Floating for hope

Reuters Published August 1, 2013
A man walks on a flight of steps at the banks of Tonle Sap river.
A man walks on a flight of steps at the banks of Tonle Sap river.
A woman holding a chicken on the banks of Mekong river.
A woman holding a chicken on the banks of Mekong river.
A woman plays with her child on banks of Mekong river in Phnom Penh.
A woman plays with her child on banks of Mekong river in Phnom Penh.
The exact times for the five daily prayers are written on a small board (L) as ethnic Cham Muslims pray at their makeshift mosque.
The exact times for the five daily prayers are written on a small board (L) as ethnic Cham Muslims pray at their makeshift mosque.
People eat their iftar (breaking fast) meals on the banks of Tonle Sap river.
People eat their iftar (breaking fast) meals on the banks of Tonle Sap river.
Children play volleyball in front of a hotel under construction on the banks of Mekong river.
Children play volleyball in front of a hotel under construction on the banks of Mekong river.
A woman carries a plate with fish prepared for iftar (breaking fast) on the banks of Mekong river.
A woman carries a plate with fish prepared for iftar (breaking fast) on the banks of Mekong river.
A woman busy fixing her net on the banks of Mekong river.
A woman busy fixing her net on the banks of Mekong river.
Children pass time by their boats on the banks of Mekong river.
Children pass time by their boats on the banks of Mekong river.
People pass the time near their boats on banks of Mekong river in Phnom Penh.
People pass the time near their boats on banks of Mekong river in Phnom Penh.

About 100 ethnic Cham families, made up of nomads and fishermen without houses or land who arrived at the Cambodian capital in search of better lives, live on their small boats on a peninsula where the Mekong and Tonle Sap rivers meet, just opposite the city's centre.

The community has been forced to move several times from their locations in Phnom Penh as the land becomes more valuable.

They fear that their current home, just behind a new luxurious hotel under construction at the Chroy Changva district is only temporary and that they would have to move again soon.

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