Today, our Engagement Coordinator, Limon Bunn, will fly to Ireland to take up an Irish Aid Fellowship. From Siem Reap Province, Limon is the eldest in her family and the first woman from Northern Cambodia to secure this opportunity. She is passionate about education and international development. https://youtu.be/8-nYZDvXbQE Before departing Limon recorded a video message …
Twenty years ago Pov qualified as a teacher. Ten years ago Pheung Pov joined SeeBeyondBorders. Today Pov becomes SeeBeyondBorders’ first Managing Director. This is a milestone for Pov, for SeeBeyondBorders and for Cambodian education. As Managing Director, Pov will be a critical member of the Senior Leadership Team. He takes responsibility for our Cambodian management, …
Pov becomes Managing Director – a Milestone for SeeBeyondBorders and Cambodia! Read More »
PIKT Partners and 25 participant teachers from schools in Battambang gathered for the Teacher Professional Identity workshop. We recently provided the first ‘Teacher Professional Identity’ workshop in Cambodia as part of the collaborative Professional Identity of Khmer Teachers (PIKT) Research Project. Phan Sreyphet led the discussion on “What do good teachers do to create a …
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Mike Walton is a semi-retired educator from the UK, 20 years a teacher followed by 20 years a headteacher in both the UK and Thailand. He has been a board member of many international educational organisations, including being Chair of The Federation of British International Schools in Asia. Earlier this year he took up the …
Newly appointed UK Chair, Reflections from Cambodia Read More »
Jen (left) mentoring two changemakers, Sambor (centre) and Dyna (right) after class finished in a school in Battambang Jen McCredie is a semi-retired teacher from Australia. Her teaching career in Australia has seen her wear many hats in primary schools, from classroom teacher to teaching and learning consultant in mathematics, to Assistant Principal of a …
Our Siem Reap and Battambang Offices together- with our mission, vision and values on display. ‘I feel stronger when everyone joins together’ sums up our week-long Organisational Review perfectly. After a week of discussions, collaboration and feedback from all of our staff in Cambodia, our strengths and weaknesses as an organisation are much clearer. The …
Now Linda Horgan, our UK Senior Partnerships Manager has safely returned to the UK, she reflects on her time in Cambodia- with a much clearer understanding of the projects and the need for the work done on the ground in Cambodia. “I walked out the door of my home in Oxford at 1am on Sunday …
Before flying to Ireland Pov shared his reflections in the video message below. https://youtu.be/MHR3z1dn19w Today our longstanding Country Manager Pheung Pov will fly to Ireland to become the second only Cambodian person to secure an Irish Aid Fellowship. Pov first joined SeeBeyondBorders in 2013. Since then he has made a big contribution to our organisation …
SeeBeyondBorders Leader Departs (Temporarily) for Ireland Read More »
On the 29th of June the Board of SeeBeyondBorders Australia appointed Colm Byrne as the CEO International Operations in succession to our co-founder and CEO Ed Shuttleworth. Below, Colm reflects on the exciting opportunities ahead for the organisation. Dear Supporters,It is said that change is a constant and that is certainly true at SeeBeyondBorders. Following …
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Kon Sokun, the school principal at Sdei Ler has been a key participant in SeeBeyondBorders Embedding Mentoring program since 2020 when he began as a mentor. He was then promoted two years later to senior mentor as well as a cluster director of three schools in Ek Phnom district. Sokun, previously a grade 6 teacher …