Some notes from Riverkids Community Nurse

When the first Advocacy group visited the Railway group, home of a number of sex workers, we met a two year-old boy HL. He had problems with his testicles (Estrangement Erniaire) and our visitors felt sorry for him - he was in severe pain but his mother was unable to send him to the hospital. Luckily, our visitors promised to pay for his surgery.

On October 16 2009, with the assistance of the Riverkids community nurse, HL was sent to receive surgery at Khien Khlang, one of the charity clinics in Cambodia. He is currently under recovery from the surgery.

We at Riverkids and the mother of the boy want to thank you so much for the generous support. With your help, we are able to assist more vulnerable kids in Cambodia.

In another case at the Railway group, the community nurse of Riverkids met a lady who works as sex worker. She is currently 8 months pregnant. She’s never gone to a medical check up and her body is swollen.

The community nurse provided some advice relating to pre and post maternity care, and assisted her with taking a simple blood test. She doesn’t have much money and now that the birth is due any day, we at Riverkids are looking for generous donors to support her during maternity leave.






The homeless sex worker

SN is 27 year old. She works as sex worker and a beer girl. She has a one month old-daughter. Her husband is drug addicted and sometimes beats her. The first time we met her, we felt incredibly sorry for her and touched - she had black eyes and couldn’t see clearly due to the swelling.

She does not enough money to rent a room. She live underneath a neighbor‘s house which is full of sewage and very bad smells. Riverkids have provided some toiletries such as baby clothes, sarong, soap toothpaste and toothbrush etc. but as always are looking for further help to assist people like her.