From February 17th to April 11th 2003, a panel of World Vision staff in New Zealand and Cambodia answered questions posted by students. You can browse these questions below.

Name: School: caleb home Age:   Answerd on:   10 1/4/2003 Question: What is your favourite national sport and what do you play it with. Answer: The favourite sport that many Cambodians like to play is called 'shuttle cock'. You get a group of friends together and have a shuttle cock. The aim of the game is to keep the shuttle cock in the air for as long as you can just like you do when you play hacky sack in NZ. Name: School: Ethan Mckee Taupiri Age:   Answerd on:   10 28/3/2003 Question: What treats do they get food wise Answer: Treats are usually kept for very special occasions like New Year and Buddhist special events. Then the family prepares special food dishes. The sweet treats that they might have after the main meal include ansam chruk which is sticky rice balls stuffed with banana or noam bat and nom kom. These are sticky rice cakes. Phleay is a pastry and palm sugar concoction that is fried and rolled in grated coconut. Name: School: Caleb Home Age:   Answerd on:   10 28/3/2003 Question: How has the familys life changed over time and how it has stayed the same! Answer: For Navy family life changed with the death of her father, Dorn six years ago. This has made it harder for her mother who is also not well to provide for her family. Other things that are still the same is the family routines and everyone helping out like Navy and her brothers doing their chores. Name: School: Rebecca Lovell Taupiri primary school Age:   Answerd on:   10 27/3/2003 Question: what sort of things do you do at school? Answer: Navy goes to school from 7am to 11am. During that time she learns to read and write Khmer. She also does some Maths. Her favourite time is break when she gets to play games with her friends. Name: School: Kane Mansell Senior School Age:   Answerd on:   11 25/3/2003 Question: In the Khmer Rouge time If somebody has just turned 9 and has to work but says no, do they kill him/her? Answer: Most children, 9 years old would not dare to refuse to work. It is possible depending on the area and how tough the Khmer Rouge were in that area as to whether the child would die if they did refuse.

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