Indigenous Communities

A story of hope for Indigenous culture and language in Cambodia

By Bridget Seberry and Hillol Sobhan · August 9, 2023

Indigenous communities in Cambodia often face multi-faceted challenges to educate their children owing to a lack of appropriate primers. Nang Chhok* is nine years old. She attends a multilingual primary school in the O’chum district, Ratanakiri province, in Cambodia, where she learns in both Khmer and her Indigenous Krueng language.