JWOC Blog
Staff corner: Oukdom’s 3 months reflection
Oukdom is our Better Futures Program Officer, who started working at JWOC in December 2020, this is his first experience so far in this position and he is in his final year at university. Read more about his 3 months reflections below: 1- Can you tell me a...
JWOC students and alumni selected for PEPY’s Youth Innovators’ Space and Incubator
PEPY Empowering Youth is one of JWOC’s partners - a local non-profit and NGO providing personal and professional development training to rural youth in Siem Reap, Cambodia. This organization team led by local Cambodians is dedicated to helping youth identify their...
What it costs to sponsor a JWOC Scholarship Student in 2021
With the help of our donors, JWOC awards scholarships that enable gifted youth from low-income families to attend University in Siem Reap. We are excited to announce that we will be re-opening JWOC's Scholarship Program in 2021, after pausing recruitment for the first...
Sreykeo and Sopheap become Changemakers with Phum Impact Siem Reap
Phum Impact is an initiative by Impact Hub Phnom Penh and acts to boost young innovative entrepreneurs in Cambodia's provinces. Recently, our scholarship student, Sreykeo, and one of our alumni, Sopheap, were chosen to be a part of Phum Impact Siem Reap's Changemaker...
Collette’s Changemakers complete their youth leadership projects for 2020!
The education system in Cambodia continues to face many challenges, but during the past years there have been significant improvements. JWOC is one of the organizations in Cambodia that builds the capacities of young people by helping them become youth leaders who...
Kneath reflects on his last 5 years at JWOC
Kneath Heard joined the JWOC team as our Managing Director in 2015, and became our Executive Director in 2018. As he is preparing to leave JWOC at the end of the year, we sat down with him to talk about his highlights, biggest areas of learning, and plans for the...
Putting choice (and cash) in the hands of Cambodian youth
The coronavirus has negatively impacted the tourist industry in Siem Reap, resulting in loss of income and jobs. Those affected include JWOC Scholarship students and recent high school graduates who come from low-income families, have little savings, and are...
Staff Corner: Keisha reflects on her first 2 months as a Development Director!
Keisha is our Development Director. We chatted with her to find out more about her background before coming to Cambodia, what she has been doing at JWOC so far, and to talk about what she plans to do in her new role up until the end of 2020 and into 2021. Can you...
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