Chhan Somnan has over 15 years of experience in social work and child rights in Cambodia. He currently works as a senior child rights officer for Krousar Yoeung Association, where his responsibilities include creating educational programs, conducting workshops, and monitoring and evaluating projects that support children. Previously, he held roles with organizations such as Enfants Du Mékong and Mith Samlanh, focusing on activities like family assessments, counseling, and reporting. Somnan has a bachelor's degree in law and business administration and is fluent in English with proficiency in French.

1. SOMNAN RESUME 1
CHHAN SOMNAN
Mobile: (012-010) 78 44 00
E-mail: somnan.ngo@gmail.com
# 255, Street 15
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Sangkat Stung Meanchey,
Khan Meanchey, Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia
PERSONAL DETAILS
Sex: Male, Nationality : Cambodian
Date of birth: February 05
th
, 1982. Place of birth: Sithor Kandal, Prey Veng Province
SUMMARY OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
• Krousar Yoeung Association Mar 2014 - Apr 2015
Senior Child Rights Officer: (Monitoring and Evaluation, Counseling, Report writing/work-plan
adaption, budget preparing, conduct principle for sponsorship
students, child club and child protection, Conduct training workshop
on child rights, child protection and other topics)
• Fanfants Du Mékong Jan 2013 - Mar 2014
Junior Social Officer: (Families/communities Evaluation and assessment, Social work, training
conducting, Counseling, Report writing/work plan designing, and Families
profile management)
• Mith Samlanh/Friends Organization Jul 2007 - Dec 2012
Social Worker/Family Case Manager: (Job tracing, Families/communities Evaluation and
assessment, Social work Case management, Counseling, Report writing/work
plan designing, Quotation)
• Cambodia Centre for Human Rights and Child Protection (CCHRCP)
Child Rights Staff Feb 2004 - Mar 2007
(See next page for details of professional experience)
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science Law
Specialized in Public Law.
Chamroeun University of Poly-Technology (CUP), Phnom Penh, Cambodia - 2010
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA),
Specialized in Management.
Build Bright University (BBU), Phnom Penh, Cambodia - 2007
Associate in General English Program.
The Pannhasatra University of Cambodia (PUC), Phnom Penh, Cambodia - 2007

2. SOMNAN RESUME 2
SPECIAL WORKSHOP AND TRAINING
June 2014 : Has attended a training course on Be Effective Student Sponsor Selection, organized
and trained by Enfants Du Mékong at Svay Sisophon, Banteay Meanchey Provice.
Aug-Sep 2000 : Has successful completed the training on Training of Trainer on Child Rights at
Children Center (Shihanuk Ville) and trained by NGO Committee on the Rights of the
child (NGO-CRC)
Feb-Apr 2005 : Have attended in a workshop on Gender and Development Human Rights. This
workshop organized by International Human Rights Las Group (IHRLG) and GAD.
Jul 2003 : Has successfully completed both theory and practical application of the workshop on
Leadership and Facilitation Techniques. This workshop organized by Youth for Peace
(YFP)
Apr 2003 : Has successfully in a training on Writing Report, trained and organized by NGO
Committee on the Rights of the child (NGO-CRC)
Dec 2003 : Has successfully in training on Writing Proposal, trained and organized by NGO
Committee on the Rights of the child (NGO-CRC) at Children House.
Jun 2003 : Has successfully in a workshop on Project Understanding, trained and organized by
UNCOHCRH, Cooperation Committee for Cambodia (CCC) and Mr. SHIVA KUMAR.
Jun 2004 : Have attended in a course on Administrative and Secretarial Tasks, this course
organized and trained by Ponleu Khmer Federation.
Jul 2006 : Having completed in a training course on Questionnaire Development at NGO
Committee on the Rights of the child (NGO-CRC)
Topic Focused :
 Formulation of the Questions. Choosing a good Topic. Construction of Question.
 Types of Question. Sampling Techniques. Data Collection Techniques.
 Exercise for Questionnaire.
 Conducting Field work. Literature Review.
 Writing of a good report.
Mar 2006 : Has successfully completed the training course on Child Centered Learning, trained
and organized by NGO Committee on the Rights of the child (NGO-CRC).
Topic Focused :
 Children’s needs, Adolescents and self esteem, seeing individuals-left and right brain
learners.
 Seeing individuals-individuals and personality, seeing individuals-adult perceptions.
 Teaching Styles, Learning Styles, Pastoral Care, Soft counseling
 Staff training, Reintegration, Interactive learning.
 Problem solving and learning
 Applying theory to practice
May 2007 : Has successfully completed the training course on UN Convention on the Rights of
the Child, trained and organized by NGO Committee on the Rights of the child (NGO-
CRC).
Jun 2007 : Having actively participated in the training workshop on Children’s Participation
trained and organized by NGO Committee on the Rights of the child (NGO-CRC).
Aug 2007 : Has attended a training course on Working with Street Children Orientation
Training, organized and trained by Friends International.
Sep 2007 : Has attended a training course on Basic Sexual Reproductive Health, STD, HIV /AIDS,
organized and trained by Friends International.
Feb 2007 : Has attended a training course on Advance Drug Training, organized and trained by
Friends International.

3. SOMNAN RESUME 3
Jun 2008 : Actively participating in the training on the Guidelines for the Protection of the
Rights of Trafficked Children. This training organized and trained by Cambodia ACTs
against Child Trafficking, in cooperation with Asia ACTS, Terre Des Hommes-
Netherlands and OAK Foundation.
Mar 2008 : Has attended a training course on Basic First Aid, organized and trained by Friends
International.
LANGUAGES
English: fluent in speaking, reading, listening, and writing.
French: medium in speaking, reading, listening, and writing.
COMPUTER SKILLS
• Microsoft office (Word, Excel, Publisher and Power Point), SPSS Program, Internet, and e-mail,
Microsoft Project 2003, and Outlook Express and internet
• Anti-Virus Utilities: Norton Symantec, McAfee, AVG, Kaspersky, and Others.
• Installation: Printer, Sep up New Window and other programs.
 Accounting/Finance: Ms. Excel Advance, Peachtree, QuickBooks and other programs.
SKILLS AND PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
Flexible, creative, approachable, responsible, accountable, friendly, sociable, adaptable, analytical,
and consultative.
Ability to work independently and in team, hardworking with commitment to the work, good
decision making, and good at planning, prioritizing and coordinating the work.
Excellent interpersonal budget management, report writing skills and good capacity in doing
fieldworks, including travel in difficult conditions.
Interests include reading in Khmer and English, listening to music, surfing Internet, writing mail,
playing volley ball, traveling and working in group.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Krousar Yoeung Association Mar 2014 - Apr 2015
Senior Child Rights Officer
Based in Tboung Khmum Province
Key Results:
• Responsible to create principle of scholarship, child club and monthly meeting curriculum of child
club activities with child club leader in the villages and child support committee in Sub-national
level.
• Compile relevant documents and facilitation in parenting skills and monthly child club meeting in
the villages.
• Conduct sharing with meeting all child club leaders in preparing speech, Child advocacy or other
relevant issues related to children in the villages before and after monthly meeting of commune
councilors.
• Ensures the development of educational tools and adapted game materials for child club such as;
energy games, education games, game for child participation…)
• In collaboration with the Provincial Coordinator support and strengthen the work of children.
• Participate in meeting of conducting budget, adapt work-plan and budget review with PC and
management team or donor.
• Facilitation of training workshops on topics related to child club activities and conduct curriculum of

4. SOMNAN RESUME 4
training guidelines on good governance, child rights, parenting skills, capacity building and other
public forums in schools or sub-national level.
• To create guideline for child club support committee (CCSC) and conduct trimester meeting to
follow up children’s activities in Sub-national level with all stakeholders.
• To prepare group of scholarship student and to mobilize parents encourage and push children go to
school with confidential.
• Responsible to prepare planning and reporting (month, trimester, annual), to provincial coordinator
and or executive director.
• To develop tools the monitoring and evaluation project activities of scholarship children in their
family, communities.
• Cooperation with scholarship committee support to monitor and evaluate the scholarship children
at child club activities.
• Participate in adopting child protection policy for safety schools.
Fanfants Du Mékong Jan 2013 - Mar 2014
Junior Social Officer
Based in Oddar Meachey Province
Key Results:
 Ensure the social follow up of the families by visiting them one or two times per year (more times if
required). During the visit, discuss about following topics: health, hygiene, harvest &food, work in
the fields, debt, work in Thailand, schooling and education…
 Help the families to find solution to their problems, for instance by referring them to other NGO.
 Manage the recruitment of new students: organize exams in the village, visit families several times
to be sure that they meet the criteria for a sponsorship. Give his opinion to the program manager
for any new sponsorship.
 During the distribution, organize games and educational activities, talk about important news, ask
the godchildren about health, family, absences for private class…
 Every three months, prepare and organize an exam (Khmer and Math) to each grade to evaluation
students’ level and progress.
 According to the demand and the needs of the students, organize support lessons in English and/or
educational game in English to help them to improve the level.
 Make sure every one respect the rule.
 Depending on the schedule, help to manage the center daily’s life: monitor the presence and
punctuality of students and teacher, manage library…
 Assist in developing monthly, Quarterly and annual report writing for Program manager.
 Other taste request by grogram manager.
Mith Samlanh/Friends Organization Jul 2007 - Dec 2012
Social Work/Family Case Manager
Based in Phnom Penh
Key Results:
 Networking with partner and other NGOs and authorities, sharing information related to the work
of MS, the issue of sexual abuse & exploitation of males and females, availability of MS services and
referral procedures, etc.
 Organize fun, creative and education activities for children and youth in the center and in the
communities.
 Ensure children, youth and families are informed and trained in Life Skills.
 Ensure right basic medical care and referral to medical services is provided to the families we work
with.

5. SOMNAN RESUME 5
 Work closely with the drug users and provide harm reduction services and support to move on to a
healthy and productive life.
 Work with youth and families to ensure they are employed or start their own business
 Family and children dressing and preparation to manage and fill in children/families case
management around 50 to 110 case profiles.
 Provide counseling, life skills education to children / youth and their families in the street stops,
communities and centers.
 Supported vulnerable children/youths in problems solving.
 Recruitment and training child safe network such as Motor Dop, Tuk Tuk, Taxi driver, Guess house
staffs and other relevant agency.
 Provide support children / youth and their families to other services.
 Inspection and monitoring cases, write a daily and monthly report to the Team Leader or Project
Manager.
 Relations with local authorities and relevant organizations.
 Recruitment and training, peer education on Life skills such as HIV/AIDS, STD, Reproductive health,
Safety roads, Drug harm reduction and other topics.
 Other duties as assigned by the management.
Cambodia Centre for Human Rights and Child Protection (CCHRCP)
Child Rights Staff Feb 2004 - Mar 2007
Based in Phnom Penh
Key Results:
 Assist to Establish and strengthen positive and productive relationships with relevant government
authorities, donors, partners and communities.
 Assist in develop key child protection messages, conduct training; and coaching and mentoring to all
CCHRCP Cambodia staff, be available to facilitate and/or assist lead training to communities and
partners as requested, working to mainstream effective child protection strategies and responses in
all of CCHRCP’s work
 Document and report all incidents of Child Rights Policy to Executive Director cc to Program
Manager and Operations Manager within established timeframes, communicating key issues and
providing recommendations to respond appropriately
 Review Child Rights Policy Training Materials and make necessary update as needed
 Participate in the annual reflection/evaluation/planning of community child rights at the community
level.
 Monitor programs, location, situations where children may become more vulnerable to abuse due
to changing country contexts or CCHRCP activities
REFERENCES
1. TOM LEAKENA is Provincial Coordinator of the Krousar Yoeung Association (KrY)
Tel : 012 34 00 46
E-mail : leakna-tom@kry.org
2. SAN SAPHY is a Responsible social-EDMSSPN of the Enfants Du Mékong Cambodia.
Tel : 015 87 36 24
E-mail : sansaphy@edm.org
3. LI VANDARIN is Outreach Team Leader of Mith Samlanh/Friends Organization.
Tel : 078 88 99 45
E-mail : darin@mithsamlanh.org