A (Motion) Picture Says More Than A Thousand Words

Numbers and metrics will never mean as much to me as talking directly to our staff. When Chhayrorn first told me her story, I was immediately moved by her strong character and soft-spoken humor. Eventually, we produced a video in which Chhayrorn has the opportunity to tell her story to the rest of the world, so that you can see for yourself.

DDD is a social enterprise, and our social mission is at the heart of everything we do. We work to bridge the gap that separates young people from opportunity in Cambodia and Laos by providing them with the education and training they need in order to move on to high-level IT, finance, and teaching jobs. We develop curricula, we offer classes, coaching, and on the-job-training, and every year we evaluate our initiatives in an effort to make sure we are meeting our objective: To pave the road to a better life for the people we employ.

Since we opened our doors in 2001, more than 380 of our staff have graduated from entry-level jobs to employment opportunities that earn them over four times the average income in Cambodia and Laos.

However, numbers and metrics will never mean as much to me as talking directly to our staff. The change in the lives of our staff is the hardest piece of DDD to convey to others–and it’s what we hear most often from visitors to our offices in Asia: “I knew what DDD did before, but after coming and meeting everyone, I really get it.”

When Chhayrorn first told me her story, I was immediately moved by her strong character and soft-spoken humor.  Eventually, we produced a video in which Chhayrorn has the opportunity to tell her story to the rest of the world, so that you can see for yourself. Please use the comments section to let us know what you think.

Chhayrorn’s Story from Digital Divide Data on Vimeo.