Founder Jenni Lipa made a surprise visit to our team in August. She in turn was pleasantly surprised to see that our Executive Director, Luisa Gentile, working tirelessly to instill a great deal of HR and professionalism into our grassroots organization had made big improvements in a very short time. Luisa has trained our staff to make sure all the documents are organized, all accounting processes are adhered to and maintained our office in tip top condition.

  

As usual, life is hectic.

Jenni hits the ground running as many tasks need to be accomplished in a short time. Much of the time is spent in the field, at the villages and schools to determine what improvements can still be made. She was excited to be joined by Nika Geyer of iHerb, who has donated funds to our English Classrooms & Computer lab, and was grateful to learn when iHerb announced that they will continue to partner with CCDO and sponsor parts of our education program and campus maintenance.

Khmer Board meetings, a series of interviews for new staff, visits to hotels for our Education Fund Program, annual staff reviews and a special staff luncheon for 24 of our CCDO employees kept Jenni busy when in town.