The term hero comes from ancient Greek, where it describes a culture hero who figures in mythology. A Hero or Heroine commonly possesses superhuman capabilities or idealized characters traits which enable him or her to perform extraordinary, beneficial deeds. Nowadays, the word make people laught as it becomes so incongruous, regarding to the values of the actual society. The Medias prefer to show violence. Some glorify the bad actions. Why ? Beacause, it's exactly WHAT people want to hear and to see. At office with your colleagues or in a restaurant with your friends, just try to speak about the Hero. And you will be directly treated like a simple dreamer. You will be invited to descend from your planet. Of course, Heroes do not exist, except in films. A few days ago, i had a discussion with my nephew. He told me all about his super Heroes, Superman, SpiderMan, Silver Surf, etc., and all about his dreams. I was captivated and fascinated by his wishes and his dreams for a better future. The children have a big faith in tomorrow. They believe in super Heroes because adults person or their parents have abandonned that lead role. So i asked myself : what will the elders donate to the children as heritage ? We stopped dreaming. We do not believe anymore ...
	Who knows Somaly Mam ? The book "Le silence de l'innocence (the silence of the innocence)", her life, her fights to save Khmer children sold by their parents to the procurers. Today, the local Mafia in Phnom-Pen has ordered to murder her ! And the Officials of the Cambodia government closed their eyes, because they had a hand in... Somaly Mam has created the international association AFESIP to combat trafficking in women and children for sex slavery. She's ready to die for the children because she was, is and will always be them.
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Copyrigth © www.hrrfoundation.org	Who knows Paul Rusesabagina ? April 1994. Rwanda. In just three months, an estimated 800 000 people were massacred in the Rwandan genocide of 1994. The World closed its eyes. One man opened his arms. Paul Rusesabagina's real-life hero portrayed in film "Hotel Rwanda". Terry George, Sophie Okonedo, Don Cheadle, Nick Nolte and Paul Rusesabagina. © 2004 Digital Hit Entertainment. All rights reserved.

By Khakhon SOM