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.
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.
Please Meet Odai, Thipkesone, Thongsouk and Addy
Odai, Thipkesone, Thongsouk, and Addy work as data-entry operators in our office in Vientiane, Laos. I asked them about their lives before and after they joined DDD.
Is Social Entrepreneurship The Next Big Thing?
A key contribution to the social entrepreneurship movement is David Bornstein’s How to Change the World. Now, Bornstein has founded and launched a new website, www.dowser.org, which aims to showcase more stories of change happening around the world right now.
General Manager featured in the Phnom Penh Post
The story of Kann Kunthy is a remarkable one.
From farmer to professional, a DDD graduate’s story
In August 2009, DDD celebrated the graduation of our 268th graduate, Ms. Pisey Ky, a gifted and hard-working young woman from our Phnom Penh office. Pisey joined DDD in 2004 and, upon finishing our IT and English training program, was immediately hired as a permanent DDD employee. In her nearly five years at DDD, Pisey was promoted several times to positions of higher and higher responsibility and leadership, until she completed her university studies and gained enough confidence and work experience to secure a great professional position outside DDD. Here is her remarkable story:
