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8 October 2008

Cambodia's Poorest Families to Receive Emergency Food Assistance


MANILA, PHILIPPINES - 63-year-old grandmother Mom Som, who ekes out a living selling cooked rice, says that rising food prices have depleted her income to such an extent that she can no longer afford to send her grandchildren to school.

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