My father’s name is Him Heng and my mother’s Soth Neang. My parents died when I was very young, nearly six years ago. Afterwards I went to live with one of my grandmothers in Kien Svay District, Kandal Province. I also have a little sister but she lived with my other grandmother in the country side. I stayed with my grandmother for one year, then I came to live in the orphanage. I have lived here since 2000. I took photographs at home at New Year because I wanted to tell people about mine and my grandmother’s life. She was very poor and found it difficult to feed me, therefore Ms Ho Noun, Secretary of State, took me to the orphanage of Kien Kleang.

I hope that the photos and texts which I write about my real life are understood so that people know about the lives of orphans like me. It makes me happy to take my own photos and to caption them. I think that if I have a job in the future, I will help my grandmother who is poor.