2 weeks ago, JWOC closed our Learning Center once again under the guidance of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport in Cambodia. The team continues to provide ongoing support for our students, which remains our number one priority. We moved back to online...
Administration
Staff Corner: Chamnan reflects on her first 6 months at JWOC
1. Can you tell me a little bit about yourself? I am Chamnan, and I have been working for JWOC almost 7 months as an Administration and Finance Officer. 2. Why did you want to work for JWOC? Before starting to work here I also worked in a local NGO. I thought that for...
Support JWOC as you shop
There are many ways you can support JWOC while you shop online, take a look at some of the options below: Amazon Smile If you start your Amazon shop at smile.amazon.com and pick ‘Journeys Within Our Community’ as your charity of choice. You will get all the same deals...
Student Corner: Amkha
Tell me a bit about yourself? My name is Amkha, I am 22 years old. I have one brother and two sisters. I am from the Preah Vihear province. Now I live in Siem Reap with my friend and I study at the University of South East Asia in Hospitality and Tourism. I am now in...
Student Corner: Ny
My name is Ny. I am a former Buddhist student from Rajabo Buddhist High School. I have one brother and two sisters. All of my siblings are dropped out of school, for my family is not good condition, and also they do not want to progress their learning even though I...
Student Corner: Choovy’s Journey
Hello my name is Choovy, and I am 21 years old. I have finished grade 12 in 2017. I am happy that I have complete a part of my goal. It is not easy to get the goal that we expected, it happened by trying so hard and learning from my struggles. Of course, nothing has...
Joelle’s first week in Siem Reap!
This post was first published on the Global Nomadic website. “I arrived in Siem Reap, Cambodia in the early morning after a stopover in Bangkok. The first impression was just fantastic. Right from the beginning, I could smell the fragrance of the Frangipani flowers I...
Student Corner: Phann
First job, fresh out of University! A real #success story JWOC – Phann’s new lateral move from Hotel Industry to Currency Exchange Customer Representative. I met with Sophann, when we were both volunteering at the JWOC office. I, on a European 3-month volunteering...
An unexpected lesson from JWOC’s scholarship students – Patrick’s volunteering experience
From May till July of this year (2018), I had the pleasure of working with the staff, students, and volunteers of JWOC as an outside consultant conducting an evaluation of the Scholarship Program, which had just completed its 10th year. While I anticipated having a...