

The children love the stickers Joan Hasler gave them at school, she says. Photos supplied. : Cambodians' lives 'stabbed our hearts'
The children love the stickers Joan Hasler gave them at school, she says. Photos supplied. : Cambodians' lives 'stabbed our hearts'


Nurse Linda Bahn (centre) found that separating HIV-infected Diamond from his mother was not going to work. : Cambodians' lives 'stabbed our hearts'
Nurse Linda Bahn (centre) found that separating HIV-infected Diamond from his mother was not going to work. : Cambodians' lives 'stabbed our hearts'


Stuart Holgate and Diamond after the boy had his head shaved because of nits. : Cambodians' lives 'stabbed our hearts'
Stuart Holgate and Diamond after the boy had his head shaved because of nits. : Cambodians' lives 'stabbed our hearts'


Joan Hasler and Peter Buxton teach Cambodian pupils. : Cambodians' lives 'stabbed our hearts'
Joan Hasler and Peter Buxton teach Cambodian pupils. : Cambodians' lives 'stabbed our hearts'


Joan Hasler had never seen slums like those she visited in Cambodia for 10 days over spring. PHOTO: HAMISH MACLEANSOS School : Cambodians' lives 'stabbed our hearts'
Joan Hasler had never seen slums like those she visited in Cambodia for 10 days over spring. PHOTO: HAMISH MACLEANSOS School : Cambodians' lives 'stabbed our hearts'
Cambodians' lives 'stabbed our hearts'
Balclutha's Joan Hasler got a first-hand look at Cambodia's poverty and its slums last month.
