Mr. Bernard Krisher at the CSAJ Year-End Party
When you try to search "Bernard Krisher" in any internet search engines, you will find Mr. Bernard's name links to "Cambodia Schools". Mr. Bernard was know as "a mobile office", "a pusher, a hyperactive bundle of energy and ideas, a class act, a seven-day-a-week man"...etc. He is the founder of the independent newspaper "Cambodia Daily" and other two nonprofit organizations, "American Association for Cambodia" and "Japan Relief for Cambodia" which operate programs to improve opportunities for Cambodian youth and rural poor. Furthermore, he launched the Sihanouk Hospital-Center for the American charity HOPE, took up the requirements of the Future Light Orphanage, built and operated Cambodia's largest free media library, supported 285 children through foster parent sponsorships and English computer training, and Anti-trafficking. By the end of 2007, the number of schools he built has reached 397.
(http://www.camnet.com.kh/cambodiaschools/schools_map/schools_map.htm). Let's imagine, Cambodia totally has 1621 sangkats/villages, so it can be said that Mr. Bernard has contributed at least one school in four villages. I greatly appreciate all his contributions to my home country.
Today, Cambodian Students Association in Japan holds a Year-End Party as we had usually done in the previous years after electing a new president. Taking this opportunity two weeks ago I personally wrote an e-mail to invite Mr. Bernard for his honor participation, and I was very delighted to have his presence at the reception.
Here is his impression mail to my husband, Sreng, after attending the party:
"Thank you very much for your nice e-mail and great pictures of a memorable evening. Your party was excellent. The students I met were so friendly and I was very impressed with their personalities. This gives me great confidence about the future generation running the country in the future much more than the current "movers and pushers." I hope your generation truly become the best and brightest. The two performances I saw last night were superb. I like the two traditional dancers. The dancers have lost nothing of the talent that has made Cambodia such a remarkable culture starting with Angkor Wat. Your import of two sexy belly dancers from Japan was very innovative and entertaining. I am sure this has been a great contribution to cementing the close relationship between Cambodia and Japan. "
We can find more about Mr. Bernard's charity activities in the following URLs:
http://www.cambodiaschools.com/
http://www.girlsbeambitious.org/
http://www.brightfuturekids.org/
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/
