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Humbled
This spring, we piloted a ‘Home Visits’ program, aimed to familiarize our non-Asia-based staff with the reality of our employees in Cambodia and Laos.
Staying at DDD
When we think about our model, we generally consider DDD a stepping stone; a bridge to a better future. But some people not only start their better future at DDD, they also stay here.
A New Beginning For Cambodia
On the day of Buddhist Lent, the beginning of Vassa, the war crimes tribunal in Cambodia found Duch guilty in the Khmer Rouge genocide. He was sentenced to 35 years in prison.
Unreasonable Institute Pitchfest
Last Monday, I had the pleasure of attending the Unreasonable Institute Pitchfest at the Hub (right across the street from DDD’s San Francisco office!). To be honest, when I first scanned the profiles of the 19 ventures being pitched and the problems they were aiming to fix, I had a glass-half-empty moment. Urban homelessness, lack [...]
Competitive and Fair
“Are our clients willing to pay more or be “easy” on us because we’re an impact-driven nonprofit? The short answer is no…”
Playing soccer in Laos
It’s 5:30 AM… why am I doing this? I ask myself this question every day on my way to work. So often I wonder if I made the right decision taking this job 8,000 miles from home. Sure, my work involves my passion,–soccer, or “tae bahn” as it is known here–and sure, I interact with wonderfully pleasant Laotians who enrich my life in countless ways, but getting up before 5am every day sometimes seem like a sacrifice that outweighs every possible redeeming factor.
Key Furniture: None
I am sitting on the back of a motorbike in central Laos. It is 95 degrees, the sun is blazing down from above, and the fine red dust adamantly finds its way into every possible crevice. We have just turned down another dirt road when we encounter our first flat tire of the day. Fortunately, there is a repair shop just a short walk away, and while a Laotian mother squats to fix our tire, we talk about why we are out here.
A Generation of Change: Chhavy’s story (Correction Included)
Like most of our employees in Cambodia, Chhavy is a daughter of the post-genocide era in Phnom Penh. She graduated from DDD earlier this year and now works to improve the future of some of Cambodia’s least fortunate children, and she dreams about starting her own business.
Digital Divide Data Helps Researchers Capture an Unprecedented Opportunity to Study State Health Insurance Users
We’re thrilled to share our new case study on a project this year working with a group of researchers from the Oregon Health Study (OHS), a multimillion-dollar effort to capitalize on a unique research opportunity.
DDD Celebrates Launch of Dutch Royal Library Newspaper Archive
This past month, the Royal Dutch Library (Koninklijke Bibliotheek) launched its new website, of searchable, digital archives of historic newspapers. DDD processed many of these pages by performing quality assurance services for project lead Content Conversion Specialists.
