Park Hyatt Siem Reap further solidifies their partnership with EGBOK (Everything’s Gonna Be OK), a Non-Profit Organization in Cambodia by nominating the latter in the worldwide Hyatt Community Grant program. EGBOK was selected among hundreds of applications and the organization received a donation of USD 30,000 from the philanthropic campaign.
“We are very happy that EGBOK was selected for the grant as we have been working with them for years. We know that some of their students come from very difficult backgrounds so we see it as a great achievement that we are able to give them this opportunity”, says Mario Mariapan, Director for Human Resources and RiseHy Champion at Park Hyatt Siem Reap.
“We are proud that our sincere gesture to help the organization will change more lives and give hope to underserved youths in Cambodia.” he added.
The luxury hotel in Siem Reap has been supporting EGBOK since their opening in 2013 with the partnership taking several different forms such as providing guest speakers for their events, and hosting training sessions run by the hotel’s managers from culinary to F&B service, sales and marketing, human resources, front office and spa. The hotel engineering team also comes to the school and student housing to offer and provide repairs and maintenance work to ensure the best possible conditions for the students. There has been a total of 46 volunteers with a combined 2,371 hours for this year alone.
Park Hyatt Siem Reap also provides internship opportunities per year and has employed fourteen (14) EGBOK graduates into full-time roles. Furthermore, the hotel hosts an annual fundraising event for the organization and they sell merchandise to hotel guests with 100% of the proceeds going towards supporting student program costs. The total donation value for this year is at USD 2,180.
“It’s truly a wonderful feeling how we are able to support these young adults through EGBOK,” says Pravin Kumar, General Manager at Park Hyatt Siem Reap.
“Our purpose in Hyatt is to ‘care for people so they can be their best’ and I fully believe that we are doing exactly that here in Siem Reap,” he added.
EGBOK (Everything’s Gonna Be OK) enables underprivileged young adults in Cambodia to be self-supporting by providing education, training, and employment opportunities. EGBOK utilizes the growing hospitality industry and booming tourism sector as a sustainable means for young adults to break the cycle of poverty that exists in Cambodia today.
Their 12-month Training and Internship program provides the skills and training necessary to connect eager students with employers to help them realize their potential as hospitality professionals so that they can live independently.
