KAMPUCHEAN ACTION FOR PRIMARY EDUCATION (KAPE)
Communications Officer (CO)
Communications Officer (CO)
Started from March 2012 to the present
KAPE is a well established Cambodian NGO in the
Education sector. It focuses on improving the access and quality of
education for poor and vulnerable children, including minorities and
children with disabilities. KAPE
works on 10 different education programs in the basic education sector,
focusing mainly on the eastern provinces of Cambodia.
KAPE programs cover over 276 primary schools and 63 secondary schools.
Direct child beneficiaries number well over 100,000 children and several
hundred teachers. Activities range from implementation of the Ministry
of Education, Youth and Sport's Child Friendly Schools
policy, to Girls' Education and School Feeding. KAPE scholarship
programme, originally set up to support girls through primary and in to
lower secondary school, has most recently been expanded to include
tertiary level institutions.
KAPE aims to work with government, communities and other stakeholders to empower vulnerable children and youth to achieve their own right to a quality education through innovative approaches. KAPE has 15 donors that range from bilateral organizations such as USAID to international organizations, such as Save the Children and World Education to private foundations such as The Asia Foundation and Terre des Hommes.
KAPE aims to work with government, communities and other stakeholders to empower vulnerable children and youth to achieve their own right to a quality education through innovative approaches. KAPE has 15 donors that range from bilateral organizations such as USAID to international organizations, such as Save the Children and World Education to private foundations such as The Asia Foundation and Terre des Hommes.
In order to support and promote the above-mentioned projects to succeed KAPE mission and vision, KAPE opened the one position to advertise its project activities to the public and the world by selecting Mr. Oeur Sawin to perform as the Communications Officer in collaboration with communications adviser, executive director, KAPE management and staff, CO undertakes the following tasks: (1). He reviews past work in the development of KAPE communications materials. (2). He reviews and becomes familiar with the various projects undertaken by KAPE, the policies currently in place as well as how they affect standards for communications materials (e.g. Child Protection Policy, Gender Policy). (3). He works with relevant KAPE Management team members to produce the KAPE annual report (in both English and Khmer) using data compilation and design methods developed for and used by KAPE currently, while always continuing discussion with adviser on possible improvements. (4). He engages and builds rapport with Managers and Section heads by informing them of new potential productions in order to request assistance in creating content for communications materials. (5). He works in tandem with the Capacity Building Team to conduct short training sessions for KAPE staff specific to improving their skills in the project communications. (6). He updates website and Facebook page periodically using news articles (compiled from others or drafted by the officer), cash studies, reports, and any new materials that have been developed and may be useful to share on the KAPE website and Facebook page, assume role of Web Master (if skills permit) or continues work with website designer. (7). He work with adviser to develop storyboard, outline, script and design for informational videos about KAPE and its various activities. (8). He develops materials as and when deemed necessary to further KAPE's interest in conveying its work, bearing in mind the target audience. (9). He advocates and educates staff on complying with standards developed with respect to the methods used to convey KAPE's work. (10). Manage and use KAPE's official communications email address below and respond to all correspondence or queries on matters relevant to communications. And (11). CO is, when required, assigned other tasks that supervisor request.
For more information, please contact o.sawin@kapekh.org / communications@kapekh.org.
YOUTH RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM(YRDP)
Publication and Communication Unit Senior Assistant (PCUSA)
Publication and Communication Unit Senior Assistant (PCUSA)
Started from March 2011 to January 2012
YRDP
is one of the popular youth NGOs in Cambodia since 1992. It was required to
change the old habits of planning and working in responding to the new
institute’s vision, goals and missions with the qualified accomplishments.
After resigning
from CamIU for more than 2 months, Mr. Oeur Sawin made a decision to continually
use and improve his capacity to apply for a job at a non-government
organization called “Youth Resource Development Program (YRDP)” on 20th
February 2011. He was suddenly invited to have an appointment for interviewing
on 25th February 2011. He successfully passed the interview and
started a first three-month job probation period at the beginning of March. He
finally completed the organization projects until the end of 2011 in
cooperation with the contract approval.
He was reached to take
the position of publication and communication unit senior assistant (PCUSA) in
charge of various tasks assigning with one assistant and four volunteers.
Performing this position, he had to effectively and efficiently coordinate the
activities of the Publication and Communication Unit and to ensure that the
implementation of the YRDP program followed the organizational philosophy and
achieved its goal and objectives. He had to alleviate and accelerate the speed
of task performances in PCU.
He led, supervised
and monitored the team of newsletter volunteers writing articles and helped
propose topics and edit their articles. He established and coordinated the PCU
to compile and distribute bi-monthly newsletter to the target groups.
Particularly, he communicated with media to invite them to attend in the organizational
program activities and events to publish and host their program activities on
papers and online to the public. He cooperated to update and maintain website
and update the media database.
In addition, he assisted
to develop brief reports on events on website and publish on newsletters and
join in conducting surveys on target group needs and issues for evaluating
projects. He researched YRDP program impacts with youth issues and coordinated
to produce documentaries about YRDP in partnership with companies by creating
YRDP’s video storyboards, book of success stories and summarizing reports. He reviewed,
edited and printed YRDP's publications for proofreading. At YRDP in his free time,
he spent time to consult with youths who were from different universities to
analyse about the social issues and latest news both in Cambodia and other
countries.
In term of taking
his position, he redeveloped website layout and monitored Facebook news and
feedback from youth to write reports as required developing the program
activities. He cooperatively worked with his assistant to record and report to
write articles to post on website and Facebook. Moreover, he joined in producing
annual summary report for public and captured videos and photos during the events
were happening for program activity photos and videos in order to make
documentaries and create video clips of YRDP.
He participated in
the Executive Committee of YRDP as required such as the staff and strategic
plan meetings, workshops, field practice with program units, youth events,
youth forums and NGO conferences on purpose of undertaking communications and marketing
tasks especially he worked with and moderated Printing Houses to publish the
YRDP’s achievements. Surprisingly, he facilitated the media workshops on how to
work effectively with media organized by PCU with a priority from YRDP. Every
strategic plan session, Sawin had to do the presentation for his unit proposing
new ways to implement the future projects and found out the past lacks of the
unit.
More tasks to
collaborate with other program units (YEU, YCDU and EITCCU), he assisted program
units to promote their programs to public, supported and participated in some
events of program units (Annual Youth Forum, Culture Day and International
Youth Day,…etc.) by capturing videos and photos with articles for posting. He
produced articles about the activities of program units for newsletter,
Facebook and website. For example, he went to join in the exchange program
between YEU’s and YCC’s youths in Siem Reap for three days, 1-3 September 2011.
He captured videos, photos and wrote the activity article to post on website
and Facebook. Nevertheless, the most importance was the activity report to be
issued and informed to the stakeholders, public and donors about what the
organization has been doing.
Assisting Youth
Learning Centre (YLC), Sawin supported librarian, Mrs Sak Sokha, to manage and
update Library to install book database, make x-stand and internal rule for
youth to read. He had to discuss with deputy director, Librarian and volunteers
for recommendations to improve the library environments and decorations to attract
youth to attend in using YLC’s materials. On the other hand, he helped install
book codes, print book code badges and arrange books on the selves. He
undertook communications with bookshops to sell YRDP’s books. He closely worked
with librarian to make sure all PCs turned off safely after work hours and report
to deputy director what feedback made by the youth who attend in YLC.
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CAMBODIAN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (CAMIU)
Marketing & Graphic Designer
Started from April 2010 to November 2010
After he resigned
from MSD for his purpose of continually studying a vocational training course
related to publishing and designing, Mr. Oeur Sawin just arranged his
application to meet the director of CamIU for job discussion but he was
appointed to work in the full-time job of the Marketing Research and Graphic
Designer in charge of art designing various advertising layouts including
leaflets, brochures, billboards, banners, book covers, name cards, tabloids,
vouchers, coupons, receipts, memos, frames, logos, stamps and other relevant
documents. For another duty, he did the other university researches with
his rapport to find out the weakness and strength to better improve Cambodian
International University. His rapport was Mr Chea Sopheap, the Head of
Foundation Year Program, cooperated to collect curriculum information on the
purpose of comparing and evaluating the quality educational procedures.
Sawin recorded some
activity videos and snapshotted photos in classrooms and formal ceremonies to
be prepared for publishing advertisements and documentations. He designed
layouts for the Business Development Manager and the president to check before
transferring them to marketing department to take action. He assisted president
to create the internal documents and prepare curriculums and official letters.
He mutually went to the Department of Higher Education and University
Association for official document purposes.
In addition, he
attended in a workshop of the full-bright programs held by the University
Association at the Cambodian-Japanese Cooperation (CJCC) Building in Faculty of
Foreign Languages of Royal University. It was also attended and presented by
the Ambassadors from USA Embassy with a warming speech in sharing histories of
full-bright program founder. He attended in the short-training course learning
how to use wireless white board with wireless marker as lecturing.
Particularly, he was responsible for translating internal regulations and
curriculum procedures in both English and Khmer. He more designed layout drafts
of brochures, banners, posts and other designs submitting to the President for
recommendations and approval. He cooperated with the Business Development
Manager, Pang Sodavith (Justine) and marketing manager (Mr. Mony) to develop
advertisement. He also cooperated with his colleagues such as Mr. Chiv Veasna,
the IT expert, Ms. Dane, the secretary & cashier to strengthen the work for
CamIU.
In other events like
graduation ceremony, educational expos, he participated in the graduation
ceremony Year of 2010 held by the ELT institute at the National Educational
Institute. He joined in the meetings of management board members and main
managers. He was advised to share ideas for the better CamIU systems. He was so
satisfied by the president, academic advisor, business development manager and
marketing manager to encourage the previous achievements in designing achieved.
He kept his commitment to cooperate with CamIU for long future communications
even if he would never work for it.
Field Supervisor (FS)
Started from October 2006 to March 2010
When Mr. Sawin attended
in a workshop on “Youth and Social Issues” at Pannasastrar University, he was
met the man and recognized to have an interview to work for a private research
company named MSD. He was successfully appointed to undertake the position of
the general assistant for a few months but then he was improved to be the Field
Supervisor (FS) in charge of managing, monitoring and evaluating various
projects in market research. This position was required him to travel to work
in fields in both cities and provinces such as Phnom Penh and other 22
provinces according to the projects assigned to conduct in any of the target
locations. Most of the project surveys were mostly related to products
consisting of logic questions with the interview length of 30 to 120 minutes.
These projects were conducted in Phnom Penh (PP), Siem Reap (SR), Kampong Som
(KS), Battambang (BB), Kandal (KD), Kampong Cham (KC), Takeo (TK), Prey Veng
(PV), Svay Rieng (SV), Kampong Speu (KU), Kampot (KP), Kamgpong Thom (KT),
Kratie (KR), Steung Treng (ST), Ratanakiri (RK), Mondulkiri (MK), Banteay Mean
Chey (BM), Preah Vihea (PH), Pursat (PS) and Kampong Chhnang (KN).
Starting a project
related to medicines was conducted in PP, KS, KC, KD and SR especially a
poisonous chemistry product project survey in seven provinces such KP, TK, SV,
PR, KT, SR, BB and PS. This project survey was focused on chemical elements to
use for better crop and vegetables growth. In KD and KC were surveyed on
chemical elements for vegetables only. The following project was focused on health
productivity promotions which were to conduct in PP, SR, KS and BB province and
project related to media conducting in PP, KU, KC, PS, BB, KC, KD and TK. The
project related to economics conducting in PP, KC, SR, KS and KP. This project
was focused on how the Cambodians performed their habits of listening to radios
and watching TVs.
Particularly, the
projects of the social development were considered to choose their target
locations in PS, BB, KN and KD. The project of the real estate was conducted in
PP. In each project, Sawin was planning to recruit part-time interviewers from
universities to conduct the survey, for examples, project of IT consumptions was
chosen its target locations in PP, BB, SR and KS. The project of the bird flu,
Sawin was assigned to lead a group of interviewers to do in seven provinces
such as KC, KU, BB, KP, KU, KT and KS.
Surprisingly,
Sawin received a big project of the Retail Census 2009 focusing on food and
drink products that were sold at grocery stores, street vendors, bicycle
restaurants, eatery, restaurants, bars, clubs, minimarts, supermarkets, drink
shops, wholesale outlets, wet markets, guesthouses, kiosks, hotels, Internet
café and resorts. Mr. Sawin had to lead a group of more than 20 interviewers to
implement the projects in PP, KD, KU, TK, PR, SV, KP, KS, BB, PS, KN, BM, KC,
KT, KR, ST, RT and MK. After finishing field work in PP and KD, he went to lead
a group of interviewers with two group leaders in starting project fireld in
KC, KT, ST, RK and MK for more than two months before coming back to PP. It was
so serious project because he went with his groups reaching any village in the
evening he took a break in that village and then he continued from one location
to another (KC to MK). The sky was always raining causing his group to be faced
difficult situations to finish outlet counting on time. Most importantly as a
FS, he had to plan field maps ahead. He deployed the interviewers to interview
people during he was drawing maps in each location after contacting the commune
offices. There were a lot of street vendors and grocery stores along the
national roads and markets. It made his group slow the work speed because many
stores just opened. Except MK, it required interviewers from PP to do because
the KC interviewers reached their university schedule.
The project of cigarettes
were conducted in PP, KU, KS, KP, TK, PV, SV, KC, KT, ST, KD, BB, SR and BM
requiring the interviewers and group leaders to be patient by the reason that
the smokers were mostly men and went to work outside until the evening they
came back homes. Sawin encouraged his interviewer groups to try and spend their
best working time to succeed finding the smokers by randomizing houses. There
was another project related to soft-drinks and personal cares conducting in PP,
KC, KR, ST, PV, SV, KD, TK, KP, KS, KU, KN, PS, BB, BM, and SR. Mr. Sawin with other field supervisors
divided locations to do. The next project was related to household materials conducting
in PP, BB, SR and KS. Enjoyably, he was assigned to do a project focused on cooking
food and beer testing conducting directly at the PP office. This project owner
was from Japan so strictly and detailed. The beer mystery and auditing was
extra project to conduct in PP only. This was referred to any chosen locations
for survey and monitoring such as beer gardens, bars, restaurants, hotels,
clubs, groceries, drink shops, supermarkets and minimarts. Another extra
project was the petroleum mystery conducting in PP, KS, KP, TK, KD, KC, BB and
SR by using cars and motors to implement. The purpose of this project was to
check out the quality of each station services.
Restaurant project
was conducted mysteries at the restaurants at the PP and SR international
airports. Sawin with his colleagues conducted in different restaurants in one
location. Another project, that Sawin was leading a group of interviewers, was
related to vehicle model study. This project was conducted in PP, KS, SR and BB
on purpose of finding a new concept to create popular models to serve the
consumers in Cambodia. The condom awareness project was conducted in PP, KS,
SR, KD, KK, KU and KC in order to make sure all the condom users were aware of
it and feedback to others.
In the following
days, the retail census was started again to count retail outlets 2011. He and
his colleagues as the FSs conducted this project in PP, KD, SV, PV, KC, ST, KR,
KT, SR, BB, KS, TK, KU, KN, PS and KP. GPS was a must to use in this project to
automatically count products and saved to send to server online. He observed and
double-checked the outlets where the interviewers already audited approximately
20 cities/provinces.
In deeds, after
finishing one before starting a new project with different methods based on
project requirements, he supervised field interviewers implementing projects by
following them up and assessed appraisals for them when each project ended. He
double-checked one or twice times per an outlet to make sure quality
performances and logistics. He controlled incentive materials for respondent
distributions in each project assigned. He directed Quality Control Procedures
to ensure the accuracy of research result and led the field teams coming up
with deadlines. Particularly, he was assigned to recruit and interview new interviewers
in PP, BB, KC and SR provinces especially he communicated with universities and
institutes to recruit students for project survey.
For more continual
tasks, he trained field interviewers the projects and translated and revised
questionnaires in Khmer and English (Excel). He conducted auditing, observing
and mystery of targeted product outlets. He monitored field group leaders’
performances to ensure their field management of data quality
collections. He solved problems as occurred. He conducted in-depth
projects related to Cambodians and foreigners where targeted villagers, village
chiefs, commune chiefs, vets, company managers, common employees and NGO
presidents. He implemented qualitative and quantitative interviews in PP, KD, KU,
KN, PS and BB provinces using transport motorbikes. He contacted guesthouses
and hotels in advanced booking arrangement for qualitative implementations in KC
and BB provinces. Implementing projects at the fields, he contacted local
authorities and villagers for cooperative supports. Sometimes he directly stayed
in the rural and remote villages with his field interviewers to complete the
projects.
Additional
activities to search new product brands, he found out new brands for processing
questionnaire verifications with drawing and planning maps for projects
management especially the project Retail Census was to conduct again in PP, KC,
KT, ST, RK, MK and other provinces to collaborate with his colleagues to implement
the project.
During any
arguments or complains happening in the project implementation period, he was
to reflexively find out solutions to solve between interviewers and the
respondents in the cooperation with the PP Head Office. He frequently made
reports and feedbacks after finishing the projects submitted to MD and FM to ensure
the projects coming up with deadline. He joined in the project meetings and
relevant trainings. He summarized the feedback results from the project
implementations.
Historically, in
November 2007, he
was invited to study tour in Lao for 3 nights and 4 days in order to have more
exchangeable touring experiences in Lao. He went to visit Bolaven plateau
surrounded by coffee farming fields alongside the roads to Tad Yueang and twin
waterfall resorts, Pakse Market, Chhoeung Meck market, Phaphuong waterfall
resort, Wat Phou temple, the Khone Phapheng Pearly of Mekong resort. He brought
his notebook to record main information at direct sites. Many things were the
Khmer Empire achievements there such as sculptures, temples, mountains, rivers
especially Wat Phou which was extremely connected with Preah Vihea temple in
Preah Vihea province. In the next year
staff trips, he joined in the annual trips held by the company to visit and
relax at Sihanoukville in 2008 and 2009 with nice drinks, sea foods and some reflection
activities.
Thus his capacity was not
fast improved he made a decision to resign from the company to continually
study. He was appreciated by his company director and other colleagues to
encourage and provide more motivated confidences in his job performances and
other skills. They have promoted him as the one of the colleagues could bring a
significant distribution to the whole work in team and individual with smooth
and strong cooperation to accelerate the company image and services to be well-known
in the local and international outstanding research company successfully. He
has been an integrity, easy-going and hard-working man.
REPRESENTATIVE ASSOCIATION
FOR STUDENTS’ PARENTS (RASP)
Vice President (Volunteer)
Started from January 2006 to October 2006
RASP was an
independent association having purposes of the non-profit, non-political and
discriminatory races or religions. It was the local association initially founded
by the students’ parents and university students to commit to take care of,
observe, monitor and evaluate the children’s educational situations in
Cambodia. It was the mobilized group where Sawin voluntarily cooperated to establish
and work for in taking part of the country development. He was suddenly assigned
and appointed to undertake the position of Vice President in charge of managing
the whole association after Mr Long Tha, the president.
Working for RASP
was not so easy because there were a lot of things to do especially the member
registrations followed by the statute approved by the Ministry of Interior to
implement its activities and should be opened annual workshop to make reports
and raise the action plans and project proposals. He made solidarity activities
with the parents and students to raise the association to succeed its missions
and vision.
Particularly, he
arranged petitions submitting to Sangkats (communes), Khan (district),
Municipality of Phnom Penh and Ministry of Interior for the official purposes
and easy to have cooperative support for communicating
with public schools and to offer for monitoring, observing and evaluating the
children educational situations. Due to the recent situations, most of the poor
people’s children have dropped out of their schools. They have no money to pay
for the teachers plus part-time studies and for spending on other relevant
documents especially they have been forced to go far away from their schools
for seeking jobs to do to help their family instead of school participations.
In
this situation, Sawin with the President went to discuss with the local public
school principles to find out the really rooted problems that caused those
students dropping out of their classes. We just found out the problems alerted
us to be aware of their family domestic matters and friend persuasions.
For
the male students, they were advised by their friends to go out of their
classes to play games. Sawin with the president Long Than and followed by other
colleagues searched and counseled the dropped-out school students to let them
go back to schools without any prejudice. For example, the two Khmer Muslim’s
female students were approved by their teacher with our negotiations to go back
to study at their schools in Sangkat Chraing Chamresh. Their parents were so
happy and got them back to school. We were visiting the villagers indoor and
counseling with them.
No.
|
Full Name
|
Position
|
01
|
Mr. Long Tha
|
President
|
02
|
Mr. Oeur Sawin
|
1st President
|
03
|
Mr. Lan Sophal
|
2nd Vice President
|
04
|
Ms Tith Kim Srey
|
General Secretary
|
05
|
Ms Nou Chakrya
|
Pub & Fore.Com.Officer
|
06
|
Ms Sok Chanrasmey
|
Depute Coordinator
|
07
|
Mr. Ouch Thea
|
Info Distrib. & Recept
|
08
|
Ms Nouv Sokhim
|
Financial Officer
|
09
|
Ms Hok Sophea
|
SP. Facilitator
|
10
|
Mrs. Nhem Saroeun
|
Cahsier
|
11
|
Mr. Chim Sophal
|
Coordinator
|
Sawin
was setting schedules to train the active members to implement the RASP’s daily
activities by enhancing them to go forward those activities to be fitted
against the goals. He raised association with others such as to visit directly
villagers and cooperate with the village chiefs for giving his delegates the
smooth facilitations to work with the villagers peacefully with solidarity. In
addition, he provided the ways of speaking, negotiating, solving and contacting
the local villagers for RASP’s future permanent members. The trainees could visit
people indoor and register members day-to-day with promoting the RASP’s
missions and vision.
After
training, they could solve problems for the members. However, Sawin attended in
the official conferences held by some NGOs and Public Forums especially
discussing in groups arranged by the Municipality of Phnom Penh in Sangkat
Khmuonh to focus on the land divisions to the poor urban people.
For more
accurate sources and issues, Sawin and the president conducted survey proposals
related to the parents’ children’s educational concerns. The president Long Tha
and he went directly to interview the people in Sangkak Ruessey Keo, Chraing
Cham Reh and Sangkat Tuol Sangke for collecting data from the real field. They
prepared in a combined report to be associated with the proposals to appeal for
donations. This was required them to contact and communicate with the international
and national partners to get technical supports and funds. By that time, there
were volunteers from worker unions joining in the association activities with
strong commitments and their best.
Moreover,
Sawin was preparing official documents, arranging identity cards for them as
the active members to confirm when they left their office to work in the field
and easy to be recognized by the local authorities and village chiefs. Sawin
assisted inputting data and making list of the association staffs and creating
a blog. He opened a P.O. Box at the Cambodian Cooperation Committee (CCC) in
order to get hot news and documents from various organizations. He personally
shared his best to design, draw, print and cut the letters for decorating a big
board on the front stage with 3 pictures of Preah Norodom Sihanouk, Preah Norodom
Sihamuni and Preah Monineat Sihanouk beside the motto of The Kingdom of
Cambodia underneath Nation, Religion and King.
Sawin
developed the banners of the Representative Association for the Students’
Parents hanging over the front door. The President Long Tha cooperated to
succeed this and to find out some funds to hire an office. Sawin and Sophal
took their personal computers to share and work for RASP sometimes overnight
time of work but they never complained of what they were doing because this
work was also socially beneficial for them and helping the Cambodian students.
The short-term courses were successfully opened by a few days later.
Sawin arranged
meetings with BOD members to discuss about the action plans and daily
activities to succeed the association especially he arranged ahead for
president to take full-missionary journeys outside of the association with the
international and national non-government organizations, expertise and
technical supports. Eg he took a dialogue about the association with Dr. Mike, Australian,
to seek the ways and proposals of raising funds. Then the next meeting was with H.E. Kim Sokha, the director of Human Rights
Center (HRC). He led a group of delegates including Mr. Lann Sopha, Mrs. Tith
Kim Srey, Ms. Nouv Sokhim, Mr. Ouch Thea, Ms. Sok Chanrasmei, Ms. Nou Chakriya
and Ms. Hok Sophea to attend the discussion with H.E. Kim Sokha. They were warmly
welcomed by the Director Kim Sokha and suggested some changes in conditions of
the statute for a better internal development and be more professional.
According
to the real needs, the President and Sawin were discussing about some funds to
open short courses in English, French, Thai, Japanese and computer training
courses because they had enough human resources to run such as Mr. Lann Sophal
(IT expert), Mr. Yang Sovannara (the English Teacher), Ms. Nouv Sokhim (the
English teacher for the element levels), Mr. Ouch Thea (the office program
trainer of computer), Ms Chanrasmey (legal advisor). These training programs
were scheduled for three shifts as the morning, afternoon and evening sessions.
Totally, Sawin was satisfied
by his president and colleagues for his achievements in working for the
non-profit association on the purpose of taking part in developing children
educational sectors that those were the initiatives made by the solidarity
university students and parents to take care of the children’s education. RASP
has now focused on the health project to inject and cure diseases for the
people in Khan Ruessey Keo in Phnom Penh. Its head office is recently located
in National Road No. 5 in Sangkat Chraing Cham Resh II, Khan Ruessey Keo in
Phnom Penh consisting of 3 other branches in the same area.
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DEVELOPMENT OF DEMOBILIZED SOLDIERS AND THE POOR (DODSAP)
Administration Executive (Volunteer)
Started from December 2004 to January 2006
DODSAP was a non-government
organization founded by the groups of Demobilized Soldiers, University Students
and The Poor which was independent, neutral, non-discriminatory, religiously
non-discriminatory and not involved with politics or serving as a political
party. They worked for the social and public benefits with main objectives and
goals in taking part in constructing Cambodia, to take part in enhancing
democracy and human rights in the country, to improve the livelihood of
demobilized soldiers, to improve the livelihood of the poor, to educate and
train poor people, demobilized soldiers, and support them in religious matters,
to cooperate with intra-institutions of the Royal Government of Cambodia and
with international governments to restore Cambodian socioeconomic life, to use
proper means of communications with communities and local and international
NGOs to run the mission and objectives of DODSAP and to thoroughly do research
into the real reasons for poverty and attempt to alleviate the problems faced
by the poor and demobilized soldiers in particular.
No
|
Official Name
|
Position
|
01
|
Mr. Pray Chhiearn
|
Director
|
02
|
Mr. Chhay Vina
|
Executive Director
|
03
|
Mr. Oeur Sa Win
|
Administrative Executive
|
04
|
Mr. Kim Sokhim
|
Finance Director
|
05
|
Mr. Sang Sam Oun
|
Coordination Director
|
06
|
Ms. Gnel Siye
|
Church Leader
|
07
|
Mr. Un Sreng
|
Church Planter
|
08
|
Mr. Yang Sovannara
|
Record Clerk
|
09
|
Mr. Hâm Sarath
|
English Trainer
|
10
|
Mr. Chhneang Hour
|
Procurement Clerk
|
11
|
Mr. Nou Kosal
|
Engineer Staff
|
13
|
Mr. Yin Khorn
|
Security Staff
|
14
|
Mr. Keo Savoeun
|
Service Staff
|
15
|
Ms. Poch Sokha
|
Cashier
|
16
|
Mr. Dith Sareth
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Messenger/Driver
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17
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Mr. San Oeun
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Driver
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18
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Mrs. Kung Menea
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Kindergarten Instructor
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19
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Mrs. Khat Vanny
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Women Group Leader
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20
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Mr. Un Vichea
|
Good News Disseminator
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21
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Mr. Un Sam Ruol
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Youth Group Leader
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22
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Mr. Ry Sopheap
|
Church Service Staff
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23
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Ms. Un Chan Deth
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Trainer of weaving thread silk
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24
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Mr. Un Kim San
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Men Group Leader
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25
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Ms. Un Sinith
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Trainer of weaving thread silk
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26
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Ms. Khat Channa
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Permanent Member
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27
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Ms. Saing Sovy
|
Church Service Staff
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28
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Mr. Lao Sarat
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Church Painter
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29
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Mr. Un Sopheak
|
Church Assistant
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30
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Ms. Loek Chanvortey
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Permanent Member
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31
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Mr. Saing Sam Ol
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Church Maintainer
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32
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Mr. Preng Saorithy
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Permanent Member
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33
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Mr. Chay Leng
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Permanent Member
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34
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Mr. Heab Hoeurn
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Permanent Member
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35
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Mr. Khat Rim
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Permanent Member
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36
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Mrs. Phat Morn
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Permanent Member
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37
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Mr. Chey Teang
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Poly Technical Advisor
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38
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Mr. Nov John
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Church Service Staff
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39
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Mr. Poch Phalla
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Member
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40
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Mr. Poeng Deng
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Member
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41
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Mrs. Suos Sokun Thea
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Member
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42
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Mr. Seth Ra
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Member
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Sawin
voluntarily joined to found DODSAP with demobilized soldiers with his friend
persuasions from universities and the poor who were willing to share their
critical thoughts to run this NGO. He was voted to be the administrative
executive to make and manage all types of admin documents especially the
petitions and other organizational confidentialities. He was so active to
prepare and share his best for training the active members in the organization.
In addition, he participated in writing the project proposals for DODSAP
focusing on weaving skills and household businesses. He joined in the
discussion with an international consultant Mr. Chro Kosona who was a well-known
expert in writing project proposals with surveys.
The
board members and him were preparing group discussions and writing reports at
Mr. Chhay Vina’s house for full-night and day. They worked overnight to succeed
proposals on deadlines just one day remained later for submitting the project
proposal to East West Institute. The participants in joining in the writing
proposal were Mr. Pray Chhien, Mr. Chhay Vinna, Mr. Oeur Sawin, Mr. Chhneang
Hour, Mr. Kim Sokhim, Mr. Sang Sam Oun, Mr. Yang Sovannara, Mr. Hom Sarath, Mr.
Nou Kosal, Mr. Keo Savoeun, Mr. Un Sreng and Ms. Ngel Siye. They were given the
samples of the project proposal by Mr. Chrov Kosona to quickly reach the deadline
to submit the project proposal to the East-West Institute. The DODSAP
representative and consultant were invited by the EWI to represent and respond
various questions made by the EWI before it was to be approved the total funds
as mentioned in the project proposals.
However,
for daily activities, Sawin was training staff members how to prepare and
report after they accomplished their work performances because it was accurate
to push all of the active members to have full and confidential competencies in
performing their jobs. Sawin joined in chanting and praying God peacefully, the
Christian project.
For
communication with the public and the private or international and national
partners were always used English as a mechanism. Sawin was translating and
interpreting alternatively with Yang Sovannara during workshops and official
documents to find donors especially when the foreign guests were invited to
join in praying God. Some foreign guests could speak Khmer and understand Khmer
well that was less used English. After director and board members set the
statute and other relevant documents, those were required to translate into
English to represent with the donors on purpose of cooperative supports. To
succeed the activities, Sawin, with his colleagues, communicated with the local
authorities for smooth and cooperative supports to alleviate their work at the
directly targeted areas. The communications was very important for DODSAP to be
connected with other social networks.
It
was not enough if only visiting the targeted people, Sawin started to design
questionnaires to conduct the data collections in Sangkat Prey Sar and neighboring
Sangkats where they wanted to know real problems that fitted to the DODSAP’s
projects for the targeted people. DODSAP took its charity gifts to share with
the local poor people. It was led by Mr. Sang Sam Oun with the organization
officers Mr. Lao Sarath, Mr. Chhneang Hour, Mr. Nou Kosal, Mr. Keo Savoeun and
Mr. Un Sreng.
Another
important for him was to set the agendas and schedules to arrange appointments with
the director for missions with international and internal non-government
organizations to enrich images of DODSAP and fundraising purposes as well. Sawin
contacted World Vision and other reliefs with Mr. Pray Chhien.
In
addition, Sawin made regular meetings to ensure the action plans gradually
progressed with quality. He attended in the conference at Cambodiana Hotel held
by Comfrel with the local non-government organizations objecting on the
empowerment of the local women and children in each target area. During this
conference, he raised questions about the past experiences and recent issues to
discuss in the conference taking a half-day period.
The
recently local poor children educational system, DODSAP opened an English
Training Course in the evening class at its head office in Sangkat Prey Sar. All
the poor children were provided the opportunities to learn English freely and
become literate children. The class was taught by Mr. Sang Sam Ol with Mr. Pray
Chhiean.
In
the administration affairs, Sawin was preparing official documents, identity
cards and relevant documents for the active members. He
helped set up the data collection survey with BOD members to be conducted with
villagers in Sangkat Prey Sar and neighbouring Sangkats. He published posters,
printed lists and activity photos to post on the notice board at the head
office.
Recently, DODSAP is running
the Christian projects in the Prey Speu village, Sangkat Prey Sar, Khan
Dangkor, Phnom Penh led by Mr. Pray Chhiean. Just other some of founders have
been busy in their personal businesses and work that could not be having them
in this organization. But Mr. Pray Chhiean has still operated the organization with
the world relief organization in supporting funds and technical materials. The Christians
project has still been live in developing life of spirits.
Started from October 2005 to September
2006
Quest
International was the global company which served the consumers the jewellery
products and global software system (GSS) could bring the traders the space to
the networking business. It was an opportunity that Sawin invested his money to
trade with independent representatives in Cambodia and other countries. He
started this networking biz with Mr. Prom Sovannara, his upline, to do in part-time
to mobilize, encourage, motivate and train people how to do. It was not easy
because he had to set up agendas for trainings and lead team members
(downlines) to strengthen their competencies to do this biz.
Meanwhile, he made
appointments with people and strangers to discuss about the new and modernized tactic
ways to run this biz. This biz required strong commitments and patience to
invest their time and money but they took free risk because they got their
products after registering to take an account. Then they gathered to organize
the Hot Training courses presented and shared by the successful uplines who firstly
started the sessions such as training at the Intercontinental hotel with more
than 500 participants, training at Cambodia head office and sub-office branches
with more than 30 participants daily in Sangkat Phsar Thmei III and Sangkat
Boeung Keng Kang I in Phnom Penh.
To improve the
capacity building, Sawin attended in the MexTrain at Sokha Angkor with more
than 400 participants and Angkor Century hotels with more than 350 participants
in Siem Reap to strengthen and sharpen mind-set and heart potential power. He
joined in groups to do the hot exercise to pull out of weakness. He led his
downline members to train and discuss about the strategies to get more
prospects to be members after he came back from trainings. He prepared and
shared network business guidelines for training. He worked cooperatively and
independently with downlines (Mr. Long Tha, Mr. Ly, Mr. Chhiet) and uplines Mr.
Pang Nhoeun, Mr. Srun Kunthea and Mr. Mey Samon.
Moreover, he
endeavoured obstacles and feedback refutations. This networking business was
required him to attend the trainings both night and daytime with top leaders
including Mr Tek Ket, Mr Loeung Chhay, Mr Chea Heng, Mr Chek Lim, Mr Chhim
Sabonn, Mr Pang Nhoeun and Mr Srun Kunthea in order to get more motivated and
encouraged. He worked with his upline Mr Prom Sovannara with some material
supports. During trainings, all the trainees must do their best from their
hearts to love each other. He was also trained overnight due to this biz was the
deepest core of love businesses to let us make solidarity for our nation to
gather one group, image of Cambodia. We did the network business but we also
loved our downline partners in helping each other.
This biz was mostly met
negative ideas and refutations from different people because the networking biz
was very new for them complicated to understand clearly. They were advised to invest
their money to do with purchasing the pre-products first and then became right-full
members. Then they just convinced and trained only two of their new downlines
to do as the same as they did. This networking business has its own motto
called “CAMBODIA! HAPPY! CAMBODIA! HAPPY!” that filtrates into the world to be
more aware of Cambodia. Sawin learnt from this business of time management and
project plans to run any types of businesses, the ways to communicate with
people and methods to lead personal businesses.
Started from March 2005 to October 2006
AEU
has been one of the higher educational private institutes in Cambodia providing
the training and education of Associate Degrees, Bachelor Degrees and Master
Degrees. Sawin applied for the part-time English lecturer to teach students the
Core English in 2-year and 4-year program as proposed by the university. As an
English lecturer at the higher educational institute, he was to be in charge of
teaching the high educational styles for the Associate and Bachelor Degree
students in year 1 and 2. He made lesson plans and observed four-year students
during the practicum period was beginning. He led students to study comfortably
and enjoyably in groups and individually with handout distributions. He
provided his students more homework and class exercises for checking and
evaluating the percentage of the students’ language knowledge. He undertook the
invigilation task when the state exams held.
He
controlled and monitored students doing the exam independently without any
cases of cheating activities. He took his students’ exam papers to score and
submit to the Dean. He was invited to attend in the lecturers’ workshop to
improve the ways of teaching and develop more technic skills in the modernized
educational world. Moreover, he joined in the university meetings with staff in
order to strengthen the friendship and cooperation between lecturers and staff.
During teaching process, he was to make tests and reports to the Dean Ith
Essara of Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Foreign Languages associated with the
reports of students’ scores to the head of the academic affair office.
Every
teaching activity, the lecturers rarely avoided the any negative and positive
complains made by the students because the human-being natures. Consequently,
Mr. Sawin also met some positive and
negative feedbacks from the students for changing purposes in ways to explain
them. He said it was very good for him because he could have more critical
thinking to teach. He was, of course, to understand the students’ abilities and
natures. They traditionally waited for lecturing but not discussing or sharing
the solutions in their studies. He followed the university rule in teaching and
mixing reflexive activities. He met different ideas, attitudes, characteristics
and appearances from students, who only came to study in weekend classes, were
public and private officials related to the recent society performances. He
presented and lectured clearly to students. He provided his students score
lists and exam papers on time. Sawin was welcomed by the office staff and
lecturers to work cooperatively for Asia Euro University which was gradually developing
and enlarging the capacity.
Started from July 2004 to February 2005
After
CLW was moved to Canada, Sawin applied for English part-time teacher at BTC
reaching the interview session. He was approved by Mr. Chiv Soktha, the Center
Director, to be the part-time teacher of English at The Boston Town Center
closed to the Niroth pagoda located in Sangkat Niroth, Khan Mean Chey. He was
in charge of teaching English from Level 2 to Level 4. He created his teaching
lesson plans for the center and prepared the daily tests for his students. Most
of the students came from the villages in Sangkat Prek Pra, Chba Ampov II and
Niroth. Some of his students were monks from the Niroth pagoda studying with
him. Teaching English at BTC was not so easy because he had to drive his
motorbike from Boeung Keng Kang Pir after he finished his work at CLW in the
evening before CLW moved to Canada. He raised a lot of points to make students
think and made a decision in choosing correct answers in the lessons.
For
instant activities in the class, he made some lesson games to make class fresh
and nice to understand the core concept of each lessons. He successfully served
the students with complete satisfactions during the English class attendance at
BTC. The center arranged meetings weekly with English, French and Thai teachers
to discuss about the methodologies and other teaching strategies to develop and
increase numbers of students for the Boston Town Center.
In
each six months, the center held the graduation ceremony for the students who
successfully accomplished their courses. Sawin attended in the graduation
ceremony on Saturday, January 1, 2005 to give his students the encouragements
to strive studying languages for their lives to use in the social
communications with other people all over the world. At the end of the term, he
was satisfactorily invited by his students to join their parties. Mr. Chiv
Soktha gave a warming thank for his teaching achievements.
Started from January 2003 to March 2005
CLW
was one of the Translation/Interpretation Agencies running by the Chinese
businesswoman who came from China dei kork. CLW was located in Sangkat Boeung
Keng Kang II. Sawin was appointed to undertake the position of the Khmer editor
and general office assistant in charge of collecting the data of service prices
from various clients and to proofread and edit officially translated documents.
He did the researches and accumulated the number of clients with NGOs, shops,
stores, firms and companies plus distributing CLW’s brochure and leaflet
dissemination. He was directly promoting, negotiating and advertising with
CLW’s clients. He corrected and proofread texts in Khmer-English.
Particularly,
he was to arrange invoices and send to the clients. Habitually in receiving
urgent documents, he had to translate and interpret Khmer-English. He worked
closely with his Operation Manager to go out for communicating with new and old
clients. He made reports of translation services price and quality.
Oeur
Sawin has participated in meetings to raise strategic ideas to CLW’s director.
He attended the activities made by Ms Christina Liu such as doing some games
during Chinese Happy New Year and arranging some quiz exercises while workshop
happening. He shipped documents mutually with ILO and others. He worked so
cooperatively and smoothly with Lak Sok Eang, the Operation Manager. After
editing and proofreading, he went out with his boss Ms Christina Liu to take
some visits at the markets. He interpreted from Khmer to English and English to
Khmer for the boss. Mrs. Christina gave him a warming confidentiality and big
thanks for the previous achievements for CLW in the past and bless him the
great success after he left CLW.
NORTON UNIVERSITY (NU)
Executive Clerk to Rector
Started from December 2001 to January
2003
NU
is the first higher educational private institute where Oeur Sawin was, based
on his improvements and curiosities in self-development, to be appointed and
promoted to be executive clerk to the NU rector in charge of designing
newsletters, book covers, bulletins, banners, fliers and tabloids. He paid his
particular attention to categorize involved documents in correct order for the
tidy working room and easy finding purposes. Sawin was conducting the research
by collecting information from the relevant higher education institutes in
order to find out the NU’s weakness to be improved. He was organizing notice
boards for issuing updated information and promoting advertisements for NU and
BNN. He typed English texts and designed newsletters for Post-Graduate School
headed by Dr. Elenida Mazo. He eagerly used his best of potentialities to learn
new things in the designing fields. He extracted and searched the foreign
styles of designs to redevelop NU’s publications.
Particularly,
he printed Degrees, Certificates, formal letters and Students’ identity cards.
He worked with Mr Samrith, Meas Sam Ol, Ou Phirum and Mrs Quenie as the rector
room assistants. Working for Rector was not so easy but he was improving
because he worked over time and under pressure as well. Here many things to
design for the university business purposes. He never complained but he
required new things to do. He was an easy-going and hard-working person who
developed from the center security guard basic to the designer. He always kept
updating his professional skills and to be reflexive and so smart in performing
jobs due to the highest levels in the range of offices. He helped the rector
type both Khmer and English documents especially for some lecturers’ documents
such as Ben Chhum, Teav Bunlor, Chan Rath, Keo Sam Ol and Chamnan. He also
designed business cards for Keo Sam Ol, Sok Uttara, Han To and so on. He
revised designing tasks and designed bachelor degree form and produced ID cards
and certificates.
For
more event activities of NU, Sawin assisted regular conferences and meetings to
make reports, capture official photos and program video activities for
publishing advertisement and documented. He joined the annual university
parties and trips to Preah Sihanoukville. He was satisfactorily required to
design layout drafts in all before the approval was made. He attended in the
short courses related to Secretarial Affairs especially the short term
course of Internet Application, E-mail and the ways to make webpages with HTML codes.
He supervised some staff for rector. He communicated regularly with various
departments of the university.
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THE BANANA CENTER (BNN)
Computer Operator and Office Staff
Started from March 1999 to October 2001
It
was the first time of when Sawin left his hometown for the city work and continuous
university study purposes. On 15 March 1999 after successful interview with
admin director and rector assistant, he started to work as the BNN security
guard to monitor the secured environment, to prepare some floors, to fix the
electric wires in the BNN building, to distribute leaflets, brochures, banners
at the target locations in groups and individual. He was working with Tay
(electrician), Teng and Theng (electricians), Tin (Driver), Srey Mom (Cleaner),
Run (Driver & Security Manager), Sok San (Driver), Borey (Guard), Sun Sari
(Head Office), Pay Chheng Hov (Operation Manager), Oeurng Saratha (BNN
Secretary), Sopheap (Gard), Hour (PC Instructor), Vantha (PC Instructor), Rith
(Guard) and other staff. There were some rooms required all the staff in
security, environment (cleaner), driving and electrical and other relevant
fields to cooperate together to break bricks and walls to be redeveloped the
building.
Keeping
his commitment to continue at university study and highly skillful improvement,
he was always taking care of his struggling day-to-day to jump out of this security
guard job. He took his free time to attend in the computer room to learn.
Accidently just a few months, his improvements were reached to the director to
be aware of him as a developing person and call him to work as the office staff
instead of security guard. According to his strong commitment to develop
himself, Oeur Sawin was increasingly improved computer and language skills to
topple out of his recent position to undertake higher responsible position of
the executive clerk to the NU’s rector working closely with Ms. Quenie.
In
his free time, he studied computer and English by day-to-day to cause his
rapports to feel jealous and lazy with him. They were trying to find any of his
mistakes of paying less work to report to the center director Mr. Chan Sokhieng
(now NU rector). However, Sawin was suddenly appeared his improvements by the
center director to be appointed and promoted to the computer operator and
office staff in charge of investigating the instructing hours of the teachers
and lecturers, managing and installing the students’ databases, copying
significant documents, making reports on consumption of materials monthly,
taking sometimes to teach students the English, shipping documents from BNN to
NU and NU to BNN.
In
addition, he controlled the BC campus environments, led the cleaners to do some
clean wherever needed. He invigilated the students’ exam. He cooperated with Ms
Oeung Saratha to work successfully to better and develop the Banana Center. Due
to his current professional improvements, Sawin was satisfactorily promoted to
change his position to be the executive clerk working with the Rector at Norton
University. He improved fast because his strong commitment to work on the
purpose of avoiding the non-developing person.
THE FIRST TEACHING ENGLISH AT SMKHS
English Part-time Teacher
Started from 1998 before leaving for the
city
It
was the first time of starting to teach English in the Serey Mongkoul High
School (SMKHS) because Sawin was also busy in Grade 12 General Preparation
Studies to do the Final General Education examination. He began to teach
English just with 2 students through English Book One during he was staying in
his Uncle Po Ol and Aunt Ming Muth in Rokakong II commune, Moukampol District,
Kandal province during his high school. He studied and worked hard at the same
time due to his house in Kampong Cham far from his high school. He also helped
his uncle and aunt plant vegetables especially potatoes and sugar canes. He had
to get early morning to assist potato preparation for his aunt to daily sell at
the Chong Prek market before he went to school in the mornings and taught
English in the evenings. He got increased more numbers of students day-to-day.
When he taught English BOOK ONE, Headway, Streamlines, English Conversation
Course and Grammar, he learnt the ways to create lessons plans for his students
after he finished class. It was required him to be professional to start
teaching.
Moreover,
he was invited by other students to teach more conversations in English and
English Book Two and some required to teach newspapers how to make structures,
phrases, paragraphs and words constructing. He opened a small class to teach at
his home in Taing Kork village. He promoted numbers of students to study
English Book One. He had to read and take more new words daily. He gradually
improved his professional skill of teaching. He took his free time to help his
parents work in his hometown village, Taing Kork. He went to harvest rice and find
woods for the family and sell for some benefit. He never complained and still
tried to push his life to improve and reaching into the urban competitive challenging.
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