Mr. Sokchea SAING conducted the Attitude Forum to the first Lawmaker

ACE conducted Attitude Forum to the first Cambodian Lawmaker, Mr. Sam Sundoeun and his 36 disadvantage students. Of which 11 female students stay in his house during their studying in Phnom Penh, where it takes 30 minutes by the car from ACE.

They do need ACE to help with building them how to open-minded, have a better relationship with their managers, families and friends who live in the house where many people come from different places. The Forum was really inspiring, touching and helped them to discover the real happiness and future plan.



Long-term Leadership Course

The long term leadership course, which takes six months for completing, had started on 1st October, 2009. After completing the theories then we will have other six month to do the internship. The program is usually conducted for three days a week on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 6:00pm- 8:45pm which has been initiated and volunteered to train by a CKF leadership professional trainer, Saing Sokchea.

There are currently 19 attendees including 6 CKF staffs, external and internal students who are living in the Attitude Dormitory. The participants have had six months studying theories then they are given an extensive practice needed to develop their knowledge of the realistic attitude in leadership.

With this add-on value to education, in return students applying their leadership skill in their work places, local councils, social change groups and within their own families and with peers. This course would help the young people within the positive role models.

There are 4 main topics to be taught during the six months period of training. Those topics are such as ACE Ground Rule, Leadership Skill, Guest Speakers, and NGO Learning.

There are 5 chapters to be trained in the three months period of Leadership Skill, such as the following:

The Across Culture of 9 potential guest speakers, who came from different countries and 4 of them, came from Australia and other from Cambodia, USA, and Canada. All of them shared the experience, western culture, traffic law, education system, the scholarship trip to abroad, how to use money and the Global Climate Change, and also the advantage part of their successful lives.
In addition, with the NGO learning course that takes other three months, we got many vital training like Child Protection, Monthly Report, and Quarterly Report, Writing proposal, First Aid, how to do Fund raising and how to make the budget lin


Leadership Development Skill at Sihanouk
In this month we had two trainings.
After the amazing forum last year, four NGOs decided to invite us conducting other follow up training on February, 10-11 / 2010 at Sihanoak province 5 hours far from Phnom Penh. There were 28 participants who attended our leadership training; five were from Good Will School, which is the school for the young kids in the village. Six were from Maloptapang (a big NGO that has approximately 170 staffs), six from Phoumville and 11 from Stoeung Hua. The participants ranged from 20 to 40 years old.



Attitude Forum for former Khmer Rouge



Sokchea SAING offered the special basic short course called Attitude Forum for Chrok Teak community in Oral mountain area, Kampong Speu. There were 22 participants, 17 females from 20 to 75 year old. They are school director, school committees, teachers, farmers and few of them had never been to school, some indigenous people and some are former Khmer Rouge.

We have found the problems that our participants necessitated to solicit for our helps. Those problems are such as relating to poverty, no education, violence, alcohol and HIV.
Attitude Forum is an emotional course. The coacher Saing Sokchea persuades the participants step by step especially how Attitude Forum affects their life. A statement from one of our participants, Mrs. Siem Oun said “I do want to say thank you so much to the Attitude Forum and teacher Sokchea . Since July 2009 it seems like l am living in a new lifestyle. I live with happiness, enjoy my life. I am able to control myself and be calm down whenever l got angry”.



Attitude Forum for Youth School in Boeun Kak Slum


The first weekend of March, Sokchea SAING conducted the Attitude Forum for 31 youths for Youth School in Boeung Kak slum. There were 4 candidates who had applied for a job at Saing Sy Center. Attitude Forum facilitated us to select the best candidates to work with our NGO.

“I stopped going to school since I was in grade 7. Nowadays, I am a builder but I want to be an English teacher. Now I understand so I’ll start school again by next year.” Phally said.

ACE scholarship students
The ACE offers accommodation for university students in Phnom Penh. These students come from the provinces but without sufficient fund to support their studies. The ACE students, who live in the centre dormitories, are given a leadership training scholarship and receive a free accommodation.
In total there are 14 students but 8 of them have become staffs who work with all CKF projects. And the other six students are assisting and volunteering to the staffs. After the leadership training they will do the internship with some of our projects and our partnership NGOs. Every weekend and whenever they are free they always volunteer in either ACE or one of our other three CKF projects.
There were three students became the top team leaders in three months period. They have become dormitory coordinators.
ACE students have helped Rodi Boa Centre painting the classroom, backroom wall and teaching students. They volunteered to help building Saing Sy Centre, aiding the Outreach Program and translating. Now they are able to make a good team work, responsible and strong leadership. They are striving to empower their leadership to the communities.

Youth Development Leadership Program ‘Internship’ (YDLP)

The ‘Leadership Training’ Internship was successfully conducted to 37 participants of youth in Rudi Boa Center by Synoeun and Vantha on the 4-5th, 7th, and 21st of May. The purposes of the training are to empower youth with the leadership skill, providing them with new concept of self-improvement skills, applying the positive attitude and to ensure the students making a change in their lives.

They second group of YDLP is going to complete their internship by June, 2010.



‘Saing Sy’ Inauguration Ceremony



On Sunday 9th of May, we had the Saing Sy School inauguration party in Kompong Thom Province. It was awesome! There were more than eight hundreds participants including students & parents participated in our drama, traditional and hip hop dancing, games and meals from 3- 8pm.


A New Life of an orphan boy

On the inauguration Ceremony day, we found Veth, a 12 years old boy who had been living with a foster family next to the Saing Sy School after his mum was murdered by his step father 6 years ago. Unfortunately Veth had been treated like a slave in his foster family. He was extremely over-worked. He had to get up 5am every morning to do all housework including: fetching water from the well to home, washing, cooking and all other jobs. He has been suffering from malnutrition due to the insufficient of foods intake. Hence his body is covered with skin and bone and his left hand was seriously infected and full of pus. He was almost lost his hand. Fortunately he was taken by CKF staffs to the city to have his hand operated. The operation cost us approximately $US100, excluding foods, transportation and accommodation.

Veth is currently staying in ACE since he was discharged from the hospital. He refuses to go back to his foster family. We are considering of having him registered to one of the private schools in Phnom Penh.

This boy is now safe and has fully recovered. With the support of CKF, he is going to become ONE of the successful leaders in Cambodia.



Zoo Visiting

On Friday 14th, a trip of 13 ACE students and staffs to Tomao Mountain Zoo was organised as it was King’s Birthday. Everyone had so much fun by having a picnic, singing ACE and CKF songs, and enjoyed seeing wild animals.



ACE purchased the Cambodia Daily Newspaper
From now on everyone at ACE is going to have an opportunity to improve their English reading and vocabulary with the Cambodia Daily Newspaper. The newspaper is also helping them to update to the current news in the society.



ACE Study Club
A group of study has been established by ACE Team Leaders to improve their English and sharing other knowledge and experience they have learned from their university.




Selecting the ‘Nursing Scholarship’ students



On 22-23rd May, the Attitude Forum was conducted by Mr. Sokchea SAING to 20 participants who were from DDD, Saing Sy Centre and the scholarship student candidates. The main focus of this training was to select 2 nursing scholarship students for our projects. Unfortunately we haven’t found one. The re selecting process will be taken place at Saing Sy Centre in the third or fourth week of June.

ACE Staffs Evaluation
On the 30th, we have had the ACE staffs’ evaluation. The reason of this evaluation was to find out how to make ACE better and especially to improve staffs responsibility.

My Experience in Australia

Sokchea Saing visited Australia for 5 weeks from 23rd March to 2nd May, 2010 where he had a chance to meet our CKF heroes, joining CKF fundraising, participated in the Advance Leadership program and Rotary District Conference.
Upon his return, a party was celebrated to welcome him back to ACE and he also used that value time to do the presentation on his experience in Australia.