Our Vision

Connect Cambodia is a ministry of Christian City Church Whitehorse (CCCW), with a three-fold vision to:


1. Assist Cambodian pastors build self-sustainable churches through a range of economic development efforts.


2. Provide leadership training relevant to cambodian pastors and church leaders to enable them to build strong, growing churches in Cambodia


3. Bring the hope of Christ through social development projects that seek to improve the quality of life (spiritual, physical and emotional well-being) of the marginalised, poor and disadvantaged in cambodian society.

Google Earth Map of Cambodia

Google Earth Map of Cambodia
This map shows some of the main provincial city centres

How you can consider being involved...

1. Church Sustainability Forums - Equipping, training and mentoring young khmer business people and pastors to build sustainable business / organisations:
- We are looking for committed local and overseas people interested in teaching in the monthly forums (volunteer positions)
- We are looking for locally based expatriate mentors experienced in either church growth or kingdom business development that can commit to mentor young khmer business owners / pastors.

2. Vocational Training Programs - providing practical skills training to disadvantaged young people to help them break the cycle of poverty. Currently we are in the process of identifying specific training needs.
- We are looking for qualified and skilled individuals committed to assist in training khmer young people in practical trade/service industry related vocations (volunteer positions). Training will be conducted in core modules.

3. Business Training Programs - providing business leadership and business foundations training for young khmer entrepreneurs and small business owners.
- We are looking for committed local and overseas individuals willing to input into training programs on regular intervals. Training is conducted monthly at key churches in Phnom Penh and has a strong emphasis on practical application.

If you would like to know more information - please contact Mark on +(855)13 877 008 or email: mark.dennert@cccw.org.au

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Example of Sustainability Project - Business training at Russey Keo Baptist

As part of the monthly Church Sustainability Forum program that we've been running - we have offered to each pastor and business owner involved in the program the opportunity of assistance in a specific sustainability project over this year in 2008.

Ps. Toun Kakada who pastors the Russey Keo Baptist church and is a regular attender in the Forums asked us to run some training for his church members in business skills. So, we have begun teaching basic business principles (business foundations) to a small group of his church members. Approx. two of the members in this group have small businesses (a women's clothing shop owner and a CD seller), several are self-employed (motodop driver, food stall operators), and the rest are students wanting to learn some business skills.

We have held training at Ps. Kakada's church since March 08 - holding 1-2 hour training sessions each month (based at his Church in Russey Keo district in Phnom Penh).

Our aim in this sustainability project is to provide a basic understanding of business principles to the business owners present in this group and teaching for students willing to learn (who hopefully will start their own business in the future). It has been lots of fun and as always we're continuing to learn how best to target training to the audience in question. In this case, most of the group have little if any formal education - so we have to bring lots of practical examples and life experiences into the mix of training provided. All in all - has been heaps of fun - and we're starting to see some fruit come out of it - with one of the business owners - a young lady by the name of Vathey asking us to help further with her plans to expand her small women's fashion business (located in the old market - near the riverside).

The intent of this project is to help with Ps. Kakada's vision of building a self-sustaining church through: Equipping business people in his church to grow and develop their skills - so that through these businesses growing and being more profitable - people's livelihoods can be improved and more financial resource can be added into the local church through the members.
This is a pic of Mark with Pastor Kakada taken last year:
These are some pics taken during some of the training conducted to date: Enjoy!!




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