Daughters is growing from strength to strength and striving for professionalism in what we do. The success we are seeing is due in a very large way to our amazing staff and volunteers. So I wanted to briefly mention them all here in order to acknowledge their hugely valuable contribution and to thank them.
Currently we have 13 staff and 10 foreign volunteers. They are as follows:
Danet, Medical assistant & counsellor, who works very hard and is very flexible
Sam Nieng, centre manager who is also a great counsellor
Phillip, machine technician, whose skills make him indispensableHeang, guard & driver, who is a very safe male to have at Daughters.
Socheata, business manager, & newly promoted to marketing manager, who is a great advocate on behalf of the girls
Kolab, Director's assistant, who is a pastor's daughter and has been with us since we started in 2007
Pich, a former client who works in the daycare program & is shortly to be trained as a cousellor
Touch, our daycare leader, a gentle older lady
Lois from Canada whose skills in organizational development are also invaluable (in addition to baking!)
Elisabeth from Switzerland, who is a skilled counsellor & speaks amazing Khmer
Joanna from New Zealand who is our midwife, artist and worship leader (she is multi-talented)
Jen from USA, our admin assistant, whose skills we value highly
Rika from Indonesia, who is our valued accountant
Casey from the USA, who is our centre nurse and runs the clinic very competently
Phyllis from Canada who leads the silk screen printing program & is highly creative
Akia who is our housekeeper and keeps the centre clean
Sovannary who is our new bookkeeper, currently learning the ropes
Olivia from Australia, who is our designer and is doing an amazing job
Chenda, assistant manager in The Sewing Room
Carole from France who is our Art Therapist and is highly creative
Jenny from Switzerland who is our admin assistant and researcher
Aimee from USA, who is our new daycare consultant and is doing a fantastic job
Ruth (me!) Founder & CEO, a psychologist from the UK who has worked with victims of trafficking in Cambodia since early 2004
Thank you to all of these hard-working, flexible, committed staff and volunteers. They are a great team and very valued. Thank you equally to all the volunteers who have worked with us in the past before returning to their own countries. We have been so blessed by all of you, your work has enabled many many girls to escape the sex industry and find a new life of dignity and hope :)
