A Cambodian Job offer!!
Right, I couldn’t write this much without putting in something about my project to hook up with a bunch of charities around the globe. Well to be honest these last few days have been like the last time I worked in sales. I have been frantically searching out contact details of charities and NGOs and pimping myself out to dozens of people in the process. Well after a few rejections and ignored mails I have managed to visit 2 organisations here in Phnom Penh who might be able to make use of my skills. The first is a conservation education organisation called Mlup Baitong (www.mlup.org/) and the other is a Cambodian human rights organization called LIDACHO (http://www.licadho.org/aboutus.php) .
The conservation charity have invited me to visit a couple of their projects next week to photograph whilst LIDACHO have made a very interesting proposition! As LIDACHO is a much larger organization than Mlup then it is not so easy for me to just breeze in, take photos and leave two weeks later. This is why when they saw my emails and CV they were thinking along the lines of a three month internship rather than a two week visit…
Some serious thinking for me to do now. This is a VERY interesting and unique opportunity but one which could mean I have to juggle around my trip dates. Which is exactly where I am now! Finishing this blog I have to go and think about what I am doing next. Tomorrow I meet the director again and we chat some more whilst I photograph a human rights demonstration at a funeral of a murdered union leader here in Phnom Penh.
Wish me luck!
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