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Mr Neeson knew he had found his purpose. Five years on, he chuckles at that plan. CCF now provides schooling or childcare to 496 children, effectively providing a lifeline out of the tip. About 420 of the children are in full-time accommodation.
There is also a free medical clinic for families, and employment and training programs for parents including a bakery and a garment-making centre.
For Mr Neeson, Phnom Penh, a city that is only one generation on from the brutal Khmer Rouge regime, turned out to be more broken than he could have imagined. On his daily walk through the dump, he still discovers tales of heartbreak and neglect: a six-year-old boy sold into prostitution; two children beaten unconscious; alcohol-affected parents who deliberately burnt their children and others abandoned entirely. Two young girls were reportedly being “groomed” by a man running paid tours.
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