# Photos: Rising energy prices disrupt education on Cambodia’s Tonle Sap lake

https://mins.news/en/item/24000

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-17 09:01 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2026/8/17/photos-rising-energy-prices-disrupt-education-on-cambodias-tonle-sap-lake?traffic_source=rss

> Soaring fuel prices are making boat journeys to school on Cambodia’s Tonle Sap lake harder for poor families. Thirteen-year-old Sou Sreynich sometimes misses classes to gut fish or pick chillies for income, while aid groups warn that prolonged war could push millions more children into poverty and expose them to hunger and exploitation.

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