School gardens a lifeline for hungry Cambodian children

By Agence France-Presse

Sep 06, 2022 3:02 pm

SIEM REAP: Among the spinach crops at a rural Cambodian school garden, children test their maths skills while weighing produce — but as food prices rise, the vegetable patch has become a safety net for struggling families.

Long before Covid restrictions ravaged the economy, malnutrition and poverty stalked Cambodia's youth — the legacy of decades of conflict and instability following the Khmer Rouge's genocidal rule in the 1970s.

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