{"id":38790,"date":"2024-04-22T10:22:57","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T03:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/?p=38790"},"modified":"2024-04-25T09:08:08","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T02:08:08","slug":"a-graduates-story-sambaths-journey-to-becoming-a-chef","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/index.php\/a-graduates-story-sambaths-journey-to-becoming-a-chef\/","title":{"rendered":"A Graduate\u2019s Story: Sambath’s Journey to Becoming a Chef"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Starting Out<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

*Sambath, an 18-year-old living with his family, faced a dilemma after high school. His parents, who were farmers, couldn’t afford to send him to university. Determined to continue his education, he decided to enroll in a vocational training school to learn a skill that would help him save up for university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Training and Work<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

After attending a career fair at Brasat Bakong High School, Sambath learned about the vocational training program at Kaliyan Mith Siem Reap<\/a> through Futures Sieam Reap<\/a>. He decided to join the hospitality course to learn cooking skills in October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Futures Siem Reap<\/a> is a project at Kaliyan Mith<\/a> to provide access for youth, parents and\/or caretakers to employability service such as career counseling, job readiness skills, job placement assistance, and more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Graduating from the program last March 2024, Futures Team assisted Sambath in looking for his first job. He landed a job as a Cook Helper at Borei Angkor Resort & Spa. With the support in soft skills and job readiness from Futures Siem Reap<\/a>, he is now happily working and saving up for university.<\/p>\n\n\n

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*Sambath in full chef form! photo supplied by KMSR (Kaliyan Mith Siem Reap)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Future Plans<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sambath’s goal is to study English literature at a university when he has saved up enough money. He wants to improve his language skills for his dream job\u2014he dreams of becoming a Chef within the next 5 years for a 5\/6-star hotel and hopes to give back to his community by sharing his skills with youth and eventually starting his own business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Futures Team continues to work with Sambath to help him to continue to build #betterfutures for him and his family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kaliyan Mith and Futures Siem Reap are part of Friends Alliance<\/em>.
To support our work, please visit www.friends-international.org\/donate<\/em>

*name changed for privacy. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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