Mr. Bill Herod
Consultant/Founder of RAP

Bill Herod, born in Indiana in 1945, served with Church World Service in Viet-Nam, Hong Kong and the US from 1966 to 1986, then as director of the Indochina Project in Washington, DC. In 1994, Bill moved to Cambodia where he has served as country director of the American Friends Service Committee, Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation and the Returnee Assistance Program (the predecessor of RISP). He has also worked as information officer of the NGO Forum and as IT specialist for the International Development Research Center.

Mr. Tan Sonec
Program Manager

Tan, Sonec was born in Phnom Penh in 1972 and resettled to the US in December 1984. He came to Cambodia in February 2003; where he worked in a in a law firm as a translator prior to becoming employed as a Program Officer/Employment Officer with the former Returnee Assistance Project (RAP) in January 2004. RAP has transitioned to Returnee Integration Support Program (RISP) in October 2005. Sonec then served as a Deputy Manager for 17 months for prior to becoming a Program Manager in May 2007.

Mr. Kloeung Aun
Administration/Finance Assistant and Deputy Manager

Kloeung Aun was born in Kompong Thom, Cambodia, in 1969. As a small boy, he moved to Texas where he graduated from high school and studied construction trades. In Texas, he worked as a shipping clerk, drill press operator, air-conditioner repairman and microchip quality control technician.

In 2002, Aun returned to Cambodia and has worked as a waiter and cashier in a restaurant, then as administrative assistant in the Returnee Assistance Project before joining RISP.
 

Mr. Keo Sarith
Liaison Officer

Mr. Keo Sarith is the Liaison Officer for RISP.  As the Liaison Officer he works closely with returnees to help them obtain important documents, i.e., family book, birth certificate, national identification, driver’s license and passport.  He also works on the Case Management team helping the case managers with their duties.  He graduated from high school in 1993 and studied social sciences for two years at the Phnom Penh University.  In addition, Mr. Sarith completed a Case Management course through the Rhode Island College.  Amongst his many talents he worked for the United Nations Human Right Center (UNHRC) for one year as a teacher to prison police officials on human rights issues. 

Mr. Keo Sarith is married and has two children.  He resides in Phnom Penh and he like to play sports, lift weights and listen to music.

Mr. Youn Sarath
Case Manager

Mr. Youn Sarath is 24 years old and single; also known as Richard. He started working for RISP November 15^th 2005. He’s in the third year of college within the field of management and is presently studying psychology and clinician through THI project in Phnom Penh.  He worked with the Cambodian HIV Project in Phnom Penh as a social worker was two years ago.  He’s now working for RISP full-time as a case manager.

Mr. Ngoun Pheng Se
Assistant Site Manager

Ngoun Pheng Se was born in Kandal province in 1968. He graduated from high school in 1987 and worked as a dispatch officer from 1989 to 1995, then as an administrative officer for the Ministry of Interior.

Pheng Se works as an Assistant Site Manager at the RISP Special Needs House.