The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Sergeant (Sgt) Jodie Clark, Australian Force Communications Unit (FCU) with six homeless children from the town of Battambang, sitting on the forward steps of one of the two Russian-built Mi-26 'Halo' (MiL) helicopters used by the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC). An unidentified UNTAC soldier is standing behind them at the top of the steps. In the spirit of UNTAC's humanitarian brief, Australian soldiers set up a school for the homeless children of Battambang with money raised through their own fund raising projects. Sgt Clark would regularly check on these children's progress and occasionally treat them to a ride in a UN helicopter (see P03258.088 - P03258.089). The open cargo doors at the rear of this Mi-26 helicopter give some idea of the cargo-carrying capacity of these aircraft. When UNTAC arrived in late 1992, there were at least 200,000 orphans, a rate of infant mortality averaging nine deaths for every 100 pregnancies, a disabled rate of one out of every 238 children (mainly amputees due to landmines), and an average life expectancy of less than 50 years. Many children who have experienced the trauma of Cambodia's recent history have displayed symptoms of extreme dysfunction.
On a street outside Cambodia's National Museum in Phnom Penh, a cyclo (also known as a trishaw) driver dozes in the heat whilst awaiting business as a group of foreigners (possibly non government agen
Sergeant (Sgt) Jodie Clark, Australian Force Communications Unit (FCU) with two homeless street children from the town of Battambang, who sitting on the bonnet of a white UN vehicle used by the United
A young homeless boy from the streets of Battambang strains to view a helicopter as he is given a tour of the Battambang airfield and some of the many United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia
Two children, both homeless and living in the streets of Battambang, are given a tour of the Battambang airfield and the opportunity to sit in the pilots' seats of one of the many United Nations Trans
A group of village children line up for a group portrait in the village of Sangkat Chbar Mon in Takeo Province, visited by photographer Heide Smith and journalist Marje Prior who toured Cambodia in Ja
Sergeant (Sgt) Jodie Clark, a member of the Australian Force Communications Unit (FCU) contingent of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) driving a UN vehicle in the Battamban
Members of Indonesia's first contingent to the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) relax in the cargo compartment of a Russian-built Mi-26 'Halo' (MiL) helicopter on the Battamba
