Disability in Cambodia: 'Children can make progress and have rights'

Bridget Cordory shares her experiences of working as a project manager in Cambodia, a country with three social workers per 25,000 people

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I work as a project manager for Grace House Community Centre (GHCC) an NGO near Siem Reap, Cambodia. GHCC was started by Globalteer, a UK volunteer organisation; I have been involved from day one, helping to develop programmes and raise funds. In my previous life, I was a care needs assessor for social services, establishing care packages for young disabled people. In 2008, Alan, my husband, took early retirement from the civil service and we travelled around Europe in a motorhome. Nine months and numerous cathedrals later we decided to “give something back” and volunteered in Cambodia. Seven years later we are still at GHCC.

Last year, I visited a nine-year-old girl with cerebral palsy, kept in a playpen in a darkened locked room

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