Girl Power
Chansamai, Kingkoulap, Phinseng, and Kounkeo are four young Laotian women who work as data entry operators in DDD’s office in Vientiane. They’re busy girls—working at DDD is only one part of their day–and I asked them what their days look like.
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.
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.
Opening Space Empowers Staff to Talk about How We Work
At our annual management retreat, Open Space gave our managers the opportunity to raise concerns and make suggestions about how DDD can improve how we do business and better achieve our social mission. The chance to speak up to propose topics, to talk with peers about the issues that concern them most, and to report back to the full group was enormously empowering, and inspired all of us to action.
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.
Chhayrorn
Chhayrorn is 23 years old. She was born in the Kompong Cham Province in Cambodia, and she has two older sisters and five younger siblings. She is the third child in the family. When Chhayrorn was younger, she wanted to become a doctor, but after she finished High School her father fell ill. “My parents [...]
“I am studying English”
It has been said that the lack of human resource is one of the biggest challenges facing Cambodia. DDD employs young and disadvantaged Cambodians in entry-level IT jobs as operators, provides a scholarship for their college education, and gives the operators the opportunity to attend additional classes at the office in Phnom Penh. Every day more than 30 operators join the newly established English classes. When I recently attended the intermediate class, verbs in the present continuous form were on the agenda.
World Cup Volunteers – The Face of the New Cambodia
DDD staff lead the way in volunteer efforts in Cambodia.
DDD launches Alumni Association in all three offices
Throughout July and August, DDD hosted three kick-off events officially launching Alumni Associations in Phnom Penh, Battambang, and Vientiane.
