MOEURN CHANTREA on a field trip to Angkor Wat with Camp GLOW in Siem Reap. Chantrea attended Camp GLOW as part of the Royal University of Phnom Penh's Career Services Advising team.
Today's interview is straight from MOEURN Chantrea. His voice is preserved (unedited) in this article. See for yourself how extraordinary he is!
Hi sister!
Sorry for reply you late. Hopefully we can meet soon. I am waiting to help as possible. Thanks so much for coming to help Cambodian youth and Cambodia society.
These are my answers but, I do not know sure it make sense for your questions. Let me know if you have some problem.
1. Please introduce yourself. For example: Name/Profession/Age/Province, future goals, etc.
My name is MOEURN Chantrea. I am male with twenty three years old right now. I am studying at two universities at Phnom Penh include the Royal University of Phnom Penh and University of Cambodia. I was born in Angkor Chey village, Sralop commune, Tboung Khmom district, Kampong Cham province. I want to be the politician in Cambodian because I think that I can work together with national assembly to drafting law to protect people interest and the best one is that improving people lifestyle by given them free and fair in front of the law. Cambodian people need professional law maker to support whole society and well collaboration with foreign partner.
2. What activities related to Gender Development are you involved in?
A. The activities that I enjoy the most to improve Gender Development and I always involve like, thinking positive to women, give values to her, do not look down on her, work group with girl, sharing experience with girl, give her opportunity to participate to workshop or social work, encourage her to be brave, do not violate to woman right, help my sister and mother housework, avoid domestic violent in community by telling villagers, report to police when I saw the domestic violence, love brother and sister the same, well collaboration in study and work with girl.
For instance, I am working with the Human Rights Organization for Transparency and Peace. My colleague also have women and I am well discussion with her so solve what we are concern and need her help. I do not want to think that she is weak and does not have ability to do. The second experience is working with Career Advisory Service. Working this project I always let my women team have the same chance as man even though I am team leader. Women have opportunity to speak what they want because students in workshop also have girl student. The third experience in my house. When I came back school to home, I like helping my mother and sister. I never think that housework is for only women. The last one is in my class. Improving understanding and well classmate I always discuss and share my knowledge to class. For example, in university, students need to do presentation after they have research. All team member have the same chance to present and sometime I choose girl to be team leader because she have well education and strong confident. If they do not have more convenience, I encourage them and want them try because we can learn from experience.
3. How did you get to where you are today?
To be the present act, I need to do some interesting points. First, the beginning point is that choosing university and majoring attend at university. During in grade 12, I need to make sure that which major I have to choose and university is specialize on that major. I tried to ask my teacher and university students to give more information. Then I need to know my ability and activity which I like the most because it could let me easy to catch at university class. As result, I choose the Royal University of Phnom Penh in Khmer Literature major.
Second, the medium point is finding part time job for volunteer. Two years went by, I have work with the Career Advisory Service project to help student at high school to know how to choose major, university, live in Phnom Penh, and pass scholarship in university. We do not need to wait great time to have experience without asking someone or after graduate because it let us waste time and low experience to get job later. After I have volunteer at the Human Rights Organization for Transparency and Peace in translator position. I hope that to get more experiences for improve my knowledge in study and social work.
Finally, the highest point is reading book. Reading book always let me understand more clearly and have more convenience. I have to spend my time to read book everyday even though some book does not relate to my major. I got lots points from it and always use in work and class. In conclusion, student needs to be hard working and well collaboration with other because it boosts us has more knowledge with great point. We also have to read news to know what was happening and had happened up to now.
3. What do you think is the most important issue facing Cambodians today?
The most thing Cambodian youth facing most is unemployment rate increase. Most of youth in Cambodia do not have job yet even though they have graduate. The reason let me know that they did not think the three main points attend university. They do not know clear which major, university and themselves. So, they study at university did not get well score and knowledge. As result, they do not have strong ability to work and experience so, how can another institution need them. I hope when we improve this case, unemployment will be reduced. I do not want to put pressure to government on education because we need to respond together.
4. What kinds of advice to you want to give the youth of Cambodia?
I have some information to give you and it does not mean that I am perfect person. I am just the same you but, I have more experiences than you and I hope we can share together.
- Try to study hard
- Care health
- Avoiding from drug
- Thinking about three main point to attend to university like interest, ability and opportunity.
- Well collaboration in class and social work
- Open mind and waiting feedback to correct to wrong one.
- Self-study and need to think that we the new generation which have to lead Cambodia later.
6. What is your favorite thing about your country?
The most things I like in Cambodia are Angkor Wat and ancient temple because I need to protect them with great proud of that. They always boost me try to study and more glad.
7. Anything else? Weird hobbies or talents?
No more lets me most interesting. What I am concerning when Cambodian youth have well responsible in social development because sometime they do not want to hear the word politic. We live in politic society so, why do not we can know and talking on that. Thanks. I am so sorry for my bad grammar and structure. I am waiting for your feedback.
- Chantrea
Spotlight interview organized by WID/GAD committee associate, Meghan Henshall
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