Check Karen's food blog at ramblingspoon.com

Here are links - listed alphabetically, by country - to people doing good work:

Cambodia:

Akira Former Cambodian soldier and current independent de-miner, runs a landmine museum near the ancient temples of Angkor Wat.

Angkor Hospital for Children Run by Friends Without A Border, a charitable group founded by Japanese photographer Kenro Izu.

Cambodian Children's Advocacy Foundation Run by an enterprising Cambodian, making a better world for kids.

Takeo Village Library Rural library started by Cambodia Daily Associate Editor Lor Chandara.

villageveschool@hotmail.com Cambodia Daily Associate Editor Saing Soenthrith founded the Volunteer English School to educate the people in his home town.

East Timor:

Bairo Pite Clinic, Dili, East Timor Run by Dr. Daniel Murphy, originally of Iowa.

Timor Aid Dedicated to rebuilding East Timor and helping those in need.

Malaysia:

WildAsia A great source for information on Asia's wildlife and environment, as well as Asian travel. With a Malaysian focus.

Sri Lanka:

Sri Lankan Wildlife Conservation Society (Not related to the US-based WCS) Ravi Corea and his crew work to protect animals all over the small island, especially elephants.

Thailand:

IMMF The Indochina Media Memorial Foundation, training journalists across Southeast Asia.

masaru+youme Photojournalist Masaru Goto reports on humanitarian stories around Southeast Asia. His wife, youme, is an award-winning web designer. See more of their fantastic work here.

www.onasia.com Jerry's photo agency, based in Bangkok. An all-Asia agency, covering Asian topics. Formerly known as AsiaWorks Photos.

UK:

Cambodia Tales Andy Brouwer, a long-time Cambodia fan, keeps one of the web's most thorough sites devoted to all things Cambodia. You can find his Cambodia blog here.

Mines Advisory Group Cleaning up the explosive messes left by partiotic governments across Southeast Asia and around the world.

USA:

Amiran White A good friend of ours who won the Community Awareness Award in the 60th Annual Pictures of the Year Competition. Based in Santa Fe, NM, USA.

Cambodian Association of Illinois

McFarland & Company, book publisher based in North Carolina, USA. They publish Cambodia Now, Karen's book examining contemporary Cambodian life.

Michael Larsen & Elizabeth Pomada, Karen's literary agents, based in San Francisco.

Montana Sedition Project This remarkable project, started by one of our former professors at the University of Montana, sucessfully brought about the pardons of people convicted of wartime sedition in the early 20th century. A bright spot in the slow degredation of free speech rights in the US.

Stop Exploitation Now! Based in Bellevue, WA, fighting abuse and neglect in Southeast Asia.

University of Nebraska Press To publish Pacific Lady, the forthcoming book co-authored by Sharon Sites Adams and Karen

The Wildlife Conservation Society The US-based group doing work around the world.