Life of Children and Youth during the Khmer Rouge is an oral history book that published under the project “Community Truth-telling: Engaging former Khmer Rouge cadres in dialogue and memory work with young generations”. This project aims at creating safe space for learning and building a closer relationship within family members and communities, which funded by IFA - Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen. Click here
With support from GIZ-CPS in 2023, five oral history stories from five Khmer Rough Survivors in five province collected by 16 High school teachers in five provinces in Cambodia. They shared the suffered experiences in difference aspects during Khmer Rough. The title is about the "Living without Soul" where it is useful for teachers, students, researchers, and public want to learn and contributing to the past conflict dealing.
With support from GIZ-CPS in 2023, three changed stories documented and published through online platform (website and Facebook page). These stories are a good model for healing and reconciliation for other survivors living with the past suffering. These stories can encourage other survivors to also deal with the past. English versions are now available here. Ms. Sin Sima click here Mr. Sorn Mut click here Mr. Nguyen Yan Tay click here
Community Truth: A Story of Em Lern This story is a reflection for another corner of the Khmer Rouge history. Please click a video below for a detailed story. This video is supported by Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa)'s Zivik Funding Programme with funds of Auswärtiges Amt (Federal Foreign Office).
Community Truth: A Story of Soun Saroeun This story is a reflection for another corner of the Khmer Rouge history. Please click a video below for a detailed story. This video is supported by Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa)'s Zivik Funding Programme with funds of Auswärtiges Amt (Federal Foreign Office).
In 2022, Kdei Karuna Organization (KdK) highly focused on promoting understanding about the past conflicts and its impacts among active youths and educators and building their capacities of necessary soft-skills (non-violence communication, mental health support, documentation, mobilizing support) and thus they actively participated in providing basic support to the Khmer Rouge survivors (KR) and implementing initiative project activities based on their community needs…more here
This report from REDRESS, Kdei Karuna and Global Survivors Fund’s (GSF), examines the scope and prevalence of CRSV during the Khmer Rouge regime and the main obstacles that survivors face in realising their right to reparations. It also explores what survivors’ would like in regards to effective reparationprogrammes. Finally, the study draws conclusions and explores the steps that the Cambodian authorities, civil society and the international community could take to help survivors in their search for redress. The study draws from consultations with survivors in-country, with experts and stakeholders, and desk research. This report is part of a multi-country study led by the GSF to fill the gap that exists around the world to honour the right of reparations for survivors of CRSV. Click here
This short documentary video provides insights into the international exchange workshop held in Bangkok on 15 May 2013 in the context of Kdei Karuna (KdK)'s project 'Exploring History and Nationalism in Thai-Cambodian Relations'. Together with scholars, diplomats and NGO representatives, Thai, Cambodian and international students jointly examined the role of identity, nationalism(s) and diverging representations of history in the ongoing tensions between the two countries. The workshop was co-organized by Mahidol University International College, Bangkok and KdK. The film was produced by four students from the Department for Media and Communication at the Royal University of Phnom Penh who accompanied and documented the dialogue process. Produced by DMC students Cheng Bunlong, Mer Chanpolydet, Heng Guechly & Kong Sovan. Sponsored by GIZ and zfd.
This project is a reparation project at ECCC on case 002/01. It discussed about experiences of victims and survivors about forced transfers from Phnom Penh and other cities and other violences during the Khmer Rouge.
Pka Sla Under Angkar is a reparation project at Extra Ordinary Chambers of the Courts in Cambodia (ECCC) on case 002/02 to contribute to the healing processes for victims/survivors of forced marriage and Sexual and Gender Based Violence under Khmer Rouge regime.
The Intergenerational Dialogue is used to bridge the discussion between survivors of SGBV and young generations for learning, healing, and preventing such crimes happening in the future.
Mongo Seed is a poem to describe about resiliency and strength of survivors of Sexual and Gender Based Violence during Khmer Rouge. They even faced unforgettable suffering experience and its impact until today but they still stay strong to break the silence and advocate for their rights and justice.
In 2021 the Covid-19 pandemic had a strong impact on daily life. Despite this situation, with active participation from and close cooperation with key actors and relevant stakeholders, KdK has fully implemented the following five projects…Read more
In 2020, KdK has implemented two projects: 1). Justice and History Outreach: Dialogue across Generations to Promote Diversity which has been carried-out in three locations/communities (Kampong Thom, Kampong Chhnang and Pursat), and 2). Gender Justice through Intergenerational Dialogue and participatory research on Gender and Sexual and Gender-Based Violence during the Khmer Rouge, which has been undertaken in two Regional Teacher Training Centers (Takeo and Kampong Cham)…Read more
Throughout Cambodia, victims often live within the same community as the person that perpetrated direct crimes against their family and friends. Despite the decades that have passed, tensions still exist from a lack of communication that continues to foster anger, hatred, and misunderstanding. In one village, a victim recalls the arrest of his mother, who was subsequently tortured in the nearby pagoda. He states, “The spies who arrested my mother are now living in my village. I am still angry with them, but I cannot do anything.” Read more
Watching the video of Victim and Former Khmer Rouge Dialogue click here
In 2019, Kdei Karuna Organisation has undertaken four different projects including: (1). Justice and History Outreach, (2). Pka Sla Kroam Angkar, (3). Healing and Reconciliation, and (4). Voices from Ethnic Minorities which were funded by GIZ-CPS, Heinrich Böll Foundation (HBS), ifa, and USAID respectively… more detail
Kdei Karuna Organization (KdK) is an innovative, politically neutral NGO that has worked in Cambodia’s peacebuilding community for more than ten years. KdK employs participatory community-engaged approaches to build sustainable peace. KdK has implemented truth-telling and memorialization initiatives between a number of groups, including former Khmer Rouge (KR) cadres and victims, ethnic minorities, women and men, youth and local authorities. more detail
“Somnatt”, a tittle of a thirty minutes long documentary film. Under the project “Flow of Life: Oral Histories from ethnic minorities in the Tonle Sap Region”, the film shows migration histories, Khmer Rouge experiences and other life stories of the two ethnic minorities, Cham and Vietnamese. Eight protagonists in the film are from four different provinces around Tonlé Sap such as Kampong Chhnang, Pursat, Battambang and Siem Reap provinces.
Community history from Vietnamese Minorities in Kampong Chhnang: Ethnic Vietnamese groups have lived in Cambodia throughout contemporary history and the historic of the countries are closely intertwined. Nowadays, Vietnamese are one of the largest minority groups in Cambodia. However, the population group remains understudied and little public information about them is available. This has led to the fact that rumours and myths that are sometimes captured for political purposes circulate among Cambodian society...
[...] They took her (her sister in law) to a meeting. Her children were very young and she said that they invited her to a meeting. One of her children was over 1 year old and could walk a little bit. I brought her children. She was eating together with others at the eating hall before she left for the meeting. She asked me to look after her children. [...] At night, the village chief came to take all her property. [...] They took all three children. The second child hid under a bed, but they still found him and took him away. I asked them to keep the youngest child but they refused. They said that they brought all the children to their mother and ‘Yuon’ [Vietnamese] relatives should not be left behind. [...] Whenever they had meetings, they said that, all ‘Yuon’ should be killed and should not be left on Khmer territory. [...] They said “Yuon eat bran and grow tails”. Ms. KHUN Samith, a Khmer Civil Party from Prey Veng province
