On the departure of Thomas Anthony to Cambodia to serve as intern, the project has brought on Sarah Collins to handle the volunteer efforts and to help coordinate media efforts. Sarah grew up in Lindon, Utah, and has been attending Brigham Young University for two …
Whitney Haddock grew up in Heber City, Utah and has been a student at BYU since 2014. She is currently applying to the Marriott School of Management with sights set on the marketing and supply chain operations programs. From 2015-2017, Whitney served a full-time LDS mission …
Allison McIllece served a missionary for the the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Phnom Penh, Cambodia Mission from Dec 2016 – June 2018. “After coming home from my mission, I was eager to stay involved in preserving the Cambodian culture and …
Jordan Denkers is a 21-year-old BYU student from Idaho Falls, Idaho currently studying public health, with hopes to study medicine and become a physician in the future. From July 2015 to July 2017, he served as a full-time LDS missionary in Cambodia, where he fell …
Killing Fields Visit by Allison McIllece What are the Killing Fields? Choeung Ek (Khmer: ជើងឯក) is the site of what once was an orchard and Chinese graveyard, but is now a mass grave of victims from the Khmer Rouge located about 17 kilometers (11 mi) …
We are excited to have Seyon Pen joining our staff as a Khmer Editor! “My name is Seyon. I used to live in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, but I moved to Siem Reap for a while, and now I am in Provo Utah. I love hiking …
Introducing Jeremy Hills, one of the new employees on our project. Here are a few words from him: I’m 22 years old from Woods Cross, UT. I’m an Information Systems major at BYU and preparing for dental school. From 2015 to 2017 I served an …
Sarah Collins* As part of my work with the Cambodia Oral History Project, I review interviews and tag them for keywords. As I have listened to the different interviews I have noticed a distinct difference among the age groups. I listened to an older woman …
Salli Hollenzer* During the fall of 2014, while my husband, Ken Hollenzer, and I served in Cambodia as Family History missionaries, a middle aged Cambodian church member of a local LDS branch, walked into the Family History office. He didn’t speak English, but through the …
