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In 2009, among the 150 student starting
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| Name: Sath |
Province: Svay Rieng |
| Family Situation: four sisters |
| He went to Phnom Penh a few years ago thanks to an NGO, Future Light Orphanage of Worldmate. He passed the exam of CIST and after CIST he wants to find a good job in Cambodia, save money, help his sisters, and continue to study at the university. |
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| Name: Leakhena |
Province: Battambang |
| Family Situation: three brothers and sisters. All married and farmers. |
| She has always wanted to study IT, so she's very happy in CIST. In the future she would like to become an IT manager. |
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| Name: Chhayhour |
Province: Kandal |
| Family Situation: orphanage, one sister and four brothers. |
| He says he's very lucky to study at CIST because it is a good training in IT for poor students. He wants to be a good student and after CIST he intends to work in his orphanage center. |
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In 2008, among the 147 students starting
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| Name: Sophirum |
Province: Kompong Thom |
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She has been studying for 6 years thanks to an ONG: ASPECA. She is a second year SNA student at CIST. She says that CIST staff cares for each student, and works hard to improve their studies and lives.
She says her classmates are friendly with each other, they share their knowledge and experience all the time. “We are like brothers and sisters”, she says. After CIST, she wants to continue her studies thanks to a work-study training. |
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| Name: Try |
Province: Kandal |
| Family Situation: he lives with his grand-parents, parents, aunt, and his two brothers. |
| He works very hard in CIST, because he says the training is short (only two years) and he must be competent if he wants to be hired in a company. He's also very interested in the Business Life lessons: he learns how to behave in a company, how to make a good communication ... And this will help him a lot when he will get a job. |
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Among the 86 students starting in 2007
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| Name: Vichhay |
Province: Takeo |
| Family Situation: he has three brothers and two sisters. |
| He did his second year internship in SCA (société concessionaire des aéroports). He enjoyed it a lot, was very useful to the company and he learnt a lot from them.
Now he's working at CIST in the IT team. He has many projects for the future: he would like to open a computer shop and a school of English and computer science.
He says many thanks to CIST for having given him the opportunity to continue his studies and for supporting him during these 2 years. |
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| Name: Vannak |
Province: Pursat |
| Family Situation: he has one brother and three sisters. |
| He did his internship in Manich. He says this experience was very enriching, because he was “in the real world and not only studying. In his internship he experienced team working, communication, responsibilities, professional behaviours.
He chose the DOP training because he was interested in development. He likes creating new things.
He enjoyed a lot his training in CIST : he says that in only two years, he got enough abilities to work in a company, whereas most of the IT trainings in Cambodia lasts four years and are not that efficient.
Before CIST, he planned to be an IT teacher in a small school. But now his job is pretty different : he's a Junior IT Trainer in CIST and webmaster. So he changed his idea: he would like to create his own business in the development field with friends. |
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Among the 67 SNA 2008 students starting in 2006
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| Name: Channeang |
Province: Kompung Chhnang |
| Family Situation: her father passed away and she lived with her mother and her 3 sisters. |
At the beginning she was very surprised to meet so many students coming from so many places.
She says “CIST is a good school for me because I learn about discipline, how to adapt to CIST rules and how to find a job. She feels weak in IT but she likes this field and she wants to improve her skills in this area. |
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| Name: Vitcheka |
Province: Banteay Meanchey |
| Family Situation: he has 2 brothers and sisters. |
He is the only dwarf of the CIST and is very respected by his teammates. He is one of the best students.
He is very happy about his first quarter at the CIST because he did not know anything about computer when starting at CIST and now he can use it. He is eager to learn about computer networks. In the future, he wants to work as an IT administrator in an IT service provider. |
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Among the 20 SNA 2007 students starting in 2005
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| Name: Samon |
Province: Phom Penh |
| Family Situation: his family live on the garbage dump. |
| He wants to know everything about computers and « kill the viruses ». His academic results are quite good. His trainers sometimes complain that he hangs to his computer screen too much instead of listening to explanations. Along the year, he managed to transform his hot-temper into determination.
Internship at the After-sales service of Thakral.
« Will CIST teach us how to implement a DMZ after the internship? » |
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| Name: Samoeurn |
Province: Banteay Meanchey |
| Family Situation: Her father lost both his legs because of a landmine. She and her two brothers were raised by their mother, who works as a farmer. |
| She has a club-foot and only half of the phalanges of her right hand because of malformation.
Yet she types faster than many other students. She also ranked 3rd at Linux, the subject everyone else considers most difficult one in the training.
Internship at ACLEDA, the leading micro-finance institution in Cambodia.
« I cannot fill the physical tasks, so my manager expects a lot from me on the other ones » |
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