Beschrijving

Janne Ritskes had a dream, to help Cambodian people find their way out of poverty. After discovering the terrible genocide in Cambodia caused by the brutality of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge regime Janne set out with all her savings to do what she could to alleviate the suffering of the Cambodian people. In 1994 Janne traveled to Cambodia with the support of friends and family as she put herself in harms way for people she had never met, half a world away. Her experiences with NGOs in Asia and Africa helped Janne to develop her own unique community development approach. Janne’s approach was not one of just giving assistance but one of teaching the people she worked with. With her approach she assisted Cambodians to regain their dignity and self-respect. Janne’s legacy is the 4.7 million Cambodians she helped out of poverty through savings programs, goal setting and cottage industry. Janne realized that the people she was working with had been terrorized. She recognized two guiding principles, \