May 15, 2022

Celebrating Khmer New Year: Removed Restrictions Providing our Community Hope for 2022

In early 2022, there was a lot of uncertainty in the air. COVID restrictions started to be lifted in many countries while many Cambodians were worried […]
March 7, 2022

Bong Watd: Looking Back As She Completes Her First Year as Executive Director

The PEPY family has worked under the leadership of many talented directors since our official emergence in 2007. Khouth Sochampawatd, who took over as Executive Director […]
February 14, 2022

PEPY Youth Facing Unemployment: Students Coping with the Impact of COVID-19

PEPY Empowering Youth has been an integral part of the Cambodian employment sector since 2015. Prior to COVID-19, we have been successful at outputting many capable […]
January 24, 2022

PEPY Team Reflections: Coming, Growing, Going

At PEPY, we believe all team members provide valuable insight to help us improve and grow as an organization. By giving them opportunities to reflect on […]
November 1, 2021

Why Supporting Your Community Matters: Meet Our COVID-19 Local Sponsors

When the COVID-19 outbreaks started, we were fearful of how we could continue our programs and support our team and youth. For many organizations, the fundraising […]
September 27, 2021

Investing in Staff: How Focusing Resources On Your Team Helps Your Organization Thrive

For many organizations operating in community development, most of the funds and donations raised are rightly allocated to projects and services. However, we would also contend […]
August 16, 2021

From PEPY Scholars to International Artists: Meet Chhunly and Chantuo

PEPY endeavors to be an organization that helps rural Cambodian youth achieve all of their future career goals and plans. We do this by not only […]
May 31, 2021

PEPY & COVID: The Importance of Community & Lessons Learned

Just like many other individuals and organizations around the world, the PEPY team was really nervous and concerned for our community at the beginning of the […]
March 22, 2021

Leaving a Legacy: Sarakk’s Journey At PEPY And Future Plans

The PEPY Empowering Youth team has had the good fortune of being directed by incredible leaders throughout the organization’s history. Since September of 2015, the Executive […]
February 23, 2021

PEPY’s Incubator Program: Cultivating diversity & creativity for youth entrepreneurs

“Great entrepreneurs have the ability to change the way we live and work, on local and national bases. If successful, their innovations may improve standards of […]
November 16, 2020

Konnitha’s Story: 10 Years At PEPY

Past employees of PEPY Empowering Youth often recall their time at PEPY as being part of a large community or family where the students and team […]
September 6, 2020

Learning Center Students: Change-makers and Innovators during challenging times

In light of the declining economy as a result of COVID-19, the PEPY team is not just preparing students to leave our Learning Center as job […]