Dear Friends,
YPD2007
I am currently working for American Assistance for Cambodia / Japan Relief for Cambodia base in Takeo Province. I was selected to joint Youth Partner in Development Program between Cambodia and Sweden for six months in 2007. This program gave me a great chance to work with Swedish participants in remote area and rural community both in Cambodia and Sweden. During YPD program I am also worked fro Provincial Training Center Kompot. 2006, I worked for Khmer Youth Association (KYA) While serving as the youth peace trainer, I was also a Youth Peace Camp Organizer from September 28, 2006 to September 31, 2006 in them of Solidarity in Community on the topic about team work, leadership, partnership, and friendship during which period I helped promote youth participation in local governance through providing capacity building, promoting youth and citizen engagement and empowering them through advocacy and peace building activities. I organized many meetings and workshops for youth and some government departments to enable youth to voice their concerns and recommendations for the government to be more accountable to the young people. I also participated in advocacy on National Youth Policy.
I was born in a poor family at a remote village in Svay Rieng province and although I was struggling through poverty while I was young I have grown up with my belief that “everybody in all generations has the obligation to make the life of the future generations better”. Carrying my conviction of Buddhist principles, perhaps as an influence from my “incidental” from my childhood when I was a student of the Buddhist monks, I have accomplished my professional careers from my high ethical performance, integrity and social sacrifices and have the passion of making difference in my and others’ lives since I was 12 years old. Throughout my careers, I have maintained my strong relationship and networking with people from different spectrums in the Cambodian society and with all my experiences has made me more confident and independent with my struggle in life, and I really appreciate the youth who are active in engagement themselves in the social activities. I have engaged myself in many types of activities especially to promote youth involvement in social development for positive change. I have also volunteered my personal time to coordinate young leader network in Phnom Penh and currently helping mentor and guide a youth group to achieve their career objectives; to promote youth interest and participation in social affairs and to ultimately prepare them to be leaders of the future generations who will have adequate qualification, skills, experience and ethical values through which I helped the youth establish the Youth Leadership Challenge Alumni( YLCA- CAM) and Youth Partner in Development Reunion (YPD-Reunion).
Sok Sidon
Mobile Phone: (+855) 16 618 421/12 688 706
E-mail: soksidon@gmail.com /soksidon@mail2world.com
