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2020 was going to be a year of celebration for Vancouver-based Ratanak International 30 years of helping Cambodian children and adults who had been trafficked reintegrate into their families and villages.
Then, COVID hit. Founder Brian McConaghy left Cambodia ahead of borders closing there as Canada was urging its citizens to get home.
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When he arrived, the Vancouver staff were already working from home and their first Zoom meeting was about retooling from celebration to possible closure.
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