Advisors | Directors | Management
Executive Director
Jon Morgan is executive director of the Lake Clinic Cambodia.
From 1998 to 2007, Jon was the first executive director of the Angkor Hospital for Children, in Siem Reap, Cambodia. AHC opened its doors on January 14, 1999 and has become an outstanding example of affordable, sustainable healthcare provision in the developing world. Today, AHC treats over 100,000 patients annually.
Jon first came to Cambodia in 1994, when he co-founded a local, Cambodian NGO providing development aid to people in the provinces of Siem Reap, Takeo, and Kompot. In 1998, the NGO was handed over to the local people to manage and Jon was able to join the Japanese photographer, Kenro Izu, in the founding of AHC.
After eight years running AHC, Jon has stepped down to found the Lake Clinic; he believes it is time to build on the enormous success of AHC by taking basic healthcare to some of the poorest and most deprived Cambodians – the people of the Tonle Sap Lake.
Jon first came to Cambodia in 1994, when he co-founded a local, Cambodian NGO providing development aid to people in the provinces of Siem Reap, Takeo, and Kompot. In 1998, the NGO was handed over to the local people to manage and Jon was able to join the Japanese photographer, Kenro Izu, in the founding of AHC.
After eight years running AHC, Jon has stepped down to found the Lake Clinic; he believes it is time to build on the enormous success of AHC by taking basic healthcare to some of the poorest and most deprived Cambodians – the people of the Tonle Sap Lake.
Managing Director:
Nhean Sakhem is the Managing Director of The Lake Clinic-Cambodia and responsible for the day to day operations.Sakhem joined TLC in August of 2008. A former career military man he began working for the reconstruction of Cambodia in 1989. He has worked with a number of United Nations Organizations (UNESCO, UNDP) as well as Medicine Sans Frontier and Friends Without a Border (as Managing Director of the Capacity Building and Health Education Program, 2001-2008). He sees TLC as a new and inspiring challenge. He is 66 years young.
Medical Officer:
Korng Sambun, MD is TLC's physician and Medical Officer.Sombun is 42 years old and has worked in both hospital administration (as a hospital director) and as a health care provider since 1985. He has two grown children who continue to live in Battambang Province. He has been with TLC since November of 2008.
Team Leader/Nurse
Uk Savann is TLC's nurse and Mission Team Leader.Savan is a 5 year veteran of the Angkor Hospital for Children whose duties aboard the TLC-1 include not only the use of his superb clinical skills, but also the management of personnel, time and materials. As an IMCI (Integrated Management of Childhood Illness) qualified nurse he has prescriptive rights aboard the TLC-1 and treats children independently. He is 27 years old; a graduate of the Battambang Regional Nursing School and engaged to be married “soon”.
Nurse Midwife:
Pheng Ya is the third member of the clinical team.
“Ya” has been working with TLC since November of 2009. She is a graduate of the Battambang Regional Nursing School and their post-studies midwifery program. She has been working in government health sector since 1989. She has one son and one daughter.
Pilot/Registrar/Cook
Lann Aly is the pilot for the TLC-1.“Aly” is 23 years old and has 3 sisters and 2 brothers. With just a 3rd grade education she can be described as an “over-achiever”. Born and raised in Moat Klas, a floating village, she began working for TLC as a volunteer in August 2008 when we began doing our social/health surveys. In December she became a full-time employee. Fluent as well in Vietnamese she is essential in providing services to the 10 to 20 percent of the villagers who are Vietnamese speaking. She is working diligently now to learn English.
Accountant/Office Manager:
Sorn Nisan is TLC's accountant and office manager.
“Nisan” is a 2008 graduate of Build Bright University here in Siem Reap, and has been working for TLC since September of 2009. Previously she worked as an accountant and administrative assistant for FWAB and OXFAM Australia before that. She is married and has one son.
Housekeeper:
Yen Vanna is TLC's housekeeper.Vanna is the 3rd child in a family with 10 children. She has been working for TLC since August of 2007 and enjoys being part of a project dedicated to helping the poor. She sometimes works outside the office purchasing food for the TLC-1 and supplies for the office. She has a twin sister, Vannak, who previously worked for Jon Morgan at the Angkor Hospital for Children, and it was more than one month before Jon realized she was not her sister.
Driver: Theng Sothat
Sothat also serves as a Khmer/English translator for English speaking volunteers. He is 25 years old, and continually seeking to improve himself through education and exposure to new ideas and experiences.
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