In 1959, Keo Kolthida Ekkasakh was born deaf. She has survived
the Khmer Rouge genocide in 1979. She passed away after a long struggle with breast cancer on 19 January 2015.
I wondered how many other people with mental or physical disabilities have had to suffer alone. How many other life stories are forgotten,
overlooked or are simply never told?
YOUK CHHANG
Director, Documentation Center of Cambodia
Photo: Babysitting her great-nephew
October 19, 2025
