If you ask all staff in KNTO “who is the mostly friendly person in the organization?” you immediately hear that Ms Kong Pheung Tav is the most friendly one. Pheoung Thav is one of the potential Community Development Facilitators (CDF) in KNTO. Thav has worked as CDF since late 2005. She was assigned to be responsible for building empowerment of the community and life skills, especially related to household food security, focusing on agroeconomic production.

In handling her role as CDF, she was assigned to participate in various trainings and workshops on PRA, CD concept, strategic planning, and lately TOT course conducted by CWS Partnership staff. In working with the poor community people, Thav works directly with the poorest families, coordinated with local authorities, and other government sectors. In working with SHGs, she also provided training on bookkeeping, vegetable growing and compost fertilizer making…etc.

When the partnership staff talked to her, she said that “It was a good chance that KNTO sent me to attend the training on Training of Trainer (TOT) on 22-25 February 2008 in Battambang province. After the training, I felt more confident to develop training session plan, improved presentation skills, developed teaching aid and prepared Learning Action Plan”. Three months later, by following her Learning Action Plan, she conducted two courses on "Communication and Presentation Skills" for VDCs, VPMCs, VLAs, VHVs, and Village Chiefs in Bos Sbov and Rohal Commune with 20-24 participants ( 7-10 women)”.

She also added that “from time to time, the trainings sharpened my facilitation and presentation skills and I was happy wsith the first training course that I conducted alone without support from the team and I wanted to expand my skills to deliver more training courses”. She also expressed her strong interpersonal skills and good presentation of her ideas. According to her manager, Mr. Sao Ry, KNTO Director, “Pheoung Thav is a good facilitator; at least 50 % of trainees who received training from her, expressed about her good facilitation skills. Moreover, Thav also works to promote the women leadership in the villages.

Recently, one of the women, Ms. Sieng Kim Sin, in Kchas Village, a former VHV whom she supported, becomes a member of Commune Councils in Bos Sbov commune.