Another Angle on Acid: Rubber Plantations

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Straight from Cambodia – Danielle along with Ashlee Larsen, a Brigham Young graduate student, is accompanying Stirring the Fire founder, Phil Borges as he documents the work of Cambodian Acid Survivors Charity. Update: The STF will be posting about the second organization, Youth Star, soon.  Due to lack of internet access and their remote location they were… Read more »

Intersections of Child Trafficking and Acid Burns: A Survivor Story

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Straight from Cambodia – Danielle along with Ashlee Larsen, a Brigham Young graduate student, is accompanying Stirring the Fire founder, Phil Borges as he documents the work of Cambodian Acid Survivors Charity. Our team was able to do a few home visits of acid burn survivors. Though not at the center, these survivors still receive assistance… Read more »

Domestic Violence and Burns, Ngieb’s Story

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Straight from Cambodia – Danielle along with Ashlee Larsen, a Brigham Young graduate student, is accompanying Stirring the Fire founder, Phil Borges as he documents the work of Cambodian Acid Survivors Charity. While acid burn victims are in the majority of burn victims CASC serves, we’ve also seen a few burn survivors from other types of… Read more »

Surgery on an Acid Burn Survivor

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Straight from Cambodia – Danielle along with Ashlee Larsen, a Brigham Young graduate student, is accompanying Stirring the Fire founder, Phil Borges as he documents the work of Cambodian Acid Survivors Charity. Today dawns early for me, still jetlagged. Part of my early awakening had to do with anxiety I was feeling around our first task… Read more »

Interviewing an Acid Burn Survivor at Home

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Straight from Cambodia – Danielle along with Ashlee Larsen, a Brigham Young graduate student, is accompanying Stirring the Fire founder, Phil Borges as he documents the work of Cambodian Acid Survivors Charity. Our small team, consisting of Phil (head photographer/film-maker), Ashlee (recent graduate of photography) and me (scribe/blogger), traveled to two women’s houses to meet them… Read more »

Hitting the Ground Running in Cambodia

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Straight from Cambodia – Danielle along with Ashlee Larsen, a Brigham Young graduate student, is accompanying Stirring the Fire founder, Phil Borges as he documents the work of Cambodian Acid Survivors Charity. A late-night arrival in Phnom Penh and an early morning-start today allowed me to hit the ground running. It began by a 7am pick… Read more »

STF Team Documenting VAW in Cambodia

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Our team is traveling to Cambodiato take a closer look at issues of violence against women and girls and work with organizations that are working to end such violence. As is commonly known, violence against women and girls happens in every country around the world with some common themes, such as domestic violence, as well… Read more »