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District Six Museum Displacement Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum Launches First Educational Outreach Program
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District Six Museum memorialises the history of forced removals under the Apartheid system in South Africa, and uses the process of remembering to challenge all forms of social oppression. The Museum's Ambassadors Program trains teenagers to discuss the history of displacement and racism in District Six with their peers, families and community members in order to promote values of community and tolerance.

Learn more about the District Six Museum.		 Displacement happens when people are forced from their homes and communities as a result of deliberate actions taken by other human beings for reasons that range from war, ethnic cleansing, and political differences to urban renewal. A refugee is a displaced person who has fled or was forced to flee his or her own country. Internment is when a displaced person is confined within a definite area. Where have people faced similar issues in the past? As Cambodia hold its landmark trials to bring to justice architects of the Khmer Rouge genocide, the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum is launching its first educational program geared towards Cambodian secondary school students.
The program brings students to the site to share the history of the Khmer Rouge genocide and open discussion about its legacies in Cambodian society today.