When 29 year-old store manager Srey Mom sent her mother in Takeo province some money to pay young people to help with the rice planting, her mother told her it was no use – the young people had abandoned the village to seek their fortunes in Phnom Penh.

Srey Mom already knew the situation. Eight years ago, she herself left to find work and study, followed by three of her six siblings.

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Source: (Phnom Penh Post – October 02, 2012)