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LICADHO Canada is honoured to have worked with Dey Krahorm, Chi Kreng and Boeung Kak communities to produce the only three community CDs in Cambodia.

Struggle of Our Homes – Dey Krahorm CD

In 2008, Dey Krahorm produced the first ever community music video CD about forced evictions called Struggle for Our Homes.

“Unfortunately when the land becomes valuable, it is taken over by a company who beats, pounds, mistreats and forces us repeatedly to leave our homes, land left to us by our ancestors.” – Excerpt from English translation of Compassion for the Poor

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Advocacy for Justice – Chi Kreng CD

How Happy You Are When You See me In Tears
Written by Mr. Nhaem Paot in Siem Reap Province Sung by Chi Kreng Villagers

In retrospect Ancestral land The scoundrels with the wicked heart So greedy Never give a damn about anything Though having a pile of wealth but still with poor character.

Oh my Chi Kreng Village Used to be my homeland The beautiful territory that we used to be living in peacefully Oh my God! This time the tears drop on me We were threatened to take our land.

How happy you are when you see me in tear My heart is almost broken because of thinking of the land and plantation The sound of the gun was so loudly We were shot at without any mercy.

Whenever I think of it I feel painful terribly The hand was tied up with the knot and we were beaten Live in the society with no freedom It is the life path of the poor.

(The solo music)

I was put behind bar Only physically But my heart is still happy to compile the song from within the jail To disseminate my voice This is the song about land conflict.

I was put behind bar Suffering terribly, ceaselessly Those traders and businessmen robbed our rice field Why doesn’t the authority try to find right or wrong The (Cambodian) society these days are very unjust.

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Development Separates Families – Boeung Kak CD

Development Separates Families

I. Tears fall in the middle of the night; my heart is full of pain all the time. With my children we were so warm together but Child, you’re still little. Dear, you don’t have good fortune.

II. Mom goes to protest, the children cry and sleep on the ground. Mom carries you in her arms, and caresses you with her tears. Mom feeling so stifled in mind because we need a home. R. The land and home is the life of mother for good future. Now she’s left the children alone, and nobody takes care of them.

III. Oh, the development separates us. When she sees her children running to follow her, she feels so bad. Where is the right of the mother? Please the powerful and rich feel compassion for our home.

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