Scott Neeson left Hollywood to save children rooting in Cambodia's garbage dumps (via
The Christian Science Monitor)
Scott Neeson’s final epiphany came one day in June 2004. The high-powered Hollywood executive stood, ankle deep in trash, at the sprawling landfill of Stung Meanchey, a poor shantytown in Cambodia’s capital. In a haze of toxic fumes and burning waste, swarms of Phnom Penh’s most destitute were rooting…
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