of sediment reaching the river basin could be reduced by more than 90%, according to the mekong river commissionay restrict the movement of the river, but it forces the movement of people. translation: this | new village is nothing like our old village. many aspects of our lives have changed. back then, we were happy. there was enough food to eat, unlike now. 18—year—old bopha and her daughter are part of a two—millennia—old indigenous tribe. limited electricity in this new village comes from a generator, not the nearby hydroelectric dam... ..a dam that forced them and thousands of others to leave their ancestral home. bopha once lived in kbal romeas, a self—sufficient village community next to the srepok river, which flows into the mekong. the creation of a dam and reservoirflooded large areas, destroying their homes. translation: i was scared and sad to lose our village i because our village used to be beautiful and leafy. there were all kinds of plants and veggies and fruits everywhere, enough to eat. it's an hour's boat ride to bopha's former village, through a graveyard of trees, stripped o