Let's cut to the chase: they are Baptist Church missionaries. And despite their stated motives to empower disadvantaged young women who have been rescued from exploitation, they are also on a mission to spread the word of Jesus. Convert souls to Christianity.

So there is an ulterior motive because the fact that they are missionaries or that the organisation they work for is run by the Baptist Church does not appear mentioned on their organisation's website nor is it mentioned in the OP news story as to the reasons for them coming to Cambodia.

The omission of that important fact, I believe, is disingenuous and begs the question: why do they need to deceive people like that? They should be transparent as to their motives and say so up front in my book so that people know what they are about.

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I think they were inspired by Marie Antoinette

Cake decorating?

How about teaching them something more intellectually meaningful with greater promise for future prospects.

Something in the STEM fields maybe?

Naw, science, technology, engineering and math take too long.

We can show cashed up bleeding heart donors, concrete results in weeks if not days.........."Look, now I can make a rose out of frosting!" "Watch me support my family with this skill."


Also..........a cake decorating school for women?!? Where is the woke mob? "Look, white privileged CIS males are trying to keep women in the kitchen!"

Brody wrote: ↑Tue May 18, 2021 10:30 am Cake decorating?

How about teaching them something more intellectually meaningful with greater promise for future prospects.

Something in the STEM fields maybe?

Naw, science, technology, engineering and math take too long.

We can show cashed up bleeding heart donors, concrete results in weeks if not days.........."Look, now I can make a rose out of frosting!" "Watch me support my family with this skill."


Also..........a cake decorating school for women?!? Where is the woke mob? "Look, white privileged CIS males are trying to keep women in the kitchen!"

it looks like the youngish couple should be starting a family of their own
but good luck to them on their foreign doing-good adventure

do bloom proselytize?
they run a cafe so they're unlikely to teach rocket engineering

the gender bias is excusable, since girls are often last in line for education
on the other hand sexism and exploitation are often caused by men
so perhaps teaching men to be more upstanding would yield better results
than stoking anglo-style gender 'empowerment' and confrontation

i wonder which one had the idea to come to cambodia?
either way, i will place a small wager that she leaves before he does
lol

clutchcargo wrote: ↑Tue May 18, 2021 9:50 am

SternAAlbifrons wrote: ↑Tue May 18, 2021 3:26 am Being a cross-cultural change agent in Cambodia must be a very difficult job.

How unusually diplomatic of you there Stern

Pushing shit uphill.

That better, Clutch?

I ran into a couple of young American kids in Phnom Penh years ago who were doing something similar in Battambang. I remember their Khmer was some of the best I've heard over here from foreigners.

This one is age-restricted so

if you are too lazy signing in

which oddly is described as "non-profit video"
too bad it isn't marked as "not-for-profit video"

each to their own devices
with a little help or not
from a friend (or foe)

Cooldude wrote: ↑Tue May 18, 2021 12:41 pm I ran into a couple of young American kids in Phnom Penh years ago who were doing something similar in Battambang. I remember their Khmer was some of the best I've heard over here from foreigners.

Did they both share the same first name, 'Elder'?
And, were they pushing or riding bicycles?