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Jenet Vanniroth


Janet Vanniroth with children and staff at the orphanage at Khao-I-Dang refugee camp, Thailand, 1980. In the back row, from left is one of the orphanage staff “mothers” (unidentified) and her husband (unidentified); next is Auntie Ray (She is not a blood relative, but it is a common practice in Cambodia to address everyone using kinship terms); other orphanage staff are unidentified. Janet is in the front row, 2nd from right, wearing a dress. The rest of the children are unidentified. Janet’s mother worked at the orphanage for nearly a year (1979 to 1980).
Janet Vanniroth with children and staff at the orphanage at Khao-I-Dang refugee camp, Thailand, 1980. In the back row, from left is one of the orphanage staff “mothers” (unidentified) and her husband (unidentified); next is Auntie Ray (She is not a blood relative, but it is a common practice in Cambodia to address everyone using kinship terms); other orphanage staff are unidentified. Janet is in the front row, 2nd from right, wearing a dress. The rest of the children are unidentified. Janet’s mother worked at the orphanage for nearly a year (1979 to 1980).

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