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【Let's Not Forget About the Displaced People】 While the fighting at the Thai-Cambodia border has calmed, thousands of Cambodians still can't go home. Thai forces continue to occupy their villages, and there's no timeline for return. Near one of the larger camps, already holding close to 10,000 people, an extension site at Voleark Village is being built to house up to 2,000 more. Cambodia's disaster response team is constructing raised tents, each partitioned for four families. It's a significant improvement over the current conditions, where three families are packed into a single small space. Steve Hyde, a friend and 30-year veteran of Cambodia, has stepped in to build the area's water infrastructure from scratch. A water tower with a 5,000-liter tank, UV filtration, solar-powered pumps, and two water sources: a rain-fed pond and the village's first-ever well. His team has also been grading roads and installing solar street lights before the rainy season turns everything to mud. The goal is to make the situation livable for as long as it lasts. And when the camp eventually closes, the village keeps the water system, roads, and lighting.