came back from the market,wondering what was going on, she looked pile and lost her words. She was called in to the discussion as well. we all were questioned with heart jumping up deeply. It was nothing to be said , very scary.
Some of the officers from ministry of interior , Ministry of social works, municipality, chief of commune, chief of village and other two organization officers. After questioning, Rithty arrived, he came back from Kompong Cham province. he came to deal with them and i go out. not so long, the children all came back from school. Those officers immediately forced me and all the kids leave and take the van without allowing us to have lunch. some of the children was in school uniform, without clothes exchange they were forced to packed up all the their materials and left the orphanage.Some of them tried to escaped,Just like Beltie students and ran to hugg Rose and mum Chanthea crying, very, very very very very scared.!!!! Everything was in crazy panic situation. Everyone was crying and hugged each other. They didn't want to leave. They screamed and shouted for help,but Rithy or Chanthea could do nothing because they were threatened, just standing crying and see the children their beloved sons and daughters leave. If you could imagine of that time what would you feel!!!!!!!!!!
we need much and many helpers. who can help us in this condition????????????????.After that me and all the kids were taken to different places, without knowing where to go. and i didn't know more information about Rithy. It hurt the kids emotion so much , because they have never been separated or faced this time before. we all are too young to understand everything. Just leaving with sorrows and and felt stuck , afraid , fear, need help. After a nightmare sleep at other place, me and some other adults insisted those people to leave there and tried to contact to our family to come assure us and took us out of there. Now i am with Rithy to stand by him if i can comfort him some.but for most children still stay in some places and i don't know how they are now. i feel so pitiful and painful . do you feel like me??????????? there is no justice in Cambodia , i shouted out. they didn't think of the kids.we are trying to find solutions now to what we can do. Khmer kill Khmer for money, corruption................Still more things and more to solve .Rithy will be summoned to the court. Thank you to let me write message and thank you to read my message, i hope you will understand. learn about Cambodia society. i hate this society so much!!!!!!! i will tell you more details when you come. and i don't know what things would be tomorrow.*:(( crying This will be in my memory and eveyone's memory forever. Does it sound like Khmer Rouge regime.?To me , absolutely it is."



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