AYC Application Form 2017

The U.S. Ambassador’s Youth Council (AYC) is a group of Cambodian youth established by and
attached to the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh with the aims of creating a more effective partnership
between the United States and Cambodia, cultivating young Cambodian leaders around the
country, engaging Cambodian youth on topics of interest, and improving U.S. Embassy programs
and policies in Cambodia.

The Council meets once a month with the U.S. Ambassador, Ambassador Heidt, to discuss topics
relevant to youth and society as a whole. Aside from this advisory role, AYC members are also
implement several projects and related activities under our 3 main themes: Education,
Environment, and Employment.

We are delighted to announce that the U.S. Ambassador’s Youth Council, AYC, is recruiting 14 new
AYC members who will serve on the council from March 2017 to March 2019.

Interested applicants who are eligible to apply need to fulfill the following criteria:

 Must be Cambodian
 Be 18 to 25 years of age
 Possess English language skills
 Possess some knowledge of project management and ability to implement project
 Passionate in volunteerism
 Possess general knowledge related to social issues
 Demonstrate leadership skills and teamwork
 Be available to attend monthly Ambassador’s Meeting (compulsory)
 Be committed to the council for a two-year mandate of the volunteer service
 Be a YSEALI member (If you have not already done so, please sign up here:
https://goo.gl/1shXfa)

Please submit the application form by saving it as PDF file with your name (as this example,
Bunhong_Taing) and send it to this email: ayckh.recruitment@gmail.com by Friday, February
24, 2017, at 11.00 p.m.

I. Background Information

Name Chhun Venyuory

Gender ☒☐ Female ☐ Male ☐Others

Date of Birth 13.01.1997

Place of Birth Phnom Penh

Current Address 142EE0, Sangkat CheyChom Nes, Khan Daun Penh, Phnom Penh

Email yuoryvenchhun@gmail.com

Phone Number 010771381

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II. Education and Experiences

1. Educational Institution (High

Institute of Foreign Languages (IFL)
school/university)

2. Major (if university) Bachelor of art in English

3. Second major (if available)

4. Current year in university (if

Sophomore Year
high school, grade)
5. Current year of the second
major’s (if high school, grade; if
graduate, state “graduated”)

5. English proficiency level ☐ Fair ☒☐ Good ☐ Excellent

6. English proficiency score (if
available) (e.g. TOEFL, IELTS, etc.)

7. Other language (if any)

Volunteer experience(s)
Please state your volunteer experience(s) by providing date, organization or event, and responsibility.
Please state at most 5 volunteer experiences.
For example:
 March 19, 2016, Earth Hour.
I was the technician. My responsibility was to operate the sound and video system.

 May 19-June 5, 2016, Major and Caree Fair 2016

May 19-June 3, 2016: I was a sub-team leader of sale team. My responsibility was to sell the
tickets and arranged members to sell in different schools.
June 5, 2016: I was a participant flow and also facilitator for a parallel session

 December 29, 2016, Meeting students from Education University of Hong Kong
I had the responsibility to share Cambodian culture, tradition, education; I also guided those
Hong Kong students to do tour around the campus.

 January 6-January 14, 2017, EdCon (Education Convention organized by FUSAAC)

I was a sale team leader. I organized the selling process for my team members, and I also
promoted and sold the tickets.

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Professional experience (including internship)
Please state your professional experience(s) by providing date, organization or event, and
responsibility. Please state at most 5 professional experiences.
For example:
 June 13 - September 13, 2013. REDD+ Programme.
I was the communication intern. My responsibilities were to design communication
materials for REDD+, to write feature articles, to create photo story, and to write monthly
report.

Award(s) and/or Achievement(s)

Please state the award(s) and/or achievement(s) you have obtained by providing the date, place, and
name of the award and or achievement. Please state at most 5 of your awards and/or achievement.
For example:
 November - December, 2013. Japan. Jenesys Exchange Program.
I was selected to join Jenesys Exchange Program in Japan.
 9 October, 2015. Phnom Penh. Model Prime Ministerial Debate Competition.
I won the debate competition as the runner-up.

 August 26- 17 September ,2o16: FUSAAC Community Camping and Volunteer Training
Program
I learnt about volunteerism and I was trained about the process of conducting project.
I and my team wrote a proposal for our project, but we did not win the money to run the
project.

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Membership (if any)
Please state your membership in any organization, institution, group, club, association, etc.

III. Statements of Interest

1. Tell us about yourself by including the following points: (a) honest assessment of your unique
strength (whether it is your passion, academic expertise, skills, personality trait, or personal
background) and clearly explain how you can use this strength to help in building the AYC and
(b) the one social issue in Cambodia (especially youth issue) you would want to work on in the
AYC propose your own plausible solutions to the issue. Please write in paragraph(s) (Maximum
250 words)
Please include the word count at the end of your statement.

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2. Read the scenario and the instructions carefully, and respond to the prompt below.

You are working in a youth organization similar to the AYC. Your organization is competing for
funding. Your team can only submit one proposal to the competition. Your team agrees that each
member may submit a proposal to the team, and the team will decide together on how to use each
member’s proposal to create the team’s proposal for the competition.
Two proposals stand out from the rest. One belongs to your colleague, Pheaktra. Pheaktra’s
proposal is well prepared and exactly fits the objectives of the competition. The other one comes
from another colleague, Sothea. Like Pheaktra’s proposal, Sothea’s proposal falls in the scope of
the competition. However, it does not exactly align with all objectives of the competition. Also, it is
not well-crafted. For example, there are a few bad estimations in the budget plan. Nonetheless,
everyone—including yourself—agrees that if Sothea’s project idea is properly developed and
implemented, it will benefit a bigger portion of Cambodian youth than any other proposed project.
If you have to vote between the two proposals, which one will you vote for? Support your
answer with reasons. Could you come up with any other solution that helps your team gets
funding and while also creating big impact? State your solution, outline the steps, and explain
why you think the solution is the most productive.

(Maximum 250 words)

Please include the word count at the end of your statement.

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 This is the end of the application!

May the force be with you!

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