22/11 Foundation: Press Release: 25th Nov. 2010- “22 /11 Commemoration”

As tribute to the 347 people who died during the unexpected panic on the night of 22 November 2010, the youth group of 22/11 Foundation gathered on 25^th November 2010 at 4: 00pm at Phnom Penh Center to parade to the tragic site, to reflect about the unnecessary death, to recite a poem and to pay respect and condolences to the stampede victims.

H.E Ouk Kimseng, representative of Information Minister, was giving a remark during the commemoration about this sad event on behalf H.E Khieu Kanharith.

Turning the happy Water Festival day to the second historical record of tragedy, this panic happened on the night of 22/ 11 2010, which was the last day of the Water Festival. Thousands of people were in the stampede on the bridge of Koh Pich leaving 347 died and 395 injured.

Facing this overwhelmingly heartbreaking incident, the 22/11 Foundation, which was formed by the multi-university students and other youths from different institutions of Cambodia, gathered to pay commemoration to the deceased. Besides this, we are also doing an ad hoc fundraising to help as many victims as possible.

Donations collected from all universities in Phnom Penh and the public will be transferred directly to the stampede victims staying in the hospitals throughout Phnom Penh on 27^th November 2010.

In order to keep the money transparent, our group will be updating the list of contributors and amount of money we have and doing all reports about our activities and how we share the donation to those suffered via our facebook page called “22/11 commemoration” and the blog:

http://22-11foundation.blogspot.com/

Be notified that our group is recognized by the Ministry of Information and remarked
by H.E Khieu Kanharith on 24^th November 2010 on the name of youth activities for society.

*Poem: is a newly written piece of work by Lecturer Sor Soth from the Institute of Foreign Language, to reflect great sorrow for the 22/11 incident.