WHO WE ARE
SUE WIGGANS & HOW WE BEGAN
Sue Wiggans, a retired English primary school teacher living in Freshwater, Isle of Wight, went with an “Explore Worldwide” travel group to Siem Reap to see the Angkor temples in February 2009. Whilst there, she visited a Khmer-run orphanage, and returned as a volunteer English teacher for eleven weeks in November 2009. Sadly, it transpired that the funds were being mismanaged; in addition, money she had sent out for land had been used elsewhere. The land she was shown had belonged to the director for many years, and has been protected since 1994 because of its proximity to the ancient temples. By a series of linked coincidences, a meeting was granted with His Excellency Seang Nam, MP. Seang Nam has been elected by the people to take charge of the town and its environs; he is very highly respected and is a well-known and generous benefactor. H.E. Seang Nam very generously offered to give land for a project and to be our Patron. His gift to HONOUR VILLAGE CAMBODIA is 3190 square metres of prime building land in a beautiful rural setting; a small village and pagoda adjoin the land, which is waiting on every other side for future residential development. It is, quite simply, a superb location.
Sue now calls Siem Reap home, living here 10 months a year as advisor and village Grandmother.
THE CAMBODIAN NGO
His Excellency Seang Nam MP - Patron and Honorary Chairman. Mr Nam has represented the people of Siem Reap in parliament for 15 years. He is also the owner of City Angkor Hotel and a public benefactor.
Mr Yun Linnie - Director of HVC and Vice-Rector at Angkor University in Siem Reap. Mr. Linnie moved from Phnom Penh 6 years ago and today lives with his wife and child in Siem Reap. He was formerly manager of an educational NGO in Siem Reap.
Albert Hastreiter - Director of HVC and German pharmacist, who has lived in Siem Reap since 2004 with his Khmer-born wife Chea. Together they run ‘Chea’s Guesthouse’.
Kheam Sun -Director of HVC and teacher, who grew up in Battambang but has lived in Siem Reap with his wife and family for 18 years.
Tiev Chhunly -Manager of Honour Village Cambodia. Chhunly has had a very wide experience of work locally, and brings expertise in many areas to his work as Manager of HVC.
THE UK CHARITY
HVC UK supports Honour Village in Cambodia with support, expertises, capacity and funding. We are an entirely volunteer-run organisation with absolutely no overheads or administration costs; every penny we raise goes directly to helping disadvantaged or vulnerable children in Cambodia. We are always looking for experienced and expert volunteers to add to our management team; if you are interested please contact us for more information.
Dan Taylor - Secretary - dan@honourvillagecambodia.org
Dan supports the UK charity by co-coordinating volunteers and managing the administration of the charity in the UK. Having travelled throughout South East Asia and spent time more recently living and working in Cambodia, Siem Reap is a second home. He is currently based in London working for a Power Management firm as Systems Manager.
Catherine Kellett - Trustee - cat@honourvillagecambodia.org
Catherine has travelled extensively through South East Asia and volunteered in Thailand after experiencing the Boxing Day Tsunami and the devastation it caused to the country. Her love of South East Asia brought her back to Cambodia in 2009 where she met Sue whilst volunteering as an English teacher. Since returning to the UK she has continued to support Sue and the work of Honour Village.
Alex King - Trustee - alex@honourvillagecambodia.org
Alex spent time working as a volunteer on a village development project close to Siem Reap in 2009/2010, where he first met Dan and Cat. He currently works in advertising in central London and supports the charity by helping out with the marketing and fund raising.
Tom Colborne - Trustee - tom@honourvillagecambodia.org
Tom has worked in the charity sector for almost 10 years in senior fundraising roles. He currently works as Head of Fundraising and Development for HIV charity TackleAfrica, an organisation that he helped grow into a professional organisation over 5 years as a volunteer and Trustee. Tom has fundraised for many of the biggest international campaigns and issues over the course of his career, listing the British Red Cross as a former employer and raising over £300,000 as a volunteer.
All trustees are purely volunteers and all pay every penny of their own expenses. We claim nothing back from HVC.
