Life and Hope Association

Staff

Currently there are many people including monks working at Life and Hope Association.

Ven. Lorm Loeurm

Position: Executive Director

Biography: Venerable Loeurm is our new Executive Director, taking over from Venerable Somnieng. He was previously in charge of Children’s Development Village (CDV) and Angkor Thom Junior High School (LHA). He holds a BA in Business Management at University of Southeast Asia, in 2012.

Somnieng Hoeurn

Position: LHA Founder, Senior Advisor

Biography: Somnieng was the second head monk of Wat Damnak temple and a co-founder of Life and Hope Association. He received his BA in Management from St. Ambrose University in the U.S. Prior to establishing Life and Hope Association, he worked as a Branch Director/Program Officer at Salvation Center Cambodia. In July 2011, Somnieng was awarded a summer scholarship to attend a conference on Social Perspectives in Non-profit Management, at Harvard Business School. Somnieng completed his master degree of public administration at Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government. At the end of 2014 Somnieng left the monkhood and handed his Executive Director role to Venerable Loeurm as he sought to serve the broader Cambodian people in a more public role, but will continue in a senior advisor position.

Mao Chansolida