When baby Srey Nea was born with a cleft lip, her mom wondered how they would care for her.

"I said to my husband, 'If this is going to be so hard, maybe we should give her to someone else to raise.' But he said, “No. No matter what we will take care of our little girl. I said, 'How can we afford to take care of her? We’re barely getting by as it is.'" Said Sokieng.

Srey Nea’s older sister of Na was upset when she overheard what her mom said.

“Mom want-ed to give her away to someone else in the village, but I could not let that happen. I love her too much.” Srey Nea’s sister Srey Na admitted.

But the pressure mounted when even the neighbors

told the baby’s father to abandon her.

“They were so mean. They gossiped about her and called her names like “brok lip.” I was furious but coul

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