The Team

The team for CHOICE Cambodia England and Wales.

The CHOICE Cambodia NGO had 6 Committee members, 4 Khmer and 2 foreigners.

The team for CHOICE Family Australia is not shown.

Angela

Angela is the President of Choice Cambodia she established our NGO in 2015. Angela joined our group in 2008 and in 2009 she advised us to re-direct our support to the province where the Squatter Villages are located and the area we now work in.

Rudi
Rudi

Retired cinematographer hailing from New York, and currently residing in Phnom Penh. Rudi is the Chairman of CHOICE Cambodia England and a Committee member of the NGO.

Ross
Ross

Ross is a retired Technician from Geelong Australia and has lived in Cambodia for a long time. He is the remaining founder of CHOICE Cambodia and a Committee member on all three branch’s. Ross is in charge of the CHOICE Cambodia School grounds and, vehicles, maintenance, and western visitors.

 

Mark
Mark

Mark has worked in Holland as a cook and now he only spends a couple of months a year there working as a clown, juggler, balloon twister and performs some magic. For the rest of the year he enjoys the weather and the people in Cambodia and occasionally entertains the children at the Village with his skills.

Suzanne

Suzi is from Belfast in Northern Ireland and was the bank Mandate for CHOICE. Suzi is always looking to help us and visits on a regular basis with her daughter Ellen Rose. They both love Cambodia and the children at the CHOICE School and the children really love Ellen Rose.

Arne
Arne

Arne is an entrepreneur from Hamburg in Germany running his own Internet company. He visited us in 2010 and supports us since then. Arne is a founder of a non-profit-association called CHOICE CAMBODIA GERMANY in 2012 together with Michael Wieland from Munich, for raising money and supporting our village center. They have the idea of going from sponsorship to entrepreneurship encouraging German entrepreneurs using Cambodia Labour but for fair prices and setting up a sustainable existence for the Cambodian kids in the Village Centers.

Michael
Michael

Michael is a financial consultant from Munich, Germany. He visited us for the first time in August 2011 and was so impressed by what we do that he immediately decided to support us significantly. He is very close with Arne from Hamburg and founded a non-profit- sister organization called Choice Family Germany.” Michael is a Committee member of both the English branch and the NGO.

THE other’s on the NGO team

Eng

Eng lives locally and is very keen to help in any way she can. Eng is a member of the CHOICE Cambodia NGO.

 

THE STAFF
The only paid workers for CHOICE are the 10 Khmer Staff, and as many as possible are selected from within the poor Villages we help.

Vanny
Vanny

Vanny is  from Takeo. and is a qualified Teacher and a qualified Accountant, she is a loved teacher with the children of  CHOICE. Vanny was the Principle of the CHOICE Cambodia School and also in charge of our bookwork. She is dedicated to helping the poor and loves the children. Vanny is a Committee member of the NGO.

Mia

Mia is our cook, she creates the children’s cooked lunches and buys the ingredients from the local market. She also washes the dishes and also helps in our vegetable garden and is our security officer in the evenings.

Kim
Kim

Kim is our assistant cook and cleaner, she is from the first Village and helps with everything, a very good worker.

Srey Tea
Srey Tea

Srey Tea was a student with us in the sewing class, we decided to keep her on as she is such a hard worker. She keeps the yard tidy and runs the canteen shop. She is one of our six Staff from the squatter Villages and now married to Sopheak.

Sopheak

He is married to Srey Tea, they are living at the new School in  “The Gatehouse”  between the Western area and Training area. His job is Security guard to ensure only those with permission can pass through the locked gate.

Lida
Lida

Lida is a highly skilled seamstress, she joined our sewing team as the trainee manager. Lida had many years of experience in the garment industry previously. Now Lida is attending a computer course to learn computer skills and now in charge of the Computer class. Lida is also a Committee member of the NGO.

Kunthea
Kunthea

Kunthea was one of our Kindergarten Teachers. She has been promoted to teaching English in pour Primary School. She loves the children and lives in the area so she knows the children’s families.

Sreymo

Sreymo had proven to be a very good Kindergarten teacher so now she has been promoted to teaching English in our Primary School.

Srey Nak

Srey Nak lives close by in Preak Dong, her English is very good. She always has a big smile and keen for a conversation. Srey Nak gets on very well with the children  and is a bundle of energ

Vary

Vary is our second Kindergarten Teacher, she has a degree in Banking and Finance. Married with two young boys she lives on the nearby Island of Anloung Chen.

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