柬埔寨浮动学校因燃油成本飙升陷入困境

洞里萨湖浮动社区的学生家庭正面临严峻的上学难题。由于全球能源价格持续上升，柬埔寨的燃油成本大幅攀升，直接威胁到这些依赖水上交通的儿童的教育机会。1

柬埔寨完全依赖进口石油产品，没有国内炼油能力，因此全球油价波动对本地市场影响直接。1汽油价格已从一年前的每升4,500瑞尔（1.11美元）上涨至5,700瑞尔（1.41美元），增幅达26.7%。1今年3月单月内汽油价格上升45%，柴油价格上升超70%，创下2008年以来最大单月涨幅。1

这种成本压力直接冲击了渔民家庭的生计和子女教育。渔民Set Soeum表示："汽油价格上升时，我们没有足够的钱定期送孩子上学……我们每天需要约三升汽油来长距离捕鱼旅行。"1每月燃料开支已达约150美元（600,000瑞尔），许多家庭因此无法负担。1为应对困境，一些家庭被迫采取更危险的替代方案。学生Siyien Ly说："我们自己划船。可能需要长达一小时，但我们仍然试图去上学。"1面对燃油成本的持续压力，部分家庭选择回归手划船的方式，尽管这带来了安全隐患。1

Children living in floating communities on Cambodia's Tonle Sap Lake face mounting barriers to school attendance as surging fuel prices strain already stretched household budgets.1 Gasoline prices have climbed 26.7% over the past year to 5,700 riel ($1.41) per liter, while diesel costs have jumped more than 70%.1 The spike reflects a broader energy crisis: in March alone, gasoline prices spiked 45% and diesel more than 70%—the steepest single-month increase since 2008.1 Rising global oil prices, driven by geopolitical tensions including the 2026 Iran conflict, have compounded Cambodia's vulnerability, as the country depends entirely on imported petroleum products with no domestic refining capacity.1

For fishing families dependent on boats for both livelihood and transport, the cost burden has become acute. Set Soeum, a fisher and parent, expressed the daily dilemma: "When gasoline prices go up, we don't have enough money to take our children to school regularly... we need around three liters of gasoline a day to travel long distances for fishing."1 Some households now spend approximately 600,000 riel ($150) monthly on fuel to cover school runs and work.1 Faced with these constraints, families have resorted to alternatives—some pool resources to buy fuel collectively, while others have reverted to rowing their boats manually, a solution that sacrifices both time and safety.1 Student Siyien Ly described the arduous workaround: "We row the boat ourselves. It can take up to an hour, but we still try to go to school."1 These challenges underscore how external economic pressures directly threaten educational access in Cambodia's most vulnerable communities.