Meet Sichiv Sek, Rotary Club of Pursat, Cambodia
Student Sponsorship Coordinator at Sustainable Cambodia
Meet Sichiv Sek (first name pronounced See-chew). Sichiv is part of the young leadership team at Sustainable Cambodia (SC) in Pursat Province in Cambodia. Mike Orbin (Bethlehem Morning Star Rotary Club) is sponsoring Sichiv’s visit to the United States to participate in our multi-District Rotary Conference at the Hershey Lodge on April 4-6. We will host an Information Table at the Friendship House, featuring the work Rotarians have been doing in Pursat Province including the current Rotary Global Grant 2343143, in which District 7430 is a major partner. You will learn about Cambodian villagers’ and children’s life and needs, plus opportunities to get involved and how you can go to Cambodia on a 10-day excursion with the Rotary Club of Pursat to see the must-visit places in Cambodia, visit village families, and experience the impact of Rotary projects in the remote villages of Pursat Province.
If your Club is interested, Sichiv would love to be a speaker at your Club meeting if you meet on Monday morning (April 7th), or Thursday (April 10th), or Friday (April 11th). She returns to Cambodia on Saturday, April 12th.
Sichiv is the Educational Sponsorship Coordinator for SC and is committed to providing youth from poor rural families in Pursat the opportunity to learn and attend enrichment classes in Rotary-sponsored schools. She helps identify children in need, coordinates sponsorship support, and engages them in youth clubs and leadership activities. She also teaches English and is a new member of the Rotary Club of Pursat.
This past year, she successfully organized the first-ever SC student alumni reunion. Alumni contributed generously to support ongoing SC students’ needs and are now networked through an online group. Since Rotarians founded SC, there have been 20 graduating classes of 12th-grade students, with 421 graduates. Of these, 298 completed college with a professional degree, 116 are currently attending university, and seven pursued vocational training and secured good careers.
Sichiv, herself from a poor rural family, started with SC as a student, graduated from grade 12, and went on to a Cambodian university on an SC scholarship. She graduated from the University of Management and Econom
ics and returned to become part of the SC team. She is married and has a son. Sichiv has been working for SC since 2016. Her first position was as a librarian, and she was trained by the SC education team and international Rotary volunteers. In 2017, she was promoted to be an English teacher, and in 2019 she became a vice principal. In 2022, she became the Sponsorship Manager, responsible for identifying sponsors to support the education of rural children. In her role as Sponsorship Coordinator at SC, she personally helps connect hundreds of children in each of SC’s two main schools with their international sponsors.
ics and returned to become part of the SC team. She is married and has a son. Sichiv has been working for SC since 2016. Her first position was as a librarian, and she was trained by the SC education team and international Rotary volunteers. In 2017, she was promoted to be an English teacher, and in 2019 she became a vice principal. In 2022, she became the Sponsorship Manager, responsible for identifying sponsors to support the education of rural children. In her role as Sponsorship Coordinator at SC, she personally helps connect hundreds of children in each of SC’s two main schools with their international sponsors.She is part of the young leadership team inspiring hope, confidence, and determination for the local villagers and children to create a better life and future for themselves.
If you would like Sichiv to speak at your Club meeting, please contact Mike Orbin at 610-703-4292 or via email at morbin@ptd.net. Please stop by the Sustainable Cambodia Information Table at the Conference and say hello to Sichiv.
SC Cambodia Tour: https://sustainablecambodia.org/visit-sc-in-cambodia/