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Genoa couple part of family effort to replace Cambodia's destroyed books
A Genoa couple is joining other family members to provide books for children half way around the world.
John and Natalie Seper are involved with the Pookai Book Project, a family-run organization used to collect and donate books to libraries in Cambodia.
"It's exciting," John, vice president of the organization, said. "It keeps the family together."
John's brother Chris, who now lives in Cleveland, spent two years as a journalist in Cambodia.
According to John, a lot of the country's books were destroyed by the Khmer Rouge during the Vietnam War. The communist regime were responsible for killing 2 million Cambodians, the organizations Web site said.
"This is the only way to re-educate them," John said.
John explained while his brother was i
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