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Carson

Carson Harte


A memorable night in October 1994

Carson Harte

"At that first moment, I really felt that this was someone who was going to be significant in our life..."

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In the early 1990's Carson and his family moved to Cambodia to help the thousands of people injured by landmines as a result of the civil war. His wife, Audrey, had started work at a local orphanage and one rain-swept night told Carson about the arrival of a tiny baby girl with a very uncertain future...


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Carson is the Executive Director of the Cambodia Trust. Look in the contributor's gallery for pictures on the trust in action.

Carson's wife Audrey also recorded a story for Days Like This. Visit Audrey's page and listen to her childhood memory...

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Photo Susan Schulman: Physiotherapist Som Piseth supports a young client as she gets used to walking with her new orthopaedic brace
Landmine. Photo by Wendell Phillips / CIDA
Photo by Richard Renaldi. A young landmine victim