Bun Na rolls his bike down the muddy road leading to Veal...
VEAL THOM, KAMPONG SPEU, CAMBODIA - 2003/08/01: Bun Na rolls his bike down the muddy road leading to Veal Thom. Bun Na left a life of begging on Phnom Penh's streets to start anew in the village. He lost his leg and much of his face to a landmine while fighting for the Cambodian government against the Khmer Rouge. He wants a new life for himself and his wife where he won't be judged by his amputations.
Deep in the hinterlands, down a rutted dirt road, a small village shelters the remnants of Cambodia’s civil war. Some 200 disabled veterans - both Khmer Rouge and government soldiers - and their families have moved to Veal Thom, or “Big Field.” There they build huts, grow rice, cultivate flowers and do what society will not allow in their homelands: live in peace.
Though they lost limbs and parts of their lives in Cambodia's civil war, their wounds mark them as outcasts in the Cambodian society.. (Photo by Jerry Redfern/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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- Adult,
- Amputee,
- Asian and Indian Ethnicities,
- Bicycle,
- Building Exterior,
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- Healthcare And Medicine,
- Kampung,
- Khmer,
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- Laterite,
- Leading,
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- Mud,
- Non-Urban Scene,
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- People,
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- Transportation,
- Unipedalism,
- Victim,
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