"They were themselves once slum dwelling, disadvantaged, trafficked or orphaned. They know hunger, they know poverty, and having come from the hardest backgrounds, they are now resilient and strong. They are equipped with what they need to become the future leaders that Cambodia needs."
Flame wanted to network with those Tauranga, she said.
"As a business, this is an opportunity for you to promote your business, gain new clients, and show the community that you are a business that cares about the wider issues of social justice.
"Partner with us and help us to make the world a better place."
Tommy Wilson from Te Tuinga Whanau Support Services would host the event.
"Flame is doing in Cambodia what we are doing here in Tauranga," he said.
"I love supporting those who are out there on a grassroots level, really making a difference. Doing it and getting among the people who really need it the most."
Esther's story.
Esther first took a photo of her shadow when she was younger.
A group went into the slum area where she was living in and were giving children an opportunity to use simple cameras to take photos.
One of the tasks they gave the children was to take a photo of themselves.
Most of the children took a regular selfie.
Esther took a photo of her shadow and when asked to explain why, she said that they was how she felt other people viewed her when they saw her.
Since has since been encouraged to grow the incredible talent that she has for photography and is a hugely different person to the one she use to be.
In 2015 Dave Hanna visited his sister Sue in Cambodia and was able to gift Esther a camera.
She is now the official photographer for the Flame organisation. Most of the photos on the Flame website are hers; www.flamecambodia.org
This is her story.
"I don't ever remember my mother being nice to me.
"I desperately wanted to hear her say something nice but I never did.
"She loved my younger brother, but not me and I don't know why. She would beat me, hit me and I never knew why, but she loved my brother.
"I don't know who my father is. I never met him.
"When I was still young, I went to live with other people. My Mum died when I was about seven or eight years old. I don't remember her funeral, maybe I didn't go, I don't know.
"I ended staying at Hagar Women's Shelter who found a foster family for us to live in and for the first time, I felt loved. My foster father and mother really loved me ... and they still do today.
"Today, I am studying sociology, but it is not what I really want to do. I will finish my study though, and then I want to find a way to be able to tell stories through photos like I have with Flame.. When i take photos I feel so happy. I feel special.
"The best job would be opening a restaurant and have my photos displayed there. I would give the very poor children food to eat. I would sell the pictures to people and I will tell them about the people in the photos. I will use that money to feed the poor children.
"When I used to look back at my life I thought I didn't have close family. I was lonely and sad.
"Now, I am happy, I have family and people who love me."
