Author: Charles Dittmeier

Out of the Office

“Out of the office” can have a different meaning from usual for Prak Soeun, the DDP Program Manager. Our new office building has a nice second-floor porch and Soeun often uses it, instead of his office, when he is working his way through piles of papers.

Protecting the Children—2

This morning Chanthea (C) was to visit several of the sites connected with the Job Training Project which Caritas Australia funds. Before they started off, he met with Lika (L), our child protection compliance officer, and Sokly.
In the afternoon, Chanthea and Sokly drove to Kandal Province to visit Ratanak, a DDP-trained barber. Two years ago Caritas Australia featured Ratanak in a video they used for education and fund-raising in Australia. Chanthea took advantage of the visit to get his hair cut. Ratanak is a real success story.

Protecting the Children

(L-R:) Nou Chanthea, Keat Sokly, Lika, Prak Soeun, Russ Brine

In today’s world, all international donors are very concerned about the child protection policies of the partner organizations that receive their money. DDP’s donors are no exception, and today Nou Chanthea (L), the representative from Caritas Australia, met with DDP management to discuss new forms and new requirements established by the government of Australia which gives money to Caritas which gives it to us. Caritas Australia is especially careful concerning child protection but so is Maryknoll Cambodia so today Chanthea just explained the new form we will need for reporting at the end of the year.