2007/09 Peace Scholarship Recipients - Cambodia
Chandara Lim
Home University – Royal University of
Phnom Pehn
Host University – University of
Newcastle
I am a scholarship student currently studying
journalism in the Department of Media and Communication at the
Royal University of Phnom Penh. As a community service participant,
I have taught rural primary pupils in Takeo province about
Cambodian social morality, knowledge about Cambodia, and hygiene,
and encourage them to work hard at their studies. As a journalism
student, I am currently working as a volunteer at Voice of
Democracy Radio, which is part of the Cambodian Centre for Human
Rights – an NGO focusing on human rights protection.
Narin Loa
Home University – Royal University of
Phnom Penh
Host University – Macquarie
University
Narin is a third year student at Royal
University of Phnom Penh. An outstanding student, Narin also works
for Hagar– an NGO helping extremely disadvantaged women and
children in Cambodia. Narin believes peace can be obtained by
breaking the cycle of poverty, and to enable this, education is
essential. Narin’s goal is work towards the provision of education
to everyone, to help children realize their dreams and enable them
to contribute to society and the world.
Novuthny Hak
Home University – Royal University of
Phnom Penh
Host University – University of
Tasmania
I am a third year student at the Institute of
Foreign Languages, Royal University of Phnom Penh. As a trainee at
Calmette Hospital, a state-owned hospital in the capital, I
participate in activities aimed at nursing patients and packaging
medicines for doctor’s use. I have volunteered at the hospital on a
project helping poor people affected by water-borne disease in
rural areas in Kandal province. I have also volunteered for a
medical department under the Ministry of Health, travelling around
Cambodia distributing medical supplies.
Sovanchantvichet Keo
Home University – Royal University of
Phnom Penh
Host University – University of
Tasmania
I am a third year student of English at the
Institute of Foreign Languages at the Royal University of Phnom
Penh, and a junior student in the faculty of pharmacy. I am a
member of the Debate Club and of Toastmaster in PUC. I am a
volunteer at the laboratory of the National Tuberculosis Centre. I
want to become a teacher of English after graduating from
university. I want to help people and share my experiences.
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