Sharing

A little boy walks through the girls’ dormitory while two girls sleep.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia 2006

NAP TIME

A boy yawns before his afternoon nap.
Siem Ripe, Cambodia 2006

LUNCH BREAK

Two boys play with kites during a break at school.
Siem Ripe, Cambodia 2006

FLYING

A little boy atop his orphanage flies a kite and watches other children across the street.
Siem Ripe, Cambodia 2006

GATEWAT

Two girls push a wheelbarrow as they help clear a piece of farmland.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia 2006

SMILE

A boy washes early morning before breakfast.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia 2006

APPLE

A little boy eating diner alone while two other children share apples.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia 2006

CIRCLE WORK

Three children washing their plates after dinner.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia 2006

No adults

A baby drinking milk from a bottle on his own with a toddler sleeping beside him.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia 2006

COMMUNITY OF CHILDREN

Children playing games at the school grounds.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia 2006

STANDING

Sary stands next to her wheelchair after a spinal operation at the orphanage as she watches other children during their morning exercise.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia 2006

MORNING EXERCISE

Children returning from morning exercise.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia 2006

I am Cambodia

Sunrise Children’s Villages are more than orphanages. Geraldine Cox, an Australian, ensures the children get the care, education, and preparation to survive in a country that still suffers from the effects of the civil war and genocide of nearly 50 years ago.

I tried to capture what it is like to be an orphan, to grow up amongst children with very few adults around them, to be an older child who’s about to leave and start a life and family of their own – all without a parent to guide them.

These images were taken alongside the filming of My Pictures My Past, a video about reconnecting children to their childhood drawings & memories.

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