RC Melbourne Weekly Meeting - 19 Jan 22
Event description
Weekly Club Meeting - 19 Jan 2022
Speaker: Delphine Vann, Managing Director of Empowering Youth Cambodia (EYC)
Topic: Changing young and vulnerable lives through education
Time 12.50 for 13.00 - 14.00 AEST
Venue ONLINE ONLY
Price FREE
Managing Director Delphine Vann, who replaced the founder in 2016, leads EYC. Her father was Cambodian, and as a young girl, her family left Cambodia to escape the Khmer Rouge finding refuge in Switzerland, her mother's home country.
Her early experience in Cambodia inspired Delphine to build a career as a humanitarian professional working in war-torn areas, including Bosnia, Rwanda, and Colombia.
In 2001, after 15 years working for numerous NGO's, the urge to return to Cambodia became too strong; she was convinced that Cambodia's future development lay in the hands of its youth.
Delphine is committed to providing education and development opportunities to very marginalized yet deserving youth.