On the afternoon of January 23, 2026, China's Sany Foundation held a Chinese New Year celebration with people disabled by landmines in Banteay Srei district, Siem Reap, coordinated by the Cambodia–China Progress Researchers Association.
Yun Bunthang, representing the ten people with disabilities who received food, household goods and other support, said the gifts helped improve their livelihoods and that everyday supplies met essential needs. With support from district governor Rin Lot and coordination by deputy governor Ngon Bunthy, he added, Cambodian and Chinese civil groups had regularly worked with the district administration to assist people with disabilities.
Song Ximei, head of disaster relief at Sany's charitable foundation, said the humanitarian activity formed part of efforts to strengthen people-to-people ties, reflecting friendship, understanding and shared community care within the new-era, all-weather Cambodia–China community with a shared future. She said Sany had regularly cooperated with Banteay Srei authorities through the researchers association and China's Peaceland Foundation to improve the livelihoods of people with disabilities, support social work and develop rural Cambodian communities.
Peaceland Foundation representative Liu Wenzhi said the gifts not only eased the burden on people disabled by landmines but also supported the Cambodian Mine Action Centre's demining mission, important for restoring safety and widening sustainable development opportunities for rural Cambodians.
Dr Chea Munyrith, president of the Cambodia–China Progress Researchers Association, said the gifts directly encouraged families affected by remnants of war and shared Chinese friends' warmth ahead of Chinese New Year. The activities of Chinese civil groups, exemplified by Sany and Peaceland, showed concern for Cambodians' welfare, especially people vulnerable because of mines, he said.
Source: Cambodian Journalists Club.
Edited by: Chinda Titi.
