Dr HIDETO Yoshioka, a Japanese surgeon and founder of the international paediatric cancer NGO Japan Heart, is ready to perform life-saving operations on children with cancer during his two-week surgical mission to the Kingdom which starts at the end of June.
With war raging in Ukraine following Russia’s military offensive there, millions of Ukrainians have been turned into refugees who are either internally displaced within their own country or forced to flee abroad and seek refuge in neighbouring countries like Poland or even further westward in other parts of the EU.
With war raging in Ukraine following Russia’s military offensive there, millions of Ukrainians have been turned into refugees who are either internally displaced within their own country or forced to flee abroad and seek refuge in neighbouring countries like Poland or even further westward in other parts of the EU.
The Penh Art Fair 2021 has officially kicked-off at FT Gallery, with the soft opening held in early June. This year’s fair showcases around 100 works from 36 local and international artists.
In Cambodia people with disabilities are often invisible to most able-bodied people and when they are seen it’s often through a lens of victimhood that focuses on a presumed lack of independence or the idea that begging will be their only source of income.
A Phnom Penh-based photographer and curator originally hailing from Portugal, Miguel Jeronimo is working with several artists to hold an exhibition showcasing people with disabilities’ whose lives defy those stereotypes.
“The
From Disability to Visibility exhibition is a platform to provide visibility and give a voice to people with disabilities in Cambodia to show that they have talent and can live an independent life,” he says.