Monday, February 24, 2014

The President of World Orphan Fund (Australian NGO) whom I met.


This morning, after I finished my reading magazines at my working place, I met the president of Australian NGO by chance. His name is Oguzhakan Taskun, the president of WOF.

He is Australian, tall, a little bit fat and with thick beard. He wore long paints and T-paint. When I saw him first, I did not know who he was. This reminded me, and I thought in my mind I used to meet him once at somewhere, I did not remember. Five minutes later, I started talk to him, and introduced him about 3M Company. After I finished my introducing, I started asked him about personal life.

One more thing, he opened his mind to talk to everyone. He smiled, used eye-contacted whenever he talked.

"Excuse me sir! Are you American?" I asked him. "No. I'm Australian" he smiled, looked me in the eyes and answered. "What is your name?" I asked. "Oguzhakan Taskun, and you?", he replied. "I'm Ros Pangha. But you can call me Jack", I answered. "Nice to meet you, Jack!", he added.

In fact, I felt very scared while I was conversing with him. "How long have you been in Cambodia?" I asked him again. "Three years", he replied. This point he brought his personal matter up. "I'm working in the Australian NGO which is called World Orphan Fund. We come to save Cambodian poor people who are homeless. Especially, we help children who are having dangerous health because they're facing many problems of health care", he continued. When I heard what he told me about that, I was strongly amazed, so I added. "Wow!!! Really? That's sound very great!"

His face showed me his confidence and paid attention to what he wanted to tell me. "Yes, trust me," he took his telephone out from his pocket and showed up the pictures of his organization. Then he scrolled to pictures of children who are staying in hospital. "You see this picture?" he asked. "I can see sir," I answered then he handed me his telephone. Because he wanted me know detail, he played a video, which was about a child who is sleeping on a bed with breath-support machine. That child was taken from Kampong Chnang Province. Now he staying in a hospital of Australia Embassy. Not only freed for him but others also.

He told me about a man who got traffic accident slept in middle of street then got coma. However, people around there said he was death. This president went to that man immediately to touch his pule and heart. Heart and pule were still working. Suddenly, he took that man to his organization to cure him. After he got better, that man told the President of organizations that he had eight children and a wife, and they are living in Kampot Province. Finally, that man was taken to his hometown. Moreover, he was supported many things by WOF.

WOF not only save people, but also have a big farmland in Cambodia for growing rice and give free to people. "We really want Cambodian stop using their hands to beg foreigners because of food," president of WOF emphasized. "Now we try to teach them how to do the farm land for making better life. Thailand has 80 million people and Vietnam has about 95 million people, but they can do the best farmland in the world. In Cambodia, there are so much free land why Cambodian can't?" president continued while others workers joining to listen.


"Oh, you come to help Cambodians, don't you?" I asked. "No. Not really Jack! We come to teach not come to help," he put his right hand on my shoulder. "If we come to help Cambodians, they won't make their lives to be better. So, we come to teach" president seemed never feel tired to tell this.

At the end, because I was busy with my working Oguzhakan Taskhun gave me his name-card and E-mail for me to contact with him. "If I want to work in organization, is it ok or not?" I asked. "What's ya major?" he asked me back. "English Literature" I answered. "Now we need only accountant" he said. "I hope we'll see each other again Jack. Keep you working on" he continued. Then he got in his care and went away.
  
Extracted from my diary 

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