Comments for Kan Yan

Comment on The role of civil society in dealing with child labor by Andrea

Andrea — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:15:18 +0000

I would leave your photos on here as well
http://socialdocumentary.net/

Comment on Return by Natasha

Natasha — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:03:13 +0000

What a powerful photograph and story. If you are to visit her, I hope to read about it and hear about her successes. Hopefully, she will have been able to study.

Comment on I’ve actually been doing stuff. by Will Slade

Will Slade — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:54:16 +0000

Hi Kan,
I ran across your (incredible) photos on facebook and was intrigued by your project. You mention hanging out with kids at a Transit home… what kind of care, activities, and/or education do children receive there? Where do they go next? Will your documentary be able to follow the children through a few steps of the process (if not with individual cases, then by interviewing people who were rescued last year or the year before to learn about the experience in retrospect)?

Will

Comment on Stuck to my seat. by Luna Liu

Luna Liu — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:45:44 +0000

Hey, This is Luna here, another fellow who is going to Kenya soon. It was a pity that we did not have a chance to meet during the training since you were there already. I was curious that whether your name is Chinese or your family came from China and how you feel about studying law–as I am from China and I studied law.

I went to Nepal for twice and it is still one of my favorite country. I hope you enjoy your work there!

Comment on I’ve actually been doing stuff. by Andrea

Andrea — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:18:52 +0000

The World Day Against Child Labour will be celebrated on 12 June 2009. Check out http://www.ilo.org/ipec/Campaignandadvocacy/WDACL/WorldDay2009/lang–en/index.htm

Comment on I’ve actually been doing stuff. by Natasha

Natasha — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:28:51 +0000

When it comes to child labor I am curious to see what your documentary will offer as an alternative means to attain money for these children. While I agree that child labor is a very terrible thing,I find that it is too easy to say that it should be stopped when a lot of children would not have access to food or water were it not for their jobs.

Comment on Stuck to my seat. by Karen A

Karen A — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 11:56:06 +0000

Stet.

Comment on Stuck to my seat. by Evelina Gueorguieva

Evelina Gueorguieva — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:55:33 +0000

Hello, Kan,

I just wanted to say that I’ve been following your blog, and I love it. Keep up the good work!!

-Evelina

Comment on Trip to Tulsipur by Mark

Mark — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:17:06 +0000

I am glad you had your bus adventure Kan, Nepalgunj to Tulsipur is not quite the stomach rolling journey that Kathmandu to Nepalgunj is…but it will do.

Have a great summer, I will look forward to following your experience online.

Mark

Comment on Trip to Tulsipur by Arpit

Arpit — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:30:14 +0000

Kan,

All the best. You’ll love Nepal – really amazing country. I don’t know how long you’ll be there but the best way to not get sick yet get to eat all the delicious food is to acclimatize yourself to the food and water. When I was in India for 9 months, this is what I did:

This takes a couple of months. With street food, whichever cart-on-wheels has the most people in front of it – eat there – ESPECIALLY if the food they’re serving isn’t hot. Drink sips of local water every day – your body can fight off small inoculations of bacteria and build up an immune response without ever actually getting you seriously sick. Start with the water that your family drinks. Then once you’re acclimatized to that you can step down in water-quality to the street water that is served in the clay pots – that stuff is really tough.

And whatever you do, don’t drink sugarcane juice. If you must, drink the stuff your Nepali family makes.