I like what you took away from this experience. I loved through some pretty horrific floods in Cambodia during my 10 years there. Where I’m from in the USA is a flood prone area too, and what I’ve noticed is how differently each country mentally handles a flood.
I think because Cambodia is a poorer and tougher country, people just take it in stride and keep cooking, working and doing everything in waist-deep water, almost like it’s not an emergency. Only when it gets so deep that swimming is the only way to get around do people panic and have to make tougher decisions.
That’s an awesome job you did as kids to take care of the house while your parents were out dealing with their own problems. Bravo too for the photo fundraising initiative too.
Gotta admit that our government do not really pay much attention to a good disaster response☹️ I also agree that some citizens are hard-headed, but we cannot blame them since it's also quite difficult to leave sentimental things behind. I am from Philippines by the way😊
Thank you for appreciating my initiative ❤️