LAKESIDE CROSSING: Eight-Year-Old Girl Paddles Half A Mile On Raft Built From Garbage To Get To School

A  first-grade student, Kunthea,   paddling   on a raft made of garbage to attend schoolon the Tonle Sap lake, Cambodia, undated. The Acting Governor of Siem Reap, Mr. Prak Sophoan,  promised aid to make her trip easier. Note: Photo is a screenshot from video. (Newsflash) A first-grade student, Kunthea, paddling on a raft made of garbage to attend schoolon the Tonle Sap lake, Cambodia, undated. The Acting Governor of Siem Reap, Mr. Prak Sophoan, promised aid to make her trip easier. Note: Photo is a screenshot from video. (Newsflash)
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06 September 2023
An eight-year-old girl has been praised after building a raft out of garbage so that she could paddle across a lake to get to school. The girl identified only by her first name Kunthea, is from a poor family that lives in a tiny home built on lake Tonle Sap in north-west Cambodia. The...