Long Story Shorter

For those who receive my email newsletters, this is a shorter version of my November news:

Last month I blogged about Big Brothers & Sisters of Cambodia. They had advertised for a Part-Time Expatriate Advisor and as soon as I heard about it seemed like a dream job. The great news is that I’m now living the dream!

Big Brothers & Sisters of Cambodia sees Christian young people putting their faith in practice by being matched up with one orphaned little brother or sister from their local community.

The concept is simple:

Big Brothers and Sisters form themselves into groups of between five and ten young people, normally through their church youth group. Big Brothers & Sisters of Cambodia provides training and then each Big Brother or Sister is matched up with one orphaned little brother or sister from their local community.

The Big Brothers and Sisters commit to visit their orphan at least once a week. During this visit, the Big Brother or Big Sister encourages, listens, plays, prays, eats with the orphan. As a group, the Big Brothers and Sisters also meet regularly and have a fun outing all together once a month. Camps are held on annual basis.

Such a movement has begun in Phnom Penh and with the establishment of Big Brothers & Sisters of Cambodia (BBSC) this year the hope is to see it spread country-wide. Just three months ago, a Cambodian national named Ono was appointed as BBSC Coordinator.

Ono’s role is firstly to spread the vision, to provide training and information for interested participants and to provide ongoing encouragement to inspire the Big Brothers and Sisters in Cambodia. My role is to mentor, help and guide Ono in his job.

Am I excited? You bet!