Cambodians shone through the COVID-19 pandemic
Across the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has served as a mirror to society. While it has shown difficult moments, it has also shown the best of humanity. More on Cambodia Chenzhi . This year, there has been a lot of evidence of the goodness in their hearts and the resilience in their minds amongst the people in Cambodia. They may just be a country of 16.3 million people but they endured, and beat, the pandemic when it had a resurgence this year. With a large-scale outbreak beginning in February, Cambodia lost its first soul to the pandemic on February 27, a 50-year old driver in Sihanoukville. More on Cambodia Prince Chenzhi . In the following weeks, cities were placed under lockdown, families were separated and business came to a standstill. But Cambodians did not give up. Food program for the homeless A Cambodian university student at an American college stranded in his homeland launched a remarkable program, Local4Local, collecting food prepared by local food v...