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- Injured in 1996 while planting rice in Siem Reap
- Receives $30/month compensation from the Cambodian Army
- Wife and 7 children in Prey Veng
- Sees family every other month for 2 days
- Earns $3/day (12,000 reil) selling books to tourists in Phom Phen
- Pays $1000 reil per night for a hammock in Phnom Phen Central Market
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- Lak 62 Village, Battambang Province
- 45 years old
- Injured in 1985 while on patrol in Som Lot District near Thai border
- Khmer Rouge soldier, no government compensation
- Lost left leg below the knee and right eye
- First prosthetic leg destroyed by a second landmine injury
- Possess an unredeemed Red Cross voucher for a second prosthetic leg
- Wife and 5 children in Lak 62, cannot afford to go to Battambang to get second prosthetic from the Red Cross
- Works as a farmer and receives support locally, from family
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- Battambang
- Injured in Pailin in 1989 on patrol with Cambodian army
- Lost both legs below the knees
- Receives $20 compensation per month
- Wife and 3 children in Phnom Penh
- No job, lives in local temple
- Receives some rehab at Battambang Red Cross. We were unable to determine why he isn't in Phnom Penh with family and more rehab facilities.
- Received wheelchair from Japanese NGO and paid $80 for the gears and front-end of chair-car
- Has spent about $8 for maintenance on chair-car over 6 years
- He reports harassment from local business owners, but no police harassment
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- O'Cheteil Beach, Kompong Som
- 37 years old
- Injured in Pailin in 1983
- Missing patella in left knee
- Received extensive medical treatment in Thailand at time of injury, paid for by friends
- Says he was a government soldier, but receives no compensation
- Does not have a job
- Wife and 3 children in Kompong Som, wife works at local hotel
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- Unable to determine age and dates of injury
- Shot while in Siem Reap and later stepped on a landmine in Battambang
- Says he was a government soldier, but receives no compensation
- Lost right arm below shoulder, right leg below knee, has several puncture wounds on trunk of body
- Transportation machine supplied by Japanese NGO
- Machine costs $1 per year for maintenance
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- Battambang
- Injured near Phnom Sompow in 1995, government soldier
- Lost left leg above knee
- Receives $10 compensation per month
- Wife and 3 children in Battambang, reports wife has TB, oldest daughter manages the family farm
- Received prosthetic leg and rehab through Red Cross in 1998
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- Battambang
- 37 years old
- Injured in Pailin in 1983 as government soldier
- Lost right leg below knee
- Receives $12.50 compensation per month
- Wife and 1 child in Phnom Penh
- No job in Battambang, unable to determine why he is there
- Received rehab and prosthetic leg from Phnom Penh Red Cross, gets new leg every 6 months
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- Unable to determine age and date of injury
- Says he government soldier on the Viet Nam border, and then became farmer. Unable to determine if he was injured while on patrol or farming
- Reports no compensation
- Lost right foot below ankle, ankle hangs limp without boots
- Received prosthetic boots, crutches and rehab from Red Cross
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- Landmine survivors living at Wat Phnom in Phnom Penh
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- Landmine survivors living at Wat Phnom in Phnom Penh
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- Landmine survivors living at Wat Phnom in Phnom Penh
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