On October 4, 2011, the Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam)'s Genocide Education Project will conduct a public education forum in  Kraing Svay Commune, Preah Sdach District, Prey Veng province. The forum was conducted at a compound of Samrith Leakh pagoda. The participants attending the forum are approximately 115. Among these numbers, there are 60 villagers, 50 students and teachers.

PREY VENG is bordered by those of Kampong Cham Province to the north, Kandal Province to the west, Svay Rieng Province to the east and by Vietnam to the south. It is crossed by two major rivers of Cambodia, namely the Mekong and Tonle Bassac.

The name literally means "long forest" or "Grand Forest" in Khmer, but the last great forests have gradually disappeared there over 30 years to provide for agricultural land. Under the French protectorate, the colonial authorities saw potential of the region in terms of agriculture and fishing and its proximity to the French colony of Cochin China. Mass deforestation took place, to create land for agriculture. In 1975 when the Khmer Rouge took power, the province experienced its first famine, until 1977. Thousands of people in Prey Veng Province were killed by the Khmer Rouge and buried in mass graves.

The public education forum discussed the experiences of the people's lives under the KR and also encouraged the younger and the older generations to discuss the importance of genocide education and survivors to share their real life experiences under the KR. The project's team members distributed copies of the textbook "A History of Democratic Kampuchea (1975-1979)" and discuss one chapter from it. Other materials for distribution include the magazine Searching for the Truth and booklets on Khmer Rouge tribunal Cases 001 and 002. During the forum, one of the team members teaches a chapter from DK history book.

The forum is being held in cooperation with the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport and funded by The Asia Foundation (TAF), Phnom Penh, Cambodia with the core supports from the Swedish International Agency for Development (Sida) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).